Thanks, yes he will have email, infact there was one from him there today, he had just simply put hello mum, actually he had sent the email on the day he left from home, that was very thoughtful of him, and really made my day, can't wait to hear from him when he arrives and is settled in, he will be on his way right now to Frankfurt germany, he will have 2hrs there before departing for London.

Yes I will beable to check out his team(when I know its name )on the net and see how he is doing, i am not sure what the gold team is, but he was in a rep team here in NZ, Miss Meow he has a long way to get to the top, but he would like to make it at least into northern districts,(thats when they start actually paying you to play), whatever the experience will be of great value to him, he also is able to coach children cricket in Uk, as he just completed a coaching course before he left, and will be doing just that on his return home.

The poor kid has 6 hrs in L.A Airport, and had to have bags taken off and re-checked in, as he is going with different airline Lufthansa to germany,lots of changing planes, not the best for your first time experience in travel, but he will get used to it, I am sure he will be glad to arrive in london.

Cinder and smoke, as long as his cricket gear arrives there safely , will be the most thing he will be worried about, the gear is reasonably valuable, I did get him a 5 day travel insurance, but it will not cover all his gear if it went missing, so heres hoping, fingers crossed.