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Monday, June 30, 2008
Last week was crazy - every day something happened - something major and something to put the spanner in the 'ol works.This weekend was also very eventful (not to mention me suffering from a horrendous bout of hay fever).
Did I blog or pod cast about it - no. I was too busy surviving!
Hopefully this week will sort itself out. At least during his birthday on Wednesday, Richard and I get to escape to Paris for the day ;0)
I could ramble on and one but I choose not to - I do however have to ask what is up with the sick bastards in the world these days?
I'll sign out for now with a photo I took whilst waiting for my train this evening. I love London when it's sunny...
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Washed out
Monday, May 26, 2008
Well it's safe to say this weekend has been as predictable as any other British Bank Holiday - the weather for the majority of the time has been appalling.We drove to Hampton Court Palace in atrocious conditions yesterday but thankfully it cleared up while we were in the house.
Unusually I didn't take many photographs this weekend (which was a shame considering it was Robs birthday yesterday). I am very proud of some of the shots from the palace though. Please feel free to have a browse and leave a comment or two.
I was lovely to see Andy and Rob and as ever it's been far too long between visits. Richard and I will make every effort to see them again as soon as we can.
I am sure we all had a nice weekend regardless of the weather. The decision to have dinner in Richmond by the Thames yesterday was inspired - we all returned home very fat and full following our hearty meals.
We need a couple days to recover but sadly I am staring a week of work chaos straight in the face :(
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What a week!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
I have not had any time to think or barely breath this week - it's been f*****g chaos! Thankfully tomorrow is Friday. That said it will be a chaotic day as I am spending the day with a film crew.
I did manage to record a series of Releases which I am most grateful for - it means I can produce Release 4 without worrying about having to record something! This Release features the last video pod cast from our recent trip to Spain. I hope you enjoy joining us on the drive along the coast.There has been the odd bit of news I wanted to cover this week but I have come home so tired I simply haven't had the energy. I'll break it down to a digest.
Janet is touring (should put Grandma-donna in the shade), I feel the natural catastrophes in Burma and China are shocking and upsetting, we want to visit Pompeii, people updating their Facebook profiles with inane crap annoy me oh and it's Eurovision this weekend (not sure whether that's a good think or not!).
Anyway it'll probably quiet over the weekend as it's a public holiday here in the UK and Andy and Rob are visiting so I doubt there will be time for blogging etc - please let there be some nice weather so we can get out and about!
Adios amigos - until the next five minutes when I have a breather to write something!
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Ola!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Well I think it's safe to say that Richard and I have had a thoroughly relaxing holiday (except for a minor problem with our car which meant we had to get earlier return flights...)We had promised ourselves a week of relaxing and that's exactly what we did. The weather was very nice and warm and I think I did an excellent job to control my tan without burning!
I have uploaded a selection of photographs from our time on the Torrox Costa - more will follow, as will a couple of Releases. The first of which will transport you to a day in El Morche with us, enjoy the the sights and relaxing on the beach.
There is enough footage for a couple video pod casts (I am working on a special Men of Torrox edition ;0) )
Enjoy the photos and download the first video pod cast from Spain here.
Labels: holiday, Hunks, My World, Photography, Travel, Weather
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Natures Rush
Sunday, April 27, 2008
When Richard and I got up this morning it was as lovely a day as it was yesterday. This prompted Richard to mow the lawn and tidy the garden, I spent the time polishing and sorting the house.As soon as we had both finished there was an awful clap of thunder and it turned very grey.
It's amazing how nature catches on to such environmental things. When Richard finished the garden there were a pair of Robins, the odd tit and a blackbird bobbing around the garden catching all the fresh worms and insects that had been disturbed.
With the clap of thunder the activity seemed to speed up quite considerably - it's just started to rain so I think that spells the end of our nature show and our plans to go out!
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Stretching ones legs
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Finally today we had the opportunity to get out and enjoy some nice weather, some fresh air and just relax.
We took a drive up to Wimpole and had a lovely walk around the estate. We went for a wander over to the farm to see the newly born spring lambs before heading back to enjoy a picnic.
It wasn't that warm and sadly the weather turned on the way back but it was still lovely to get out and enjoy some fresh air ;0)
I took a few random shots and am particularly happy with the lamb shot above (especially as one of them appears to be smiling) and another great shot of this squirrel. If I had planned to take these shots it would either of never worked or taken hours to achieve!
Click on the photos to see the rest of this small set.
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TG on Track!
I don't race as Trunkguy but I thought it'd be cool to create a separate driver. Sadly I cannot use all the tracks and goodies I have unlocked with this additional driver so I will continue to drive Marion Kart Wii as myself.
I have had a few friend codes already - don't forget to send me yours!
Mii? 3780 9141 2943
Oh and yes I said I wouldn't apologize if I didn't blog or pod cast so this isn't really an apology simply an explanation: contrary to popular belief I have not spent the weekend on the Wii, the weather has actually been quite nice. Dan paid us a visit yesterday and today we're off out for a picnic. There will be updates when I feel good and ready ;0)
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Prince was right...
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Sometimes it Snows in April
This time we got more snow than we did in March. Will we actually see Spring this year?
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Bursting!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
We've had a lovely day today. Stephen and Robin came down today and it was fabulous to catch up with them. Stephen has been travelling a great deal this year so this was the first opportunity for us all to hook up.The weather has taken a real turn too which means we got to enjoy a walk in the park.
I think we may have pushed our luck as we left the first restaurant to take a walk across the park to The Waffle House where we had dessert! I can barely move, I have eaten so much. Stephen and Robin were already aching due to a recent Snow Boarding training session. I think the food tipped the balance ;)
I cannot grumble though as it's been a lovely day. I hope the weather picks up so we can enjoy many more like this one.
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I just know...
Monday, March 24, 2008
Brandy would never allow us to do anything as demeaning as this to her!P.S. I am bored of the snow and the crap weather now!
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Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Even though it's been forecast I still cannot believe the appalling weather we have been experiencing during the Easter break. Yesterday was a day of contrasts, heavy snow fall, torrential hail and blue sky, all fitted into the weather cycle like it was perfectly natural. Today we wake up to this... it's still snowing and as the wind has died down it is starting to settle. This isn't as much snow as received by the north of the country but it's enough, It's March! Next week the clocks change to British Summer Time - what's going on?The break has been relaxing for now. We took Good Friday as a day to relax, this meant I did some clearing out in the house and Richard did some baking.
Yesterday Liz and Colin came to ours for afternoon tea and we had a very civilized time. It was lovely to spend the day with them. We got to hear all about their honeymoon in St Petersburg and I also got to help them set up a few things on their brand new Mac Book.
Putting their new Mac Book next to my iBook does prove how the technology has moved on (although I feel my older iBook is actually lighter (even though it's bigger)). That said the screen and the speed of the new Mac Book was fantastic. You can test these things in store but until you use them for real things, I don't think you can truly get a feel for them.
I like the Mac Book but to be honest for me the screen is a bit too small. I have the 14" iBook and I like the screen size, I think the new widescreen models look a bit narrow when down to 13". I still am keeping with my decision to upgrade to a 15" Mac Book pro.
The wallpaper I created on Friday was picked up by the owner of Sabet.tv, it's a social network for artists so I took the invitation to join. I am really pleased nat the feed back I have received already regarding my work.
Anyway it's been a restful holiday so far. We both felt last night that it was Sunday. Therefore I guess this means we now start another weekend ;0)
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Back to it
Thursday, January 31, 2008
It's been nearly a week of feeling absolutely rotten and finally I am back out in amongst humanity.I have had a bought of Bronchitis which is not too dissimilar to the awful episode I suffered last October.
I am still on a heavy course of anti biotics which is a bit if a nuisance as I have a weekend of celebrations coming up. I cannot complain though as they are making me feel much better.
Tomorrow is my 34th birthday. I cannot believe it has come around so quickly.
We are helping two close friend celebrate this weekend also. After nine years together they are getting married.
As you can tell it is going to be a very eventful weekend.
The weather has been particularly awful today. The majority of the UK was (and still is) battered by gale force winds and heavy rain. I took this shot late this afternoon from the roof at work - it's the only very brief pause in the weather.
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Non Day
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Today has been a non day and not just because of the torrential rain.I managed to pull my neck during work yesterday and have been in agony. My baby was kind enough to get me some heat wraps though - this has made the pain slightly more bearable.
I feel guilty for feeling so ill but with the weather as bad as it is, it's not like we would have done anything today anyway.
I have managed to record a Trunk Cast and this episode is a continuation of the last one - it feels nice to be able to follow up on items! Why not have a listen?
Note as an update to the previous blog entry, I have managed to work how how to have multiple icons on one web site for use on Home Screen Widgets in iPhone and iPod Touch. Bookmark either Trunk Guy.com or the Trunk Cast page to see what I mean ;0)
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Paddles, Stones, Knives, Guns and Wands
Monday, August 27, 2007
This weekend has been very nice - having the extra today off today is an obvious bonus.Thanks to the weather making a dramatic shift we have been able to make the most of the three days off.
Richard and I had a quiet day on Saturday which is probably just as well as it helped us shift our colds.
On Sunday we visited the Docklands in London, specifically to go to the Docklands Museum. It's owned and run by the Museum of London and we have always said we'd go and finally we managed to! I found the exhibition very interesting as it gives a very graphic portrait of the history of London and the Docks, dating as far back as the Romans to present day.We made the most of the dock side location and had a spot of lunch in one of the many restaurants offering alfresco dining.
Canary Wharf is not very far from the 02 where we ended up yesterday as we booked to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was odd to be back at the 02 so soon after Fridays Prince concert (even odder that the stadium was decked out for the Rolling Stones).I thought I saw quite a few O(+> t-shirts at the Prince gigs but I was surprised by how many "tongue and mouth" t-shirts I saw the Stones fans wearing. I am not sure what to make of the crowd either - there was a small amount of younger fans but the rest of them appeared to be as old and as geriatric as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards!
The film was good fun though and even though I am not a Harry Potter an I found it entertaining. I do feel however that J K Rowling creates characters just for the sake of it. The headmistress appears to have more attention paid to her than anyone else and yet she is expelled quite rapidly without much intervention from any main characters. And what of the main characters? Do not of them get to progress at any level? It really does appear that they all are a part of the story just to back up Whining Potter!
Richard and I watched the news on the train back yesterday and were not that shocked to hear that someone had been stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival. Stabbings have became as almost an annual event as he carnival itself. What with the recent culture of knife and gun crime on the streets of the UK I really am worried about the future of this great country. I don't know how things have got to bad not how it can be fixed - all I do know is that government is too soft and the police appear powerless as a result.
I grow tired of the way news and stories are carried on the media. An 11 year old white boy was shot dead (in the back of the neck) in Liverpool earlier this week. It was s hocking story but a couple of days later his tragic tail has slipped to the bottom of the bulletins. When Damilola Taylor, an 8 year old black boy was stabbed to death a couple of years ago in London, his story was top billing for weeks. What allows the news organisations to pitch one story as more important than the other and why aren't they using the news generated from the death of Damilola to make people realise the this poor 11 year old should not have died in this gruesome attack as something should have been done about gang culture years ago!
I really don't know what this country is heading towards...
On a more personal note you may realise that I have decided to end my run of 365 photographs. I enjoy the whole online social thing but to be honest it all takes up too much time. I therefore have decided not to continue with 365 days. I did manage to complete 160 days!To be perfectly honest I have other things to do with my time, this also a reason why I am growing tired of other social sites such as Facebook - who has the time to spend hours updating useless elements of a web page - and to be honest, who really has the time to read it all? I look at some profiles and wonder if some people actually have much going on in their lives at all as all them appear to do is update My Space and Facebook profiles!
Of course this doesn't mean I will disappear offline nor does it mean I'll stop uploading photos; but only when I have something to share and want to share it!
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Tres Bien!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Our trip to Paris was Tres Bien.Richard and I had a wonderfully relaxing, enlightening and romantic weekend in Paris.
Of course there was also the odd large aircraft to view!
You can browse the photo's at a more leisurely pace here!
We had a lovely time in Paris. Richard and I ended up going on our own but that was fine as we did everything at our own leisure.
We didn't give ourselves long to settle into the hotel before we got out and about. We visited a number of our favorite haunts and the location of the hotel was excellent.
Le Borgeut was as big and interesting as ever. Of course this being Paris there was more than one Airbus A380 on display. This again got the most attention from the visiting public. It was nice to see the show was much better organised than last time, and thankfully nowhere near as hot! That said we both caught the sun while watching the air displays.
For once I didn't come back with new clothes, mainly as we only took rucksacks so there was no room!
I do love Paris and once again cannot wait to go back.
You can also hear all about the trip by downloading Trunk Cast 95.
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Another Round?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
As you can see from this photo we left London rather late last night - this followed our day in town with Carol and Dave.
They had had a cultural day looking around sights such as Tower Bridge and the Cabinet War Rooms, Richard went to the gym and I went shopping. By 4 o'clock we had all met at Piccadilly where we went to Richoux for afternoon tea.
This was a very refined and civilized way to start our day and an excellent opportunity to catch up with Carol and Dave.
When we left Richoux we decided to go walk about and gave them a tour of London.
We certainly gained a lot of ground on our tour and managed to take in the West End, Soho (where we happened to bump into Lee and Elvis!) and then found our way into our first pub.
From there we made out way down to the river, we tried out the new Disappearing Rooms installation on the South Bank (see above) before heading along the Thames to another pub for more bevvies and some food.
All in all we had a wonderfully chilled out day, the weather behaved itself but I cannot say we did! It really was refreshing to see Carol and Dave again and we're looking froward to seeing them again in the not too distant future.
Thankfully it's much sunnier today so Dave will have good weather when he takes part in the Falklands parade this afternoon.
I am sure when they visit in a August there will be quite a fierce Wii tournament (especially as I bought Richard Wii Play yesterday!).
Oh well, I guess I had better pack for this course tomorrow :(
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Green Men, Queershires and Buzzards
Sunday, June 03, 2007
I am starting to feel much better, thankfully my cold appears to be on it's way out now... I still have a headache, a slight sore throat and am a bit bunged up but believe me I am much better than I was last week.We had a quiet day yesterday, choosing to take it easy at home.
Richard tried his hardest to get me to agree to go to the Suffolk coast today but I am sure he realises that I wasn't in the mood to go as I still wasn't feeling 100%. Plus it's a 2 and a half hour drive when the traffic is in your favour.
So we went to a local Pub which was first introduced to us by Ben where we had a lovely Sunday lunch.
The weather until now has been lovely and sunny. It was great to sit in the large pub conservatory and look out over the Hertfordshire/Bedforshire countryside.
Afterwards we headed into Knebworth and then into Welwyn Garden City for a browse around and an afternoon tea. I honestly don;t think I have been back there since I left my job in the NHS several years ago. It's not changed very much and considering how quiet it is I am glad I don't work there any more.
The City of London may be chaos and noisy but at least there is always something to see and do!
So I am feeling brighter and heading for a very busy week. We have a team event in central London this week but as I planned it, we will be staying in one of the newest hotels by the Thames ;0)
I just hope the weather stays nice - it looks like we're in for some thunder but at least it might clear the air.
On another note I cannot begin to say how pleased I am that the southwest has finally had it's first gay pride event and it was held in my home city of Plymouth.It would be even lovelier to see how well the locals reacted but as the bigoted, pensioner, BNP loving populous will prove (of course I mean everyone apart from my family and friends who are not controlled by the local rag); the local press didn't even choose to mention it. I found out through the BBC and this makes me worry whether things will actually ever get any better.
I know there is a scene there and as I hate parochial scenes I never ventured onto it (they are usually incredibly camp and OTT because the locals feel they need to be seen and to be different from everyone else), but I fear that although this is a great step, it will take some time to be recognised and taken into the arms of the wider community.
For now I fear there will be similar scenes as those seen in Moscow last weekend. I hope for all the queers in the South West, that things get better soon.
Still at least they are trying - bless...
Imagine my shock and surprise when I was happily minding my own business, hanging out the washing; enjoying the sound of the birds singing in the bushes at the end of our garden when I saw something swoop from the neighbours roof into the hedges.Without so much chance as to think about what was going on (and will little resistance from the birds), a buzzard flew straight out of the undergrowth towards me with a chick in it's claws.
No amount of Bill Oddie or Springwatch could have prepared me for such a close encounter.
I know it's only natural etc but I do feel very sorry for our resident birds. I originally hoped it hadn't taken our Robin chicks but any swoop like this is sad. Still everything has to survive some how.
I just know in future to be extra vigilant when something swoops overhead!
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Turfalgar Square
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Until Sunday Trafalgar Square is covered in grass creating a temporary park in the middle of London. Of all the schemes dreamt up for Trafalgar Square, this has to be one of my favourites.
It looks like it's going to be a busy weekend, bit of a shame really as it's been a hell of a week! As well as my usually duties I have also been setting up a major team event at the beginning of June. It's virgin territory for me but it's fun nonetheless. Whilst searching for venues I have been to places in London I never knew existed (and as I am planning it I have made sure it's in Central London). We're off to a fab new location on the river - I get to meet with the team there tomorrow to finalise details.
Richard's sister and family are paying a visit for the Bank Holiday weekend. It should be interesting, Richard still has the scar from last years visit (quite literally!).
Sunday I am off to Hammersmith Apollo with Steve to see the Pet Shop Boys in concert. Even though we saw them at Thetford last August and I have been listening to Cubism on my iPod; I am still really excited.
It'll be a crowded house though as Steve is also crashing at ours! Still it'll be fun.
Right I had better start learning those lyrics (like I need to!). " M I N I M A ..."
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What a weekend!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
This weekend in Cheshire with Andy and Rob was lovely.We had such a lovely relaxing time, I am really glad we paid them a visit.
From the moment we arrived they made us feel very welcome and we all took ther weekend as it came, relaxing and laid back.
There were no grand plans for the weekend but we did end up at Jodrell Bank and Tatton Park. Rob even let us play with his Raclette Set ;0)
Watch my video of the main astronomic radio telescope moving to line up with the Earth's Axis (this is the third largest telescope in the world).
A bevvy of photo's are on Flickr (in three separate sets... Cheshire, Jodrell Bank and Tatton Park).
It's been a while since I have uploaded anything, find out all about the last two weeks in Trunk Cast 92.
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I'm a Speedy Boarder! (not)
Friday, May 11, 2007
Written on holiday as my daily journalWhat is it about airports and holidays that really brings out the worst in people?
At the airport we all queued in a patient and english manner for our turn to board the plane but this calm was punctuated by an arrogant so and so who thought his speedy boarding ticket allowed him to jump the queue in front of everyone else (including other speedy boarders).
I find it bizarre that Sleazy Jet can charge upwards of £3.50 per person per flight just to put 20 people in a queue ahead of other passengers. Especially when these people treat it as Sleazy's equivalent First Class.
Let's face it, everyone has to queue and you all get as much chance as the next person at a seat (and it's not as if anyone will have to stand). And yet there is still this chaos.
This even spilled over to the plane where the two Spanish gents in question (both speedy boarders, both wanting to get on first)), had an altercation. It's not worth it!
Monday We spent the rest of the day relaxing at the apartment before heading out for dinner in the evening. The weather is crisp, warm and sunny - the exact opposite of what we left behind (yes after all this time the nice weather has finally decided to move on from the South East of England).
We soon fell into our Spanish holiday routine and found ourselves in our favourtie restaurant in the evening.Usually our evenings are punctuated with the odd German vocal but oddly this week there appears to be more Brits here than Germans.
We wouldn't have minded except for the family from hell who decided to sit behind us. With four adults and equal number of children you would expect there to be order but as seems to be the case at home, parents seem completely unable to control their children.
So our peace was broken by hearing this horrible Essex shrill from the mother asking the waiter for E-g-g AND C-h-i-p-s for each of her darling children.
We found this rather amusing, especially as here father and the waiter were trying to explain what the Spanish was (and any English equivalent).
Of course the darling children got their food and ate it with gusto - not! It was too hot, it was too runny, it was anything but edible! And what did the adults in the party do about it? Nothing? They let them sit there, complain, whinge and kick up a fuss. Richard and I commented to one another that when we were that age we ate it when it was served or went without...
Tuesday Today was much more relaxed affair, we got to do what we enjoy on these holidays; lay in till late, have a relaxing (and filling) breakfast on the balcony, shop, lunch, a couple hours on the beach, a shag or two, siesta and then out for dinner :) (Not necessarily in that order).
The beach was quite quiet yesterday but this didn't matter as it meant Rich and I could snooze as much as we wanted in the sun - I think it must have been around 30 yesterday so it was hot enough to bronze out lilly white skin. I think I have managed to catch some sun but I don't like to go too mad... (Until the bevy of German prunes wandering around).Mickey came with us to the beach too - he had his usually holiday snap taken as well as the swarm of ladybirds that appeared to be occupying the beach.
We both bought some new clothes, something I try to do on every trip - if I don't I end up having to look like all the other clones at home. My only concern is fitting it all into an already packed suitcase!
Lasts nights meal was at a different restaurant as our favourite closes on Tuesday but at least there wasn't enough room for the family from hell to accompany us!
Wednesday Tonight we plan to have the cameras at the ready - for two nights we have been passed by two particularly hot young Spanish guys jogging. Clothed on Monday and topless last night. Believe me, they are well worth the odd digital snap! Hopefully we will see them again tonight!
Surprisingly we didn't spend any time on the beach today, instead we decided to use our time walking along the headland, taking in the sights. This was a great opportunity to use the new camcorder although I am conscious that carrying a video camera really does make you look like a tourist.
Still it was worth the walk especially as there were a couple of Spanish hotties larking about on the rocks (see Trunk Cast 91).All in all though it was a very calm and relaxing day which culminated in our usual siesta and trip to the beach front restaurant for dinner. Of course we have to fit some sangria into at least one trip so tonight was the night. I don't know if it's the recipe, the restaurant or the location but you cannot beat sangria made by the Spanish in Spain.
Unfortunately the two hot Spanish joggers were not spotted on the prom - only one of them jogging solo. I did capture him on my Olympus (he's in the video for Trunk Cast 91), nor was he topless I am afraid but you'll still get the general idea!
It's been a hot break (in more ways than one), and the weather seems to be getting hotter. It was a balmy 28 yesterday and the report for Thursday is hotter still.
Thursday I can see why birds migrate and take the routes they do - we have had a lot of swifts flying overhead since we have been here and they really do have a fantastic life. They may spend it all on the wing but they do tend to be in the right place at the right time... In a couple of weeks they'll be flying over our house in England - isn't it amazing how they navigate?So it's Thursday and we need to think about getting the apartment tided up for when we leave. It's nice having access to such a place but that's the difference from a hotel - you have to make you own bed and tidy your own mess! (Not that we are at all messy!).
We had a text from Liz this morning explaining that Brandy has become very needy since we have been away. I think this is true testament to how much she is missing Jerry. I am sure we'll be in no end of trouble when we return tonight!
I had some great news from home today as Ness and Liz have worked Liz crazy to acquire tickets for Prince's forthcoming concerts in London. Thanks to their tanacity, Vanessa and I will be attending two nights in August :)
So I am going to make the most of the warm weather, the birds chirping and the sea view... When you read this we will be home. The photo's should be uploaded to Flickr and Trunk Cast (Video) 91 will be available for download.
Enjoy viewing them, at least as much as we have had taking them.
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How Tartly That Gentleman Looks!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Well it's been a week of contrasts. A week of travelling and emotions.Thankfully Friday seemed to bring things back to normality - but with a cultural interlude at lunch...
I spotted a flyer advertising Shakespeare in a lunch break at the Bridewell Theatre so I went along today with two guys from the office. It was really nice to sit down, take some time out and to enjoy some real culture - especially in the middle of a busy working day.
Bridewell is a very small theatre in the City of London but is only 5 minutes from the office. The Lunchbox Theatre productions feature a number of Shakespearean productions and a 45 minute rendition of works is perfect.
The cast were very good and incredibly fluid. It's been a long time since I have been to see a Shakesperean production. I think it's been even longer since I have read any Shakespeare.
I am sure Patrick and I will go again - especially as Twelfth Night is coming up in a couple of weeks.
I often wonder about what other people do and the way their lives pan out - a bit like Sliding Doors. Richard and I had very different days - even hours today. In the time it took me to watch the production, Richard jetted off to Holland for a music festival.
This leaves me at home alone this weekend but I have plans for Sunday. Tomorrow I think I will chill out - maybe get some new plants for the garden and make the most of the forecasted nice weather.
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Oh we do like to be...
Saturday, April 14, 2007
...beside the seaside!
Lisa invited us down to her neck of the woods today and it meant spending one of the warmest days of the year on the coast.Needless to say we had a lovely day.
We met a couple of Lisa's friends; Barry and Jamie who were also very nice.
It was a bit of a drive but worth the time spent circumnavigating the M25 to be near the sea with a cool breeze and great company. We had a nice al fresco lunch followed by lots of ice cream on the beach (see photo eh Lisa!).
I hope this weather spell continues as I think we'll make the most of the garden tomorrow.
I hope we all manage to get together again soon.
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Chilled Easter - no yolk!
Monday, April 09, 2007
It's been a lovely holiday weekend here in the UK. The weather has been perfect all weekend.Apart from our excursion to Chartwell House on Saturday, Richard and I have spent the weekend at the house. Today especially was spent in the garden.
It must be getting closer to summer as the garden furniture made it's way out of the cellar.
Still at least our appearance in the garden didn't stop the appearance of our feather friends.
This Easter has not featured a single Easter Egg for us (although my baby did buy me a lovely chocolate bunny). And do we miss the excess of chocolate? Not one bit. I will never understand why people gorge themselves so much on chocolate eggs at this time of year, it's not as it they all fast before hand is it?
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Messing about on the river
Sunday, April 01, 2007
We've had a lovely day today. The weather has been very kind to us.We took a drive down to Henley where we had lunch and watched the world go by - or rather the occupants around the higher reaches of the River Thames.
Henley is lovely as it's not too manic and there's plenty to see and do whilst just ambling along.
The river usually runs low and slow but today the tide was very high and had quite a bit of drag. We think a river up stream must have burst it's banks.
Today's browse along the riverbank was made more pleasurable by the plentiful amount of fit young men in rowing gear ;) I guess the fast moving tides must have been ideal for their training sessions.
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I'll sleep well tonight
Saturday, March 31, 2007
At last the weather has held out long enough to allow me to get out in to the garden with the power tools! Seriously though it is great to have a dry day where the garden isn't too damp so that can at least get the mower out and tidy the lawn up.I also managed to spend some time trimming back tress and hedges - although I do know I can get carried away with this!
The garden does look much tidier, even if I do say so myself!
I just wish the wind would drop so that we can enjoy the garden. It's Easter weekend next week and it seems that the year is zipping by (mind you Easter is early so my perception may be a little off).
Gardening can be fairly tiring though, especially when I haven't done any for so long.
It's just as well I am not attending this years Chelsea Flower Show, I think the RHS would have a fit if it could see the natural state of our green space!
Talking of mowing and trimming, have you seen David Beckhams new do? WTF was he thinking when he had this done? Did Stick Insect Beckham find him shagging another fella and run through his prized mop while he was sleeping as punishment.One thing is certain; no matter how ghastly I think this hair cut is, it'll be sure to be seen very soon across building sits, Chav estates and Soho.
I find it amazing that after all these years in the limelight men still copy Beckhams style like Lemmings plummeting to their death!
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Blowing hot and cold!
Monday, March 19, 2007
OK so last week I was driving you all crazy by telling you how lovely the weather was and that spring had finally arrived.This morning I wake up the temperature has dropped significantly and we had a dusting of snow.
In the City it was quite mild (apart from the wind) but when I arrived home it was windy, freezing cold and we've had freak flurries of snow.
What's going on?
(Please excuse the state of the garden and the back yard, I planned to attack it on Sunday but the weather turned!)
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Waffle-ing on!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
It's been a really chilled day today.Luke paid me a visit which was really nice as we have not seen on another in ages.
We stopped by my favourite eatery and had breakfast waffles with mushrooms and bacon. Thankfully I was much brighter than Luke who was nursing a hang over.
Still he looked really well and as chatty as ever.
You can follow his adventures as he maintains his own set of 365 photos (although watch out for the horrible toenail removal shot!).
We made the most of the spring weather as all the reports are forecasting a dramatic drop in temperature and snow at the beginning of the week. I do wish Mother Nature would make up her mind!
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Weekend
Sunday, March 11, 2007
It's been a good weekend so far, apart from Brandy waking us each day at 6:30 for food! She can't help it, I know she's adjusting to not having Jerry around but I wish I could get back to sleep.It's currently 8:03 on Sunday and I have been making updates to the site since I fed her at 6:30!
As well as Brandy's crying I have to cope with Monkey trying to steal my cuppa!
We had a nice day yesterday as we met up with Stephen and Robin for lunch. It was great to catch up with them.
The weather has been very kind to us this weekend and I hope it continues as we are out with friends later today.
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Snow Joke (pt. II)
Friday, February 09, 2007
You may recall a couple weeks ago I mentioned we had snow?Well yesterday we had much more...
This is currently getting a lot of play time on my iPod:
I am currently listening to:
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I don't believe...
Sunday, January 21, 2007
I don't believe in blogging for the sake of it but I have been rather quiet this weekend so I thought I'd better write something. Here goes:- Sunday, dry, sunny but still windy (no more gales)
- Chilling out
- Taking in the news but tired of hearing about Big Brother
- Playing with the cats
- May do some more painting
- May go out/shopping
- Taken some funky photos for 365 on Flickr!
Labels: 365, Cats, Photography, Shopping, Trunk Cast, UK, Weather
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Quiet weekend
Sunday, January 07, 2007
After all the chaos of Christmas, New Year and then having to go back to work it's nice to be able to have a quiet weekend.We even managed to negate the shopping from the list of activities yesterday as we had the groceries delivered!
Last night Richard and I had a lovely meal in a new restaurant on the High Street. Richard was especially happy as the venue was playing Michael Buble.
The weather has been appalling though - January is supposed to be cold and frosty but it''s still quite mild and very wet. I hope we manage to get some winter before Spring kicks in (if it kicks in!).I think I have managed to watch all of my Christmas DVDs now and they were a very random bunch. You may recall me talking about them in old posts and Trunk Casts. I did manage to sit through the live DVD of the Mighty Boosh actually thoroughly enjoyed it. I am not sure we would have enjoyed being in the audience but it was good to watch on DVD.
Family Guy season 5 was another set I had for Christmas and it's as funny as ever. Although once again I feel Seth McFarlane ran out of jokes by the time he got to the last two episodes as they were terrible. This seems to be standard practice for FG series; I think Fox must commission too many episodes.
As you may have noticed I have had a bit of a tidy up around here. For starters there is a new graphic on the left. I am still not 100% sure I like it but I thought it was time for a bit of spring cleaning! I don't feel the need to put Trunk Guys through a major redesign this year as I really like the current format (and have received such good feedback about it). I've also been quite ruthless with my blog roll. There were a lot of blogs I no longer visit (and as I notice I had disappeared from their rolls they no longer visit me), so these were removed. As were anyone who put music and video on auto play on their sites.
My Space and You Tube have created this culture of people cramming any number of audio and video items on their pages and I find it distracting. I like to tab open a multiple number of sites. Then read through them as I am listening to iTunes. I cannot stand it when another song starts on a tab somewhere else; I have to stop my music then whizz through the tabs to find the offending site. With this in mind, any site guilty of this has since been removed.
I've also put the Blogger Member access back onto my comments. I thought it would be OK to allow anyone to enter comments but following the anonymous comment that accompanies my Taxing Problem post I thought it wise to change the method. Why? Because if people want to make such comments, they should have the courage of their convictions and own up to who they are. To be anonymous is cowardly, shallow and pathetic.
Right, I'm off for a long hot soak in the bath.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Rain? In Devon?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Of course! Typically a couple hours after arriving home we see the first rain we have seen in weeks!Its been lovely to see my folks and to pay my friends and my god daughter a visit.
I think it was wise to only visit for a short period as we both look really tired.
Hopefully the weather will buck up tomorrow and Richard and I will be prepared for our next Christmas dinner.
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Bloody winter
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Ok so I am writing this on the train. The weather is terrible and it's having an affect on public transport.Christmas is also having an affect on people. I have seen a number of shifty characters around. A cabby was chasing a guy down fleet street and the trains are full of loud drunks. It must be Christmas!
At least after tomorrow it'll be me, my baby and the cats and then we can switch off and ignore the rest of humanity! That just about sums up my Christmas spirit!
I am looking forward to it honest.
Look out for two special Trunk Casts ;)
Labels: Cats, Christmas, Richard, Weather, Winter
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Passion
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Passion, Love, Sex, Money, Violence, Religion. Injustice, DeathWell it's a more exciting way of describing my week so far!
Apart from the normal hum drum at work there was a bit of excitement today as we got to see our new old building (the company moved out, sold it, renovated it and are moving back in in 2007!).
It was very interesting to see what has happened to the innards of this splendid building but I did feel sorry for it's old art deco soul - the guts literally have been ripped out.
I am very pleased that the original facade, the reception and the marvellous marble stair case have been restored to their formal glory.
It's been chucking it down with rain today and I got absolutely soaked on my way to the station this morning - this is one time when jeans are not very practical - it took me nearly two hours to dry off (the hair dryer in the mens was f**king useless!)
Death? Yes. My mum informed me her eldest brother had passed away. I was surprised. I remember him when he was in his 50's, which is the last time I saw him. He died at the age of 71. Funny how people age without you realising.
Religion? Well only in so much that I have been listening to Eddie Izzards Glorious tour on my iPod. It was all I could do to stop myself bursting out laughing on the train yesterday - probably just as well I did though as I got sandwiched between two commuters who had earlier been arguing!
Girls, boys, arts, pleasure, food, cars, travel, New York, New York, New York. Thank you ;)
[Listening to: Paninaro '95 (Tin Tin Out Mix) - Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro '95 (Remixes) (Disc 1) (7:49)]
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All hail and thunder?
Sunday, November 26, 2006
What is up with the weather? For as long as I can remember we have never had thunder and lightening in November before.Yesterday's weather was pretty weird too as we ended up with thunder, lightening, torrential rain and hail!
I hope this isn't the shape of things to come.
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Chilly willy*
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Well it certainly feels like autumn has hit with a vengeance. We've had such mild weather for such a long time that this cold spell has taken everyone by surprise. Of course I think I may be feeling it a bit more this year as I am walking to the station and hanging around on cold wind swept platforms for trains (my station in London is on an exposed bridge above the river Thames).
This meant there was an evolution of jackets this week. I started with a hoodie, my blazer, my mid winter coat and finally ended up in my full length overcoat - all in the space of four days! It was a wise move though as the mornings and evenings have been very chilly. There has been an awful lot of frost around.
Of course being autumn it's not too cold at mid day so I am having to remember to layer my clothes so I don't sweat like crazy when I go for my walks along the Thames at lunch!
I am not sure how winter will turn out this year - I know it'll be cold but the past couple of years I have been working in the countryside, I come from the coast so I am used to milder winters. I am pretty sure winter in central London will be fairly mild too. It'll just be the bit from home to and from work which will potentially freeze the balls of a brass monkey!
Looks like I'll be putting an order for some thermals at Howies!
Oh well at least we still have autumn and winter, I'm glad to see global warming hasn't taken that away yet!
Oh an whilst listening to Get Lifted I must say that John Legends new album Once Again is just beautiful. He's done another superb job of mixing his contemporary sound with his lovely soul voice and wonderful use of the piano. Put it on your Christmas list!
*Not a reference to me but one of my favourite cartoon characters, see above.
[Listening to: Refuge (When It's Cold Outside) - John Legend - Get Lifted (4:13)]
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