Rugby

Have finally had a chance to sit down and catch up with a few things. Just realised that I haven't posted any info about Rugby, where we now live.

We live in a "new build". A new build is basically what we would call a sub division in NZ. The place we live in is a two storey, three bed place not far from Rugby School. Rugby school is of course where the game started, when Bill Ellis picked up a soccer ball and decided to go for a run. God bless him.

The one thing I didn't know about Rugby is that the famous Gilbert ball brand started in Rugby too. Rugby the game is central to Rugby the town these days. The town logo is a Rugby ball and there is a Rugby Museum and a Rugby walk of fame - a bit like the Hollywood walk of fame, but for Rugby players. Oh and Johnny Snapinhalfison is number 1. What a joke.

Rugby has a population of about 90,000 people and is in the Warwickshire region in West Midlands. Warwickshire is also famous for Bill Shakespear and the Earl of Warwick, from Warwick castle which is Britain's most visited Castle.

Erm that's about it really. Rugby is fairly central to most things - 45 mins from Birmingham, 1 hr by train from London, 2 hours to Stonehenge, and about 30 minutes to Silverstone!

Oh and the most important thing about Rugby is we have a spare room and it's always free to our Antipodean mates to come and use!