Sunday, July 05, 2009

Three Peaks

Ben Nevis
Scotland
Latitude 57 Longitude -5
1344m asl
Summit reached: 9:30pm, Friday 3 July


Scafel Pike
England
Latitude 54 Longitude -3
978m asl
Summit reached: 10:30am, Saturday 4 July


Snowden
Wales
Latitude 53, Longitude -4
1086m asl
Summit reached 7pm, Saturday 4 July

Monday, June 29, 2009

Roehampton Cricket Club

A few pic's from a day at the Roehampton Cricket Club where Josh is running the show as club captain.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Wimbledon '09

Wimbledon '09 notes:

  • One Pimms and lemonade costs £6.30 and is 63% ice.
  • Rain interruptions in the first week: 0 (only three Wimbledon championships have not been interrupted by rain).
  • Roger Federer will win this year's title.
The buzz, the crowd, the drama, the atmosphere


Fernando Gonzalez (top serve 135mph - a second serve during a minor man tantrum)


Our friend Andy Roddick who we also saw a month ago in Paris (fastest serve 134 mph)


Venus Williams - a superior tactician, personality and tennis mind over her sister (fastest serve 115 mph).


Argentinean Leonardo Mayer (top serve 125mph).

Monday, June 01, 2009

Happy birthday HB

The bar is high but these cakes keep being up to the standard...

Sunday, May 31, 2009

French Open 2009

Thanks to Josh X Boston we penetrated the scalping cartel and got top notch seats in Suzane Lenglen stadium to see some top draw tennis - Andy Roddick destroyed Frenchman Marc Gicquel, crowd favourite Gael Monfils overcame angry Austrian Jurgen Melzer and Serena Williams frumped her way to a win over tour journeyman Jose Maria Martina Sanchez.
Conditions were perfect for tennis and a day return journey on the Eurostar worked out perfectly.
A few moods from the day below:

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Wales, cricket and a 1974 VW van

Like all good trips this one had its ups and downs and a few lessons learnt - as always, healthy to have a full week away from London and work and embrace some much needed sun. We nipped into Wales, out to see some cricket in England and then back in to relax for a couple of days before heading for home.

The white rose of Yorkshire against the red rose of Lancashire - enjoyed from the view of the members stand at Old Trafford.



Australian Ashley Noffke bowls to New Zealand's Hamish Marshall at Worcester:



Beaches at Gower and then Pembrokshire - in both cases our campsites overlooked two lovely spots. No tacky arcades or built up areas, just a tap, a carpark and an ice cream stall - well done Wales.


Rambling and overindulging - our specialty.


Shattered windscreen on the M5 - unhappy and frustrating times.


Zero a hundred in stalls per day, speed wobbles over 50mph, reverse harder to find than a needle in a haystack, a brittle windscreen but Maisy's bright orange aura sure is photogenic...