Tuesday 30 June

VERY hot.

We are both tired so decide to have a quieter day.

Tina has bubble and squeak with her breakfast - potato, onion (I think) and cabbage. She books a hair colour for mid afternoon so we have to be back for that. She needs to look good for her Singapore conference. Tina books a Windsor tour for Friday afternoon as I am completing my educational project with a final visit.

We get a taxi to Harrods. Can you believe it, we walk in and that awful Lady Gaga song "Pokerface" is playing. In Harrods! I thought they had class! Tina immediately buys a Christian Dior belt for the dress she bought in Positano.

In the food halls I find cheeses with names like Roquefort Papillon Noir Rouergue and Mrs Appleby's Red Cheshire. In another room is Beef, Stilton and Mash Pie and Crayfish and Egg Noodle Wrap. There are 20 types of olives and 10 brands of caviar.

Tina shakes her head in wonderment at the Dodi and Diana Shrine. People around us giggle.

We climb another floor and it is clothes, clothes, clothes. I crawl from one chair to the next wondering if we will ever get off this floor.

We finally leave and head back to the NZ monument. I find a cool men's shop and buy a 6th shirt. Imagine a white shirt but with 3 types of dots on it. There are little black circles, little blue circles and the third type a mini Union Jacks. Very cool.

We go to the little park where the Paul Dibble NZ monument titled The Southern Stand is in Hyde Park Corner.

Tina's hair colouring is a success - especially after not being able to get one done in Killarney when the firm declined to accept her as they had to do a test on her 48 hours before actually doing the colour job. Yeah right. I cranked the air con up.

Dinner at local pub, The White Horse and Bower.

Good but hot day.