So now for what I have been up to. Well after a weekend at home in London I flew over to Holland for a couple of days, to meet someone at the office and catch up with a couple of friends. The meeting was very useful, a step in the right direction in terms of sorting out what to do next. I stayed over with Ingrid, which was really nice as it allowed us to catch up nicely and I finally got to meet her dog Basco...here are a couple of pics with him :-)
After the (rather grey but not rainy) Dutch outing, I headed back home for a few days. The weather was lovely in London until the Bank Holiday weekend, typically, when it started pouring with rain and the wind made things rather cold. Spent some time in the park, had some people round for lunch and dinner and generally relaxed, trying (and still struggling a little) to settle back into normality. Oh, and I joined the gym! Yes, really...much as I hate these places usually I decided it was time to do something about those few bits accumulated over the 3rd year exams, and those accumulated over the last couple of years eating badly...oh and those kindly offered along with the double helpings by the friendly Salym cooks ;-) Let's see what happens to this new fad...at least it's not a New Year's resolution :) (Give me a tennis racket anyday argh)
Then from rainy London to rainy France at the beginning of last week...went by train this time for a change, similar to going down from Holland really. It certainly cut out the hassle of going through yet another airport security palarva, although does involve a change in Paris.
After a couple of days Matthew came out too and we had a really nice relaxing stay-despite/thanks to the lack of broadband in the area. Managed to catch up on sleep, eat lots of nice food and even enjoy the sun which finally showed up. It was rather strange driving-such a luxury in our little car, with a smooth gear lever and such quiet, smooth engine:-) Although I was struggling with speed! 40kph is not recommended on French country roads...
Mowed the growing number of lawns...and met the new inhabitants! Photos below...
Boy and Girl Sheep...they have not been named but I think a plateful of Fluffy and The Little One might be quite tasty...
The hens...only due to start laying eggs end of June...but guess who found the first egg :-))))
Pretty Mrs Duck...with Mr Duck looking on in the background.
So, which one(s) won't we be able to eat? The bets are on.
Back in London now for a few days...went to the IEA yesterday for dinner with the trustees, which as always included a lot of thought-provoking conversations. I am now planning to finish off some things around the flat (pictures etc) and hopefully just ploughing through a bit more of War and Peace...which I seem to have been reading for months on end whilst only getting through about 1/10th of it! I must say I am really surprised at how much I am enjoying it...comments and opinions welcome ;-)
More blogging very soon, I aim to keep this up at least twice a week and please DO keep poking me if I don't!!
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