But after one week in the Victorian Alps he came back north.

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We headless-chooked on Tuesday. severina_242, tcpip and Liz's mum and brother saw us off. I slept okay on the plane, redcountess didn't sleep at all.

We got in around seven, had two ridiculously large Starbucks caffeinated detergents and reflected on how Melbourne natives routinely recoiled in horror when we told them that Starbucks and clones served the best coffee readily available in London. arkady met us and we presented her with a bilby and a beanie mukluk. Then we Tubed home, I had a shower and Liz had a bath and collapsed.

Arkady and I just went down the shops. The tobacconist on the corner of Hoe and High Streets looked at us like we were Martians when I asked for cloves, so strike that one. In spring, even Walthamstow looks pretty ... ish. They've tarted Selborne Walk up nicely.

Today is Arkady's and my one-year anniversary. So there.