Halloween!

Verity with her friend Katie. She won a prize!

Our new house

Many expat abodes in Beijing are palatial (or at least they sound it from the sales blurb), ours is more errr serviceable but is conveniently near Theo's school (Lou can now cycle him there each morning), many of the childrens' friends and Annie's pizza.

Holy mountains

Tris & his friend Sam, in front of a mountain with a hole in it - polo should think about moving their HQ to China.

A great place for breakfast!

My school trips were to Kesingland Safari Park or Great Whipsnade but schools have moved on since then; even so, we were a bit surprised to find that Tris was taking a three-hour plane flight to southern China for his first trip at Harrow. Tristan's trip involved watching men fish using cormorants; climbing, caving, kayaking and mountain-biking in some of China's most amazing scenery.

This is the place where Tris had breakfast each morning while on his school trip to Guilin. The vertical mountains are an unusual limestone formation and a favourite of Chinese artists.