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Until I saw this...

Apparently, there is some dispute among the people who decide these things as to how to define the world tallest... whatever.









She's just beautiful - a symbol of the purity of the water, and the benefits it brought to the city...








Then it was on to Goulburn - where the road trip ended at the feet of the Big Marino. For many many years it was said that Australia rides on the sheep's back - a reference to the importance of the wool industry for most of the 20th century. Riding this sheep's back looked a bit too dangerous.









The anthology will be called 

On the table while I was signing books ... MY books ... was the cutest little blue tractor - just the like the one the cover. It was a celebratory gift from Webmaster John.
Two of my colleagues from work turned up with Janet Gover Fan Club T-shirts! They were a total hoot! As they are such tall, handsome men, they attracted a fair bit of interest from the romance writers present.
Of course, in this dimension, she takes the form of a very sweet silver tabby cat called Habibe, but in her own world, I'm sure she must be a princess.


But fellow LBD writer
It was a late night talkfest - which had me running for the last train home.

We were all met at the door by
It was great to catch up with friends from near and far - including Liz Fenwick, who regularly flies in from Dubai for RNA events...
The London chapter was well represented...
RNA Chair
As always - glamour was the order of the evening. These killer heels score 





I found a tiny cemetery overlooking the water.
After my rant yesterday about how long I have to wait for the release of "The Farmer Needs A Wife", the pre-publication copy of one of my short stories dropped onto the mat with the mail today.
In the meantime, I am having a fab time writing the next book - tentatively titled "The Bachelor and Spinster Ball".
Cafes line the canal. When I stopped for lunch, I couldn't resist the cranberry beer (I love cranberry juice). What can I say except - I didn't have a second.
Then it was off to Norfolk for a touch of touristing. I went underground in Grimes Graves - actually a neolithic flint mine, with lichen that gave it a lovely Borg-green glow.
Then to Castle Acre Priory - one of the religious orders dissolved and destroyed by Henry VIII. I'll say this - Henry left us with some facinating ruins. On the ceiling of the private rooms of one of the priors, you can still see the painted roses of the houses of York and Lancaster, which Henry united as the Tudor rose.
We have tickets for Hamlet - starring the gorgeous 