Monday
Mar312008

Easter

It came pretty early this year, in fact I'm sure I read somewhere that there is only one other time it could possibly be earlier. I'd been looking forward to going out on IRIS for a little trip for some time, but the weather wasn't the best.

Each day I'd wake up, check the weather report and then we'd go and do something else as it was just going to be horrible.

Finally on Easter monday I just had to get out. We left the marina in heavy snow and this pretty much set the pattern for the trip. I was going to turn around at Bulls Bridge (about 2 miles from the marina) but of course, it brightened up long enough for me to think it was going to be alright. Predictably, when I'd turned up the Grand Union, it started sleeting again.

By the time we got back, I'd not been that cold since my motorcycling days. Mary sensibly spent most of the trip inside by the diesel stove, reading. :)

Saturday
Mar012008

Tom Waits

............for the bus

Nice shot of me and my nephew Tom, on our way to the zoo with the others this afternoon in London. If this can't tempt Dave Williams into commenting, then I don't know what will.

Friday
Feb292008

Still here...
Been a busy few weeks with work, snowboarding and working on the boat v2.0 project.
Apropo nothing, here is a small Austrian locomotive that is going nowhere soon.

Thursday
Feb142008

Drive
I recently took another car for a spin whilst in Florida. It may have had similar characteristics, but I think I'll stick to the Cerbera.

Note to Mary - this is 'work', its not all beer and skittles in the private sector (oh, it is......)

Thursday
Feb072008

Snakes on a Plane?

Am waiting on Samuel L. Jackson to return my calls for this exciting sequel idea I've had to his cult hit film.

A couple of visitors (or 'nature's alarm clock') on IRIS far too early this morning.