It's not The Departed, honest

Posted on Wed 09 July 2008 in general

We made an abortive attempt to go bowling last night which was scuppered when we got to the bowling alley at 6pm only to discover it was fully booked until midnight. The run of luck was compounded by a distinctly average chain restaurant meal driven by my desire for a …


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Booked!

Posted on Tue 08 July 2008 in general

I've just booked the bulk of our travel for our mini European vacation next month. The total cost comes out at somewhere in the region of £400 per person which is slightly inflated by me going for 1st class tickets on the two long train journeys (Berlin to Frankfurt and …


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Dinner, Strawberries and Wimbledon

Posted on Mon 07 July 2008 in general

I've just finished filling in a dead trees worth of documentation with relation to selling my house. The envelope was so large it didn't even fit in the post box!

The weekend has been a full an entertaining one, involving doing some entertaining as well as being entertained. It started …


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BBQ, Parties, Who

Posted on Mon 30 June 2008 in general

This weekend was mostly taken up with Saturday's welcome home BBQ and party for Fliss' sister who has just returned from travels. I headed over to Fliss' Mum's on Friday night to join Fliss who had already prepared a small metric load of food for the bash. We chilled to …


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Happy Birthday Fliss

Posted on Wed 25 June 2008 in general

My all together wonderful other half is one year older, temporarily narrowing the yawning gap between us. We'll be in London tonight celebrating. Hopefully the first of many quick jaunts to the city now we live considerably closer. I get to try out my Network Rail Gold card which I …


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