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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
So after a few days in work, not very long (but long enough!) I was off away again to Ruf Y Anun’s wedding in Palma, Mallorca. The flight was fine (easyjet aren’t that bad) and waiting for Jen in the hotel was great as I managed to squeeze in four pints.
Standard Mallorca holiday malarkey until the wedding on Saturday 1st September, 5pm local time. The Church was amazing (see above and below). Anunciada went to school there apparently, which is a bit nicer than the brick building in Hamsterley that taught me to read!
The service, in a mix of Spanish and English was lovely, with readings from both sides and the priest even doing his best in English.
Rufous is clearly impressed with the whole marriage lark.
Afterwards we got a few buses to the Hotel Delta Beach Club, on the coast with a great view, great food (the beef was EXCELLENT, as was the sorbet!). I think being seated at the Bride and Groom’s table was a bonus – it meant Hufty could entertain us! Free wine flowed freely and the dancing was inspired (I cleared the floor at least twice!). I just wish someone had told me the Spanish were going on to a club when the bus home dropped us off in El Arenal about 5am, since I definitely could have partied on into the day – at least I think so!
Anyway, a few more days of beach, burning, pool and Tapas later we all went home and back to daily life. This may be a little short, but then again, I was drunk most of the time and memories fade when intoxicated!
Ole!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Photo courtesy of Kneller!
So holiday time has come and gone, and I have been far too lazy to blog in the slightest.
Cornwall was excellent as normal, however the highlights include:
- Much Risk, and not coming last in one game!
- 2 barbeques
- Pubbage
- FInally meeting Del
- Wii
- Boat exploits
- Tintagel, legendary birthplace of King Arthur
- St Michael’s Mount
The best part of the whole holiday (apart from the sentimental “time with friends” rubbish) was surfing. It was excellent, and I even caught one wave, stood up and rode it all of 25m to the beach. I am definitely going to try and do it more often, either by getting down to Brighton and hiring a board and wet suit or seeing if Seaham is a possibility if I go back up North – followed by a full week next year dedicated to surfing. 2 hours is nowhere near long enough!
For the record that alcohol consumed that week include (but is not limited to):
- 1 x 18 pack Fosters
- 7 x red wine (bottle)
- 1 x Sierra Tequila bottle
- 1/4 x Tesco value vodka (aka meths)
- 1 x 18 pack John Smiths Smooth
- 1 x 24 pack John Smiths Bitter
- 10+ pints Tribute Cornish Ale
Please be aware the above list is what I consumed in full! Just me. No help (except a little on the Tequila from Claire Levison!) Good, eh!
Photos are up! Gallery, Flickr and Zooomr
Tarra for now!!
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
This blog entry is pretty pointless, unless you consider helping a mate win a bet pointless. So can we get Heather McNeil’s image up on the top ten Google image search results?
I think probably, no reason why not, especially if everyone helps.
This is the image:
Good luck Rory!!
Read more about the bet at http://heathermcneil.blogspot.com/
Friday, January 19th, 2007
WOW
The last site I did for a friend was featured on the BBC web site – as Kate was on Five Live and the nice people at the bbc linked to and mentioned the site – listen again to Kate (and Matthew Bannister mention my site!) – http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/morning.shtml
I”ve also just completed writing an RSS feed from the blog on the site, the first time I’ve done so, and I can see me doing it a lot more now! It was easy!
So there we have it, a popular web site and RSS. I am officially a web geek!
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
Well, I’m not really in Mexico, but my friend Dan W-H is in America at the moment, and when he looked on a completely random Mexican girl’s iPod he only found the classic song Talk to Me by James Venis (with me on bass and arranging the pretty rubbish drums). Amazing.
So I suppose that makes me a worldwide artist? Should that go on me CV or something, or should I get James back down for more recording sessions and get an album’s worth recorded? Or should I stick to being a geek and save the guitar playing for retirement!!
I’m still in a bit of shock, but it’s nice to know that long recording period of my youth is being appreciated by someone somewhere. I am waiting to hear the reaction of James.