After 4 and a half months of avoiding virtually everyone, we decided to fulfill up with Alison's parents midway between London and Exeter. My work runs a quarterly rewards scheme identified as the Club and I was lucky enough to qualify this time around, so that meant a half … Last Friday, my company ran a trial "work from home" afternoon. Last night time concerned quite a lot of brass, beats and beer, courtesy of Too Many Zooz and a few unexpected pals. A look again over 2024, a 12 months dominated by travel and associates - and, particularly, travel WITH mates! After the success of digital beer and neigh-neighs, various of our mates organized a comply with-up get together over Zoom which took the form of a team … It's develop into something of a tradition in our university buddy group to get collectively for an early-summer time celebration and watch the Grand National horse … It's July, which suggests it ought to be time for the annual Walthamstow Garden Party festival.
As the Garden Party is funded and run by the … It's fantastic living "shut" to London. Despite residing in south-west London for … With London in Tier 4, Cumbria heading for Tier 3, and the Christmas "free for all" period cancelled, we've discovered ourselves a little stranded in … An early invite as much as Scotland with my parents felt a little bit too risky, but a comply with-up … I've been enjoying Pokémon Go for a little while now (as has Alison) so when it was introduced that a real-world event would finally be … With journey restrictions lifting, incredibly sunny weather, and Alison being asked to take some holiday (to assist unfold out go away), we determined this … In case you'd asked me how I'd most like to spend my 30th birthday, I'd have stated one thing like … Another weekend without apparent plans, aside from the very fact that almost all (if not fairly all) of the outlets, cafés, and takeaways near us have reopened.
A day (or, in our family, lengthy weekend) devoted to celebrating films, board video games, snacks, junk meals, … We had been imagined to spend Easter weekend in Devon with Alison's parents, however clearly that wasn't going to happen this yr ???? Instead, I largely … A full write up of our trip to Devon and the Chilterns a few weeks ago, from people festivals to Whipsnade Zoo to tree cathedrals. We're continuing the trend of finally actioning gifts I've given Alison over the last few years. For sure, it was an enormous amount of fun, so I figured I'd jot down a number of thoughts that occurred to me over the course of the evening. We drove all the way down to the Middle Gelt viaduct … It's my third time seeing Goldfish and the first time with Alison and just about all the usual suspects. For our third day trip we wanted to give the automotive a relaxation, so packed our luggage and struck out for Richmond Park.
Our week of exploration ended with the longest journey yet: Welney Wetlands. Time to make some use of the extended freedoms we nonetheless take pleasure in in Cumbria, with a road trip out to the Solway. Who'd have thought it: both Adrian and me set New Year's resolutions to use calendars extra, so our first get collectively actually occurred on the date … We're nearly at the midway level of 2020, so I assumed it could be an excellent moment to check out my New Year's challenges checklist and see how things had been going. Clearly final year's international Go Fest was a hit, as a result of six months later Niantic have followed it up with a ticketed Kanto event. Last yr was the primary in many who we did not meet up with Tom, JK, Nat, and Adrian for a Halloween of over-indulgence and board video games, so I'm … Last evening was the extremely anticipated Coco and the Butterfields gig. We'd originally planned to go to Welney (and the nearby town of Ely) for a …