So back in Amman after a break of 4 years. And a trouble free journey with our luggage intact. It is strange to report that London is hotter than Amman and the cool of the Merse seems miles away-as of course it is. The ********** Grand Palace Hotel lives up to some of its ********s if not all of them. We got the news that Engerland had scraped through its first match in the World Cup. Anounced with great excitement by the BA pilot to a general sigh of indifference from the passengers who were presumably fleeing Europe to get away from the hype. But I assume that the cross of St G is fluttering proudly over at least one house in Hutton Hall Barns, if not yet, on the Village Hall.