Back to work tomorrow after a great few days holiday. If you’re even in Pembrokeshire, I recommend St David’s, and Porth Clais. Between Thursday and Saturday the weather way very fine and we enjoyed long walks with the dog along the stunning Pembrokeshire coast. Early Sunday morning, however, it turned not only very wet but […]
Category Archives: family
Say hello to my little friend
My wife and I bought a (nearly) new car recently. It’s a Citroen C1. Citroen says it’ll do 51-72 mpg, which is about 500 miles on one 35 litre (£30) tank. So far, this seems pretty accurate. It’s cheap to tax, too (£35 this year, which will go down even further next year to just […]
Amsterdam. Birthdays.
Ray and I were both 30 this week, so we spent a long weekend in Amsterdam with to celebrate our birthdays. Amsterdam doesn’t deserve its seedy reputation. It’s a bit of a cliche to talk about going to Amsterdam for the museums and culture, but no more of a cliche than the assumption that the […]
Wedding Weekend
I went to Oxford this weekend to celebrate Megan and Ben’s wedding. The wedding (complete with double violin concerto) was held in the chapel of Worcester college. The reception (complete with bouncy castle) was held in Mansfield college. I stayed in Keble college (shown above). All three colleges are stunning. If you’ve never been to […]
Family Fun
Just back from a very relaxing family holiday in the Algarve. 7 days of exploring, sunbathing, swimming and reading. I couldn’t feel more relaxed. We stayed in a lovely villa between Silves and Algoz (about an hour from Faro airport). Six of us stayed in the villa, which was large, clean, well equipped, had a […]
Christmas 2007
Back from a lovely few days seeing friends and staying with our families in Dorset. I’m at home now, and won’t be back to work until Monday 7th January.
Iceland day 1
My brother Sam and I are in Iceland for a week. We flew in this afternoon from London Heathrow to Iceland Keflavik, which 40 minutes outside Rekjavik. Importantly, it’s also only 15 minutes from the Blue Lagoon – an amazing geothermally outdoor pool full of blue-green algae and strange squishy mud. The departure of the […]
Iceland Airwaves 2007
I’m getting rather excited about Iceland Airwaves (find it on Upcoming.org and Last.fm). I fly to Reykjavik with my brother, Sam, on Monday 15th October, and we won’t return until the following Monday. Seven whole nights of Icelandic bliss. Blue Lagoon by Tomosaurus on Flickr The festival itself runs between Wednesday 17th and Sunday 21st […]
The Harvester Connection
Some would say that going to school with Pete Docherty and Duncan-from-Blue should be enough of a claim to fame for anyone, but get this… “Have you ever been to a Harvester before?” The guy in the right wearing glasses in this Harvester advert? (1:20 into this collection of old British TV ads) That’s […]
Migraine
Urgh. Had the worst migraine of my life (and the first for 10 years) last night. Rachel, who was not feeling at her best herself, kindly drove out to get me some medication. I’m feeling better today, though still fragile. [cc-licensed image from blackgraphite on flickr]