19 February 2009 - Hampstead

Today we went over to North Finchley to meet a friend for lunch. Afterwards we headed over to Hampstead to have a wander round.



We stopped in Maison Blanc for coffee and cake, afterwards, Ange and Amber sat and gazed in wonder at the place.

18th February - Elephant wrapping

Part of the reason for the trip to London in the half term break was to empty the house there of stuff. To this end, I wrapped Heather's elephant statue in bubble wrap - soon he will be in storage...

15th February - London

Seeing as we're down in the big smoke for half term week we thought today we'd head in to town to go to a couple of the markets. En route we saw this interesting sculpture outside Liverpool St. station.



Just the other side of Liverpool St. is Petticoat Lane Market. After what seemed like years walking through it we emerged the other side with a new trilby for Amber. She now resembles an east end wise guy.



Next stop, Old Spitalfields Market. This has changed considerably from my time. No longer is it a huge cavernous space filled with stalls. Now, there are proper restaurants and shops alongside a fair number of stalls, still good fun to walk around though. Again, Amber emerged the winner as she got a new top for her current "goth" phase.

8th February - Edinburgh

Today we headed in to Edinburgh. Originally we were going to watch Ange's niece play rugby for Scotland however en route we got a text to say she wasn't in the team so we diverted to IKEA for sundry shopping before heading in to GOMA - braving the rugby fans going to Murrayfield as we did - to see what art they had on display.

Tales from my mobile

The Smith Museum in Stirling where we saw some Da Vinci sketches.



The Forth Road Bridge. Or possibly the Forth Rail Bridge.



An example of two women parking their cars.



Death by ketchup.



View of the cottage from the top of the shed.



Nice cuppa joe with a frog on top.



Parking space for very very short cars.



A pig and a bunny in France.



McDonalds espressos. Though I did ask for coffee with milk.



Nice.



Monaco, from the Princess Grace garden.



Edinburgh from the office I was working in in George St.



Smiley face on the car.



A final send off to my SL72's.



This is where the sweets are made surely?



Stirling Castle through the mist.



Ice on my car.



The cottage in snow.



View from Deanston car park.



Pie.



Cake.



The fridge before Christmas.



The fridge after Christmas.



Now that the recession has hit, estate agents will live in houses made of for sale boards.



The "getaway vehicle" at the Hilton.



A big snowman.



More snowmen up Carnaby St.



Hansel & Gretels house at the Barbican.



You can't even escape Hamleys when you get to the airport.



Festive coffee.



Chocolate Santa - lasted about 5 mins after this pic was taken.

2nd January 2009 - Nettlestead

Today we headed down to Nettlestead to visit some of Anges relations. The garden had quite a few sculptures in it - this was my fave.

29th December - Brighton

Today we went down to Brighton, cold but lovely.

28th December - Woking

The bugs and insects are some size in Surrey.







As are the fags.



And outside there are flying fish.



But really, we were at the Lightbox in Woking to see their bugs exhibition and also the Bob Dylan paintings exhibition.



The Basingstoke Canal.