The flight went off without a hitch, managed to sleep through the first 7 hours, which is handy. Landed in London at around 4:00pm local time. Stansted Airport, which is their low-cost carrier terminal is quite an impressive building and had very efficient means of getting everyone through customs without having to wait for too long.
Caught the bus into the city, drove past some places which i recognise, great example was when the bus passed Lord's, which is the home of cricket. i was very very excited!
When we arrived at Victoria Station, it was close to peak hour, and the place was packed. There is at least 12 lines that depart from there so it was a bit of a task to find out which on i needed to be on, but before long, i'd sniffed out a ticket and was on the line to Ashford International, via Hollingbourne, the village i will call home for the next fortnight.
Shaun, a friend of mine from school was waiting for me at the station when i got off. the scenery along the path we followed was amazing, everything is green, we walked past a big old church and through a cemetery, and the path cut straight through a wheat field. Along the way, funnily enough a cute little critter ran onto the path and danced around Shaun's legs, it was a Ferret. Think it harmless, he let it play around, then it bit him...... Safe to say Shaun kicked the thing over the road.
We arrived at Hollingbourne Cricket Club(pictured), my new home, it is a beautifully manicured patch of turf in the middle of a field. The clubrooms have a dart board, pool table, fully equipped bathrooms and kitchen, Im pretty much set.
Today, i am going to head into the town of Maidstone, which is just two stops down on the train to purchase myself and new phone number and some supplies to keep me going.
So i shall bid farewell, until tomorrow.
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