Long overdue blog this one but we’ve just been so busy the last few days – breakfast, pick up trip ticket, get off ship, get on bus, drive, race around city, take photos, back on bus and repeat. back on bus, drive back to ship. get ready for evening, watch show, eat dinner, bed – […]
We are 6 days into our Far Eastern adventure. The first 2 and a half days were spent in the bustling city of Shanghai. We checked in to the Hyatt on the Bund hotel and it was seriously impressive – Kathryn wants to model our next house on the hotel room! The first night we
On Sunday I did the Pembrokeshire Duathlon – also known as the Welsh Duathlon Championships. As I’m not long over the op I’d set this as a target for myself and I must admit I did wonder if I’d bitten off more than I could chew. We travelled up the day before staying in the
This evening Kathryn told me a story. I say a story because it was obviously a work of fiction – she had been duped by a joke on the radio about how fish get a bad press due to their name – FISH – and it’s because of this that we’re quite happy to eat
Hello! First post of 2009 albeit 9 days in. I’ve been off work since 28th November following my ankle op and I’ve not been back to work since. Turned out to be a lot more complicated than originally thought and I had quite of lot of work done in there. However I’m walking now albeit
Since I last blogged a few things have happened. Kathryn and her mum completely redecorated the living room but alongside that I have removed my fishtank. The fish were all succesfully rehomed – albeit following a stressful weekend of fish capture, tank draining and heavy lifting. The tank itself and everything else has been put
APPARENTLY TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY. SO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON WRITING EMAILS AND FORUMS POSTS IN CAPS LOCK CAN FINALLY BE ACCEPTED. PERSONALLY I THINK IT’S A STUPID IDEA AS READING A MESSAGE IN ALL CAPITALS IS INCREDIBLY IRRITATING – EVEN AS I’M WRITING THIS I’M FINDING IT HARD TO READ
We’ve just arrived back at our beach villa having been caught on a pedalo half a kilometre from shore by a monsoon. It was quite fun actually as we tried to outrun it but it caught up with us with 100 yards or so left. Seemed like an opportune moment to write a blog anyway.
I am currently writing from the sunlounger next to our personal plunge pool/jacuzzi. Kathryn is currently at the Spa enjoying a deep cleansing facial treatment and should be there for the next hour or so. Yesterday we both treated ourselves to a revitalizing treatment that included a foot bath, body scrub, all over deep massage,