Hong Kong, France, Italy, England: Cropredy (Oxfordshire)

Spider's birthday this morning, so present opening around breakfast and then the girls, Tobes, Marcus and I headed into Banbury to do a bit of last minute shopping, arriving at the car park to find a very small car park available to us, thanks to a big, black Jag well and truly encroaching on our spot. We all had to get out before squeezing the car into the spot as there was no way we'd be able to get out on the passenger side once parked - and similarly, the numpty who had parked over two parks would have to have entered via his/her passenger side to get out. I decided to take a photo of his plate, just in case a bit of road rage happened and he did something to Lu's car - and half an hour later we came back to find Lu's car had been keyed across both passenger doors. So, next stop was Banbury Police Station with photographic evidence, and then home for a huge Sunday roast.

There were 10 of us for lunch, with Millie and Lydon, Clouds and Ava, Rog, Lu and Spider, Marcus and Tobes and I. Ava frocked up in her new Marks & Spencers skirt and heels (!!). A quick pre-lunch drink at the Red Lion and then a walk up the canal afterwards - we managed to catch a canal boat going through one of the locks, and the couple renting the boat kindly asked the girls and Marcus to come on board for a quick trip up the river.

Once home, the girls were invited into Spider's studio to create some masterpieces of their own, and then an evening of music with Tobes and Marcus having a bit of a sing-a-long, Clouds and Ava on percussion and me on spoons (didn't last long). The late lasagna and Oliver - last night in England. Tomorrow major re-pack then to London for Tobe's final jacket fitting in Savile Row, a quick last trip to Hamley's and off to Heathrow for a 10:00pm flight home - after an amazing, amazing holiday.