I must admit at not being hugely excited by the Olympics, however, with the Olympic torch route going straight past my house it would have been rude not to go out and have a look. Penny got into the spirit of things with her patriotic baby grow and flag and all the neighbours gathered at…
Category: friends
Having Friends Boosts Survival Chances
According to this article having a good network of friends can improve your chances of survival by 50%. The research comes from The Brigham Young University who studied survival odds and social networks. They found that having just a few friends can be as damaging to your survival rates as smoking 15 cigarettes a day…
The Average Briton has Only Three Friends
According to this article the average Briton has only three true friends. A poll of 3,000 people founds that whilst most people claim to have 16 friends, 48 per cent admit that most of those people are friends out of habit. The study found that the typical Briton is actually only left with three close…
Halloween
Its Halloween again and much as I dislike children I went out and brought a couple of bags of sweets. The doorbell has been ringing every five minutes for the last couple of hours and a succession of witches, vampires, skeletons and zombies have all gone away happy with some candy. The sweets have nearly…
New Camera and Birthday Celebrations
I am still enjoying playing with my new camera so I will probably be posting lots of pictures in the next few weeks. I took this picture of Oscar using the close up setting and was quite impressed that you can see the wet part of his nose in the picture. The second picture was…
Sandy Beaches and Insect Bites
As always there are good things and bad things about going on holiday. One of the good things is the sandy beaches (pictured left) and the bad things for me generally start with the local wildlife. Despite taking lots of precautions and covering myself in insect repellent, I now have a rather swollen knee where…
St Lucia – We Have Arrived!
We arrived in St Lucia yesterday evening for a five day stay during which we are attending a friends wedding on Tuesday. I must say I was dreading the eight hour flight but it was better than I expected, perhaps because I managed to watch three movies on the way. We did, however, arrive very…
Beer Beer and More Beer
We met up with some friends last night for a beer tasting evening at Brouge at The Old Goat in Fulwell near Twickenham. It was certainly a slightly different evening. The staff at the pub started by telling us a little bit about some of the beers and we then got to sample some. Apparently…
The Roof Gardens
I went to a friend’s hen night yesterday and whilst I have been forbidden from divulging any of the details or posting photos on my blog (how mean is that?), I think I am allowed to talk about the restaurant where we had lunch. It was the first time I have been to The Roof…
Ice Hockey
I went to my first ice hockey game on Saturday. It was at the Guildford Spectrum, home of the Guildford Flames. The game we watched was the Guildford flames playing the Chelmsford Chieftains. It proved to be a rather fast moving game that ended 10-5 to the Guildford Flames. Throughout the game I was impressed…