Dec 25
Merry Christmas 2010
It’s that time of year again! To everyone that reads my blog I wish you a merry Christmas! I hope you have had an excellent year and your Christmas is filled with love, happiness and harmony.
Archive: 2010
Nov 15
Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show
It was my brothers thirtieth birthday on Wednesday last week and to celebrate I bought two tickets to see Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show in London at the Bloomsbury Theatre. As we left I told him that this would be an all expenses paid, all inclusive trip, of which he took great pleasure in stretching to the max. A taxi ride, train ticket, full three course meal later and we were sat in the theatre waiting for Lee Nelson AKA Simon Brodkin to walk on stage whilst drinking a, less than ice cold, pint.
Oct 31
Bulgaria
As if Bratislava (Slovakia), Vienna (Austria), Pamplona (Spain) and Cala Llonga (Ibiza) weren’t enough another trip to a random European destination had to be planned before the end of the year. This time, Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, an Eastern European country I know very little of and have never seen before. This trip made me realise how much we really take for granted. It immediately became clear that we moan at the state of our country, our roads, the traffic, the homeless, but other countries still part of the European Union have it far worse than we could ever imagine.
The streets in Bulgaria were littered with rubbish, some roads could be compared to a landfill site, I chose not to publish those photos. Being in a car was terrifying and the majority of people certainly knew how to use a horn. Road lanes, signs and signals really need not be there, in fact on our way to the airport we passed three cars driving at full speed the wrong way down the motorway!
Sep 27
Go Karting at Rayleigh Indoor Stadium!
Every year for my birthday I like to try something new, something I have never done before. This year it was Go Karting. It’s something I’ve always wanted to have a go at but never had the opportunity.
I booked a two hour, sixty lap go karting session for me and eight friends at the Rayleigh Indoor Karting stadium. We took part in the ‘Sprint’ event which was split into three sections. A fifteen lap practice, fifteen lap qualifying race and a thirty lap final. My fastest lap time in the qualifying race placed me sixth on the grid for the final race in which I came fifth overall making up one place.
Aug 08
Scotland
Having lived in the UK my entire life it’s difficult to understand why I had never been to Scotland considering it’s ‘only up the road’. Gemma’s parents invited us to go and stay with them in a small cabin in the Cairngorms in the middle of nowhere. Not the sort of holiday I’m too keen on but it turned out to be a brilliant experience and one I would happily do again!
Away from the busy streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow and other large cities, Scotland is a beautiful and extremely quiet place. We stayed in a tiny town called Feshiebridge a few miles from Aviemore.
