During (2:02pm):

Good fun

Am I that annoying person who just posts pictures of their cat/babies?? Oh well

link to more pics

so to see my camp bestival ones, go here

to see my recent adventures in Jersey – animals, wedding, shopping, site seeing, 4 wheel bikes, gnome throwing contests… go here

for pictures from my cousins wedding go to this album

other interesting random pictures that I feel I need to share:

Erm… I’d just call it a tree, maybe?

the amount of fat from an average pack of sausages…

thats all for tonight, I went surfing earlier so I need sleep now… ciao!

1) A crazy night out – Stealth vs Rescued (JoJo from Bugged out was good) – CHECK

2) Good Food – Yo! Sushi AND… “the cheesecake shop” hmmmm… food on a conveyor belt, winner… we bought 1/4 of Mango continental cheesecake (the proper sloppier kind – my favourite), Chocolate Berry baked cheesecake (yum) and blueberry baked cheesecake.

3) Animals! Decided to go for a walk to wollaton (I think) park… on the day the RSPCA had a dog show!!! Hahaha… saw some gorgeous dogs (I want one), the highlight had to be owners taking their dogs through the agility course, hysterical… most had to be dragged/coaxed/pushed through all the obstacles… some just kinda ran crazily.

On this occasion though, I merged a couple of these together… Lucy’s flatmates hamster Aristotle was awake when we got in – eeeee I want one!!!

Full pictures here

Oooh I almost forgot, I had Magic Corn – BBQ flavour… erm… basically sweet corn.. in a cup with a bit of butter and a flavouring, shaken (a la cocktail) and eaten on the go… keraaaazzeeee

why I don’t love bike club… my knee wasn’t loving it on the return trip. reckon I’ll be limping tomo. Ah well.

Monday 645pm Bournemouth Pier (usually to the left as you look at it).

Fixed the bike up yesterday (back wheel needed some love, some rim tape and a new inner tube) and took it out for a short trundle to test the knee today.

Didn’t seem too bad, knees felt a bit shaky for a while when I got back, didn’t really put any effort in either.

Lovely day down here, a bit windy n cold but the beach looked lovely. Went to the Durley and back, lower gears than I’d normally use to make it less effort/stress onto the joint.

Verdict:~ Gentle rides to build up the strength, I reckon will be fine.

Stopped off at the birdlip viewpoint in the Cotswolds (overlooking Glos) on the way:

Took a tour of the cider museum (and sampled a couple of cider related alcoholic beverages)… went to see the Mappa Mundi and generally did the tourist thing around Hereford.

It was really good to chill out, eat plenty of yum home cooked food and take a short stroll in queenswood:

There were also a couple of random animal encounters… donkeys in the field near my mums house, one of which saw us.. made the noise that only a donkey can make and ran off… the other came over to say hello.

Slightly more unusual were the family of ostriches though…

Friday, went to see Juno – cool film – more of a chick flick than I expected, very good **** (Cloverfield got a Luke ***** btw) then to La Tasca for an evening of Tapas… very yum, only disappointment was a poor quantity on the Chorizo in red wine, still… £10 for a load of tapas was pretty damned good! And the Chocolate Orange Cheescake rates as the BEST DESSERT EVER.

Saturday, took a spin in the Nottingham eye:

the eye in the square – random view with shadow – the lovely lucy – town hall thing (?) with Sherwood in distance!

Then an amazing chinese buffet all you can eat for a bargain £6.50! More dishes than I could ever stomach including Tepenyaki and other choose n cook options… best bit? All you can eat dessert counter included! I’d like to say I just ate a good selection of the fruit… there may of been the odd bit of jelly… a cookie or two… a couple of scoops of choc ice cream and some fruit…

Home on sunday ready for the long awaited Rheumatologist appt at the hospital tomo… hopefully, the beginning of the end of this stupid illness… at least maybe anther Steroid jab to perk my joints up.

(i’m living up to the silly promise at least!)

Capitalism cheapening Bangkok…

…respectful localization…

…funny… or offensive…