Due to strikes in Venezuela Piers possessions took three months to arrive so he stayed in a hotel in the centre of London ideal for visiting theatres and museums before settling in Gerrards Cross and working on a project with Russia

Enjoying Windsor castle, Bath, Brighton,Stratford upon Avon and Stonehenge and visiting York during the Viking festival as well as taking the Eurostar to Paris before it was time for his next posting in Sakhalin Island in Russia.