On one of the internet booth thingies in Terminal 1 at London Heathrow waiting for my connecting flight up to Manchester from Geneva. Everyone looks dead unhealthy and the whole place is grey skies and dirty. Feels rank.
At least I'll get to see sunny skies up north though, and am looking forward to seeing me Ma when she picks me up from the airport. Funky stuff!
Better go, my flight's just being called...
Showing posts with label england. Show all posts
Showing posts with label england. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Monday, 20 August 2007
Family planning
Going back to the UK on Thursday! WoooOoooOOooo!
My baby cousin's getting hitched! Then having a couple of days seeing friends in London.
Getting quite excited about the whole thing. I'm pumped about seeing my little nephew Dusty. Really looking forward to seeing the family as well - mum and dad, my sister and brother-in-law, the rest of the cousins, aunts and uncles, my grandmother. Plus as my cousin and I went to school together there will be a whole load of school friends at the wedding as well.
Then there's a couple of days in London. Going to see a whole host of friends and head off to the Notting Hill Carnival and see everyone and grab a drink and catch up. I'm really stoked to be seeing everyone and catching up and sharing a laugh and a drink.
This whole thing's come at the perfect time and I'm really looking forward to a bit of recharge of the batteries out of the valley to see everyone. So tonight Crampons, Fred, George and Ian and I are all having a bite to eat together and I'll shave my beard and head ready for the trip back and start getting my stuff together - washing clothes and the like.
Passy Lake with Mont Blanc in the background
I'm feeling pretty good after swimming the mile-long lake at Passy yesterday with Chris. Was good of him to drag me out of the office for a couple of hours into the hot sun and go for a splash. Not sure why in God's name whilst we were supposed to be sitting on towels next to a mile-long lake carefully not looking at the topless French girls the only thing running through my mind was "I wonder if I can swim the whole lake without stopping". Muppet. Still - did it and feel healthy for it.
Right! Time to get the flat sorted out, the place could do with a clean.
My baby cousin's getting hitched! Then having a couple of days seeing friends in London.
Getting quite excited about the whole thing. I'm pumped about seeing my little nephew Dusty. Really looking forward to seeing the family as well - mum and dad, my sister and brother-in-law, the rest of the cousins, aunts and uncles, my grandmother. Plus as my cousin and I went to school together there will be a whole load of school friends at the wedding as well.
Then there's a couple of days in London. Going to see a whole host of friends and head off to the Notting Hill Carnival and see everyone and grab a drink and catch up. I'm really stoked to be seeing everyone and catching up and sharing a laugh and a drink.
This whole thing's come at the perfect time and I'm really looking forward to a bit of recharge of the batteries out of the valley to see everyone. So tonight Crampons, Fred, George and Ian and I are all having a bite to eat together and I'll shave my beard and head ready for the trip back and start getting my stuff together - washing clothes and the like.
Passy Lake with Mont Blanc in the background
I'm feeling pretty good after swimming the mile-long lake at Passy yesterday with Chris. Was good of him to drag me out of the office for a couple of hours into the hot sun and go for a splash. Not sure why in God's name whilst we were supposed to be sitting on towels next to a mile-long lake carefully not looking at the topless French girls the only thing running through my mind was "I wonder if I can swim the whole lake without stopping". Muppet. Still - did it and feel healthy for it.
Right! Time to get the flat sorted out, the place could do with a clean.
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Weekend in Blighty
So spent the weekend back in Lancashire seeing my parents, and my wicked nephew and sister and brother-in-law. Was really, really good to catch up with everyone and see the little lad and generally be with the family.
I've got to say, I had a really nice time eating Mum's home-made food and going to the Lake District, going for a long walk with my Dad and talking the whole way, playing endlessly with Dusty and seeing my sister and also going out for a few beers with my brother in law. It really did make me feel a twinge of sadness coming back to Cham, but I knew that it was the right thing to do. Bizarrely I was actually missing the mountains virtually all the time I was there.
Funnily enough, it also helped clear my mind a lot from talking with the family and also making me realise that I really do want to be here in Chamonix. I came back on Monday to the cracking email of a new contract - awesome.
I've got to say, I had a really nice time eating Mum's home-made food and going to the Lake District, going for a long walk with my Dad and talking the whole way, playing endlessly with Dusty and seeing my sister and also going out for a few beers with my brother in law. It really did make me feel a twinge of sadness coming back to Cham, but I knew that it was the right thing to do. Bizarrely I was actually missing the mountains virtually all the time I was there.
Funnily enough, it also helped clear my mind a lot from talking with the family and also making me realise that I really do want to be here in Chamonix. I came back on Monday to the cracking email of a new contract - awesome.
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