Category Life

For the next 5 days…

…I will mostly be reading about the Trent Bridge test match. The most entertaining way to follow it in the office is by reading the Guardian’s over-by-over commentary, which can be accessed from their Ashes page here.

York

Well, the trip was a great success – we had a lovely time and, most importantly, she said YES! Here’s a couple of photos – more on Flickr.

Ellesmere

Had a lovely trip to Ellesmere this afternoon for bike rides and a picnic. Took a couple of photos – some of which are over on my Flickr page.  

William Golding

Great quote from William Golding just popped up on ‘Quote of the Day’ on my customised Google homepage: Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.

Camping

Went camping this weekend in Montford Bridge. Here’s a few photos we took. Comments below each one. Here’s the inside view of the middle living area of our tent. The outside view of our ridiculously large tent. This might well…

Cantabriggia

Very pleasant trip to Cambridge yesterday, ostensibly to attend Bodies in the Bookshop, a Crime Writers’ meet-and-greet thing at Heffers bookshop. Met up with the ever amiable Simon Kernick who joined Al and me in the Eagle afterwards for some…

Camera

We have invested in a new digital camera, so hopefully a few more photos will be appearing on here and on my criminally underused Flickr page. It looks like this:

Ill

Christ, I feel terrible. Off work again for the second time in three weeks. Think it must be Glandular fever – others have had it recently. Still, it gives me plenty of time to loll in bed and do nothing…

Driving Hell

Had a pretty good drive to work this morning – right up until I reached Henley. Between there and Warwick, I and about 30 others were trapped behind some numpty doing 40 in a 60 the whole way. Meant I…

Lack of Action

Not a lot going on here I am afraid. This is entirely due to the fact that I don’t have internet access at home, and now I do much of my web browsing through FeedDemon it’s a bit tricky doing…