Sorry about the lack of blob posts recently. This is partly because we've been fairly busy doing stuff (as will be explained if I just get on with it) rather than writing about it, and also because I've spent far too much time playing Battle for Wesnoth (yes, I know it's a bit sad) by myself and Mah Jong with Vikki.
Those of you who keep tabs on my Picasa Web page will have seen the photos from Christchurch and Bournemouth. Those who haven't can click on the pictures at the bottom to get there. We were in Christchurch for a week's holiday and it was very nice.
The boys got a couple of days at the beach (one after a short trip along the coast to Bournemouth) which was just as well since that's one of the main reasons for going.
Vikki and I managed a couple of runs. The second one hadn't been planned but we went to Moors Valley park (which was a really good day out for everyone) and we decided to follow the orienteering course there. On the way round, we realised that we weren't going to get to all the points and get back to meet the rest of the gang at the time we'd said. My plan was to miss out three of the points, but Vikki decided we could make it if we ran rather than walked the rest of the way. You can guess whose idea won the day.
We also had a trip up to London (will post some photos soon), went to a car boot sale and bought some books, games, and Dexter's Laboratory bobble headed figures (the last were Calum's), and Vikki and I went to see the Bournemouth Shakespeare Players outdoor production of Macbeth which was very good.
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| 2008-07-12 Christchur |
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| 2008-07-18 Bournemout |
6 comments:
Seriously, this looks like great fun! Vikki you look fabulous! Iain, I like the one of you sitting on the bench in front of a building - you look good too. Whoever took a picture of all the boat houses in a row did a beautiful job!
Loved it!
Vikki can't fool us into thinking Bournemouth beach was warm, walking around in her t-shirt. We can see people in the background wearing at least 17 layers of clothing.
I like turn based strategy games, but hate the hassle involved in gaming on a PC. Is there a version for XBox Live Arcade?
Good choice to spend a few days out in bournemouth. There are plenty of things to do and places to go there. I think it is seriously under-rated
Jen - Aww thanks for the compliment! I don't look half as good as you do on your Facebook picture :) It was a fun holiday, and it was Iain who took all the arty shots.
Ian - You are right, Bournemouth was a bit chilly. I took my coat off for about 5 mins!
Shirley - Who are you? Are you from Bournemouth?? It's nice to have someone else reading the blob!
jen: Thanks for the kind comments - I think the building in the background was a pub which was being done up and getting a Gary Rhodes restaurant.
ian: It was a bit chilly in Bournemouth which was sort of good because it meant the beach wasn't too crowded. We saw one woman go in the water - for a couple of minutes at most. I think Wesnoth is open source so you could theoretically download the code and compile it if you had an XBox cross-compiler. Not sure how Live Arcade works though.
shirley: Welcome to our blob. Always good to get a new reader.
The Natural History Museum is the best tourist thing to see in London, I love it.
Surely the Lego versions of things are better as you can demolish them with a fourer marble when you've had enough!?
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