A big weekend!
Mum had organised a big party, mostly to celebrate Dad’s 60th birthday, but also as a send-off for Ruth and Dave’s emigration adventure.
On Friday, we joined an advance party in a cottage in Newland, in the Forest of Dean on the Welsh borders. We enjoyed chat, good food and great beer at [...]
Sister Ruth and brother-in-common-law Dave made the Leamington stop of their whirlwind tour of the UK, between their big trip to New Zealand and Japan, and their imminent emigration to Canada.
Fortunately, when they arrived, they were as tired from socialising and jetlag, as I was from Jollyfest, and Debbie was from examiner work all [...]
Gary and I filled Gary’s car with consoles and controllers and stuff, and went down to Sony Stratford, Milton Keynes for a day of game playing with like-minded Internet people. Highlights included:
Two player Guitar Hero 2, with big speakers and a projector
Various Wii games on the projector, including 9 player survival mode Wario Ware
“Pacman [...]
Some footage from yesterday’s canal adventure — accompanied by some glitch hip hop…
You won’t see much more of this sort of thing for a while: my camera’s broken
Cor, what an active few days.
On Thursday, the office decamped to The South for a GXS party in a marquee near Hampton Court, and much boozy fun was had by all.
On Friday, Gary and I didn’t really feel up to a full scale Happy Friday, but the HF members gathered for a quiet curry [...]
Last night we had a small soiree in lieu of a Happy Friday. It worked out quite civilised — I don’t know whether it’s because we insisted on cocktails instead of beer, whether it was the oh-so-sophisticated dress code (ironic, honest!) or the fact that Paul’s grown up.
The dishwasher’s been busy today…
Click on the [...]
Our weekend began with a well attended Happy Friday at Leamington’s new French place, Le Bistrot Pierre. I thought it was smashing — I had lovely lamb with lovely vegetables — but Gary told me this morning that his steak was tough.
On Saturday, Sean and Karen came to visit. We fed them, then took [...]
On Saturday, we celebrated my birthday earlier this week by spending most of the day in pubs. The plan was to crawl along Emscote Road from Warwick to Leamington.
On Wednesday, Steve, Carla and baby Jaron began the Leamington leg of their grand UK tour, their first return visit since going to Australia, ooh, years ago. They started by seeing Icky and Joy, then descended upon us for some wine and a bed for the night. On Thursday they went to Warwick for [...]
Tom and Abbi decided that after 2 years in their home, it was about time they allowed an unruly mob to invade it for a night. We walked up in a group of 6, in the cold, stopping in the Star and Garter for a drink and to pick up JV and Suzanne, then [...]