Visiting the North

Posted on Mon 22 June 2009 in general • Tagged with manchester

Our visit to Manchester was considered a success. It was a slightly longer visit than usual as Fliss was working in the area. This gave us the opportunity to travel up on Wednesday evening. What follows is a summary of what I/we did:

Wednesday saw us at the climbing …


Continue reading

Geoglyphs?

Posted on Mon 22 June 2009 in general • Tagged with driving

We decided to drive back to Cambridge via the Woodhead pass on Sunday as it's a much prettier drive. However I did notice a bunch of "path" markings before the final tight turn and climb. It looked like some one had been creating Geoglyphs but looking on Google maps reveals …

Continue reading

Another Manchester Visit

Posted on Mon 15 June 2009 in general • Tagged with manchester

We are coming up to Manchester on Wednesday evening for the weekend.
As Fliss will be busy making UK government better during the day on
Thursday and Friday I shall be pootling around Manchester with time on
my hands. If anyone wants to do lunch/visit pub during the day …

Continue reading

Topping up the tan

Posted on Mon 15 June 2009 in general • Tagged with cycling, sunshine

My arms are starting to approach some sort of healthy* shade of brown as I've spent the last three days out in the sunshine and fresh air.

Friday I took advantage of my current employment flexibility to join my parents for a walk in Hertfordshire. My parents had been planning …


Continue reading

Swift Visit

Posted on Mon 01 June 2009 in general

My swift visit to Manchester was fun. Not having suffered too much from the party the night before both Lee and I attended the Stockport Beer Festival on the Saturday. Although out doors we where shaded from the sun most of the day by virtue of Edgeley Park's orientation. This …


Continue reading