We just spent the weekend in Wales with some friends watching a marathon (well almost - it was 22 miles instead of 26) where people raced against horses!
More to follow...
Monday 16 June 2008
Thursday 12 June 2008
Foo Fighters and Spamalot
Last weekend Melinda and I went in to central London to see if we could get some cheap tickets and see a West End show. We ended up getting some front row balcony seats to Spamalot, a musical based on the Monty Python movies - in particular The Holy Grail. Its main character is played by Alan Dale - that bloke that played Jim in Neighbors and also plays the big boss in Ugly Betty (yes that show with Salma Hayek in it). It was pretty funny and prompted me to keep telling Melinda for the rest of the day that 'I fart in your general direction!' (You'll get that if you've seen the movie!)
While were in town, a mate called and said that he'd just split with his girlfriend and as such had a spare ticket to Foo Fighters who were playing at Wembley that night! So I took Melinda home and turned around to head to Wembley. Now I presumed that my mate had seated tickets as it was a sold out concert and he didn't mention otherwise. So I just wore some jeans and a good t-shirt. Had I of known that he had general admission tickets, I would have taken only keys, cash and maybe one debit card, sealed them in a pocket of some shorts and worn an old t-shirt!
Anyhow, we didn't get too close to the front (you should have seen the sweat drenched people coming out of the front rows!) and it was a great concert. I didn't realise just how many Foo Fighters songs I like! Then for an encore, 2 blokes from Led Zeppelin came out and played a couple of songs with Dave Grohl (lead singer) and the drummer! Score!!!!!!!
While were in town, a mate called and said that he'd just split with his girlfriend and as such had a spare ticket to Foo Fighters who were playing at Wembley that night! So I took Melinda home and turned around to head to Wembley. Now I presumed that my mate had seated tickets as it was a sold out concert and he didn't mention otherwise. So I just wore some jeans and a good t-shirt. Had I of known that he had general admission tickets, I would have taken only keys, cash and maybe one debit card, sealed them in a pocket of some shorts and worn an old t-shirt!
Anyhow, we didn't get too close to the front (you should have seen the sweat drenched people coming out of the front rows!) and it was a great concert. I didn't realise just how many Foo Fighters songs I like! Then for an encore, 2 blokes from Led Zeppelin came out and played a couple of songs with Dave Grohl (lead singer) and the drummer! Score!!!!!!!
Monday 2 June 2008
A Brau bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht!
I joined Marisa and Ben in Edinburgh, Scotland for a few days cruising around. We went from Edinburgh to Inverness, John O'Groats, Tongue, the Isle of Skye, Fort William and a detour to some hill otherwise known as Hadrians wall.
Marisa and Ben left a couple of days before me so I went up on the train to Edinburgh to meet them. On the way up I got a great view of the East of England and I think its a shame I havent been here before as some of the country side is quite beautiful. I met Marisa and Ben and also our Uncle Adrian who was in town for a couple of days.
The next day we headed up to Inverness. We went to Loch Ness and whilst we didnt see Nessy herself, a bus load of backpackers turned up as we did. They provided the entertainment as about 4 blokes and 1 girl went swimming!! The water was very cold and I'm glad it was them and not me!!
We had an interesting night in Inverness where a local woman declared 'I like girls' while grinning at Marisa and patting my head (what the??). We moved pubs and got talking to some local lads and playing pool. Marisa and Ben got an insight in to UK football culture when a brawl of about 5 blokes kicked off seemingly out of nowhere between supporters of Celtic and Rangers. I had gone to the toilet and when I came back out the pub was virtually empty with a few people looking out the window. The brawl was moving up and down the street so we waited until it went the other way and we went out the door to head in the opposite direction! So from there we toned it down a bit with some Itallian food instead!
Next day we headed further North to a town called Tain - where my great grandparents emigrated from to Australia in the late 1800's. We called in at the local Glen Morangie distillery but unfortunately they were booked out! So I bought some whiskey anyhow to conduct my own 'tour' later... From there we went to John O'Groats on the north tip of Scotland (the actuall most northern point is a few miles away - we went there too) before going around to Tongue on the North Coast.
Next day we set off to the Isle of Sky - where ancestors on our mother's side came from many generations ago. I wondered if I would feel like I had arrived home when we got to Skye..........hmmm.........no....nothing. Its a nice place though but I may as well have been on Mars for familiarity!
On the way back we stayed in Fort William and then drove alongside Loch Lamond before making a loooong journey home!
Marisa and Ben left a couple of days before me so I went up on the train to Edinburgh to meet them. On the way up I got a great view of the East of England and I think its a shame I havent been here before as some of the country side is quite beautiful. I met Marisa and Ben and also our Uncle Adrian who was in town for a couple of days.
The next day we headed up to Inverness. We went to Loch Ness and whilst we didnt see Nessy herself, a bus load of backpackers turned up as we did. They provided the entertainment as about 4 blokes and 1 girl went swimming!! The water was very cold and I'm glad it was them and not me!!
We had an interesting night in Inverness where a local woman declared 'I like girls' while grinning at Marisa and patting my head (what the??). We moved pubs and got talking to some local lads and playing pool. Marisa and Ben got an insight in to UK football culture when a brawl of about 5 blokes kicked off seemingly out of nowhere between supporters of Celtic and Rangers. I had gone to the toilet and when I came back out the pub was virtually empty with a few people looking out the window. The brawl was moving up and down the street so we waited until it went the other way and we went out the door to head in the opposite direction! So from there we toned it down a bit with some Itallian food instead!
Next day we headed further North to a town called Tain - where my great grandparents emigrated from to Australia in the late 1800's. We called in at the local Glen Morangie distillery but unfortunately they were booked out! So I bought some whiskey anyhow to conduct my own 'tour' later... From there we went to John O'Groats on the north tip of Scotland (the actuall most northern point is a few miles away - we went there too) before going around to Tongue on the North Coast.
Next day we set off to the Isle of Sky - where ancestors on our mother's side came from many generations ago. I wondered if I would feel like I had arrived home when we got to Skye..........hmmm.........no....nothing. Its a nice place though but I may as well have been on Mars for familiarity!
On the way back we stayed in Fort William and then drove alongside Loch Lamond before making a loooong journey home!
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