Today feels like the day before school starts. Except instead of the chaotic piles of school kit to be labelled, it’s piles of dive kit. And it’s not about fitting all one’s books into one’s satchel, it’s about fitting as much dive kit as we can into the largest suitcase. And making [...]
Tom and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary this week with a trip to The Gaucho Grill. These guys are renowned for their steaks but we had a feeling they wouldn’t come cheap so we were saving them for a special occasion.
There are a number of Gaucho Grills around London these days; [...]
After getting into a fairly good routine of riding to and from work a couple of times a week last summer and autumn, my riding activities were sadly curtailed by the evenings creeping in around October. It’s hard not to feel more vulnerable as a rider in the dark, and Tom wasn’t happy with [...]
Well I wasn’t looking forward to this, but it wasn’t that bad. For starters, we got from bed to car in just 20 minutes, and slipped out of London in a mere 17 minutes on roads that were practically deserted (not a surprise given it was before 08h00 on a Saturday).
Two hours [...]
Looking up our street. If it weren’t for the temperature, you would swear that was snow!
White cherry blossoms
Pink cherry blossoms
Natural confetti
One of the best Easter treats round here are the home-made hot cross buns that Tom knocks up with the help of the breadmaker (to do the dough).
He made the first 2006 batch when we got home from the Good Friday service today and we started on them straight out of the oven, [...]
It’s April right? It’s supposed to be getting warmer! You wouldn’t think so to see the pictures of parts of the southern UK under 12cm of snow yesterday!
The bit that I’ve been trying not to think about, in between the icy winds and condensing breath, is that we’re be doing some training dives [...]
I should call this one “Tom’s new toy” because he’s been so happy with it, and had loads of fun playing with it since he installed it.
We don’t usually go after the latest and greatest, and in fact haven’t bought any new PC hardware for a while now. Generally we tend to be pretty [...]
This afternoon was really pleasant out. An oh-so-slight nip in the air but brilliantly sunny.
To celebrate the weather, and the fact that I got out of my training course and was on my way home at a sprightly 16h15, I decided to get off at Lancaster Gate (3 stops early) and walk the rest [...]
We went to our first dive show this year. We’ve never done any of the big London exhibitions before now so this was something new in more ways than one.
They have several dive shows every year (I’ve always maintained that it’s what divers do to keep themselves busy in winter), and the [...]
