Ecosse v Nlle Zelande

An English man, Irish woman and Kiwi man, travel to Edinburgh to see Scotland v All Black's in the Pool C crunch match of the Rugby World Cup 2007.

City of Spires

Saturday morning we fly BMI from Heathrow, only takes an hour.
We bump into Graham Henry and Wayne Smith at check in

AB coach in good form

First up the small matter of England v Samoa. We manage to find a pub and get seats.

The Advocate pub wont turn the sound up on the telly and most of the Kiwis are supporting Samoa. But it doesn't matter, the Team show good hands at the bar and England win a glorious victory.

Sunday morning and everyone's got a hangover.

Match day gets underway


Murrayfield, Its no a nice place for a visitin teem

But spirits are high...

as kiwis run in try after try

Sunday night 11PM. We catch the Caledonian Sleeper Train from Edinburgh to LondonEuston. The train is full of supporters yelling and cheering. Luckly we have booked a first class cabin each. I lay down thinking how small and pokey it was. Next thing I know the butler is knocking on the door with coffee and bacon butty, "Its 6:30 in the morning sir and we are just approching Euston". I had slept soundly and awoke refreshed. What a really useful engine. Its Monday morning , so straight to the office.

luxury

Dino Park

Dinosaur Park in Crystal Palace was built in 1854. Visionary Sir Joseph Paxton didn't have a lot to work from, it being 6 years before Darwin published his Origin of Species. The resulting life size statues are all out of proportion, with grotesquely large heads and feet and way to many teeth. For a 2 year old kid, this is just Awesome.

Its free and has just had a £70million refurb.

These where the very first 3D dinosaur sculptures in the world.

Tara takes it all in her stride