Friday
Around 2, I went over to raggedyman's where his mother picked us up and drove us to Stansted. There we waited at the Krispy Kreme stand for the others (mansunite, razornet, devalmont, Graham, robinbloke and finally Jon). After a few donuts and checking again we had everything we made our way through customs where razornet was the unlucky one to be picked for special treatment but we made it ( Read more... )

Temperatures have been around or slightly above freezing for the last couple of days meaning the snow has started to melt. There was even rain this morning but there is so much snow that it's going to stay white over the holidays, there's also more snow forecast for tomrrow. Forecast for Monday is looking good so I should be able to get back to ( Read more... )

I just remembered I do have an USB cable for my external hard drive and it fits!
Due to limited bandwidth, I won't be able all of them, so have a look at the following flickr set

Xmas photos 2010

Highlights:


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Fireworks was quite good. Our view was slightly diminished as that copse of trees between us and the area has grown quite a bit so we couldn't see the bits that were rather low in the sky. Also it wasn't quite dark enough yet so there wasn't much contrast. I took quite a few photos but only some came out (oddly enough the ones with the long lens ( Read more... )

( Thursday )

I have found a wireless connection, heehee ( Read more... )

It's been a relaxing holiday doing not much more than sleeping, eating, reading and watching TV. The only break from that was visiting the relatives (the three that are left on my mum's side) yesterday, catching up on things (mostly health related, like aunt Anneliese's hip operation), quite pleasant, actually ( Read more... )

Wandered around the fairground, the marquee and the outside sitting area a couple of times without meeting anyone, had a pair of Bratwürste for dinner, finally found my parents in the marquee so I could steal some beer ( Read more... )

I have Tuesday to do last minute luggage check and recheck and most importantly, get lots of sleep and not very much else. Planned Itinerary (all times are local):
Wednesday
My coach leaves at 6, then flight to Frankfurt at 11:40 from LHR.
Bloody schedule changes (after I had booked my Frankfurt flight) mean I won't leave Germany before 22:45 so I'll ( Read more... )

Well, have been for about an hour but only just got things sorted and settled down ( Read more... )