ANZAC
The closest Saturday to Anzac day, we all went to Acton Town to watch the NZ vs Aussie sports teams. It was pretty cool, it felt like school sports athletics day but with beer. There were pies (which you cannot get over here, Geoff made the most of it and had 2), massive homemade hamburgers which were devine, Polynesian dancing (not sure how this was related) and great sport. Karl and Dan were in the NZ football team and Karl scored the first goal by 'heading' it into the goal - not sure what the proper term is. Great game guys and well done on the win ! Photos to come.
Karl's suprise birthday party
prawns galore !
Nat cooking the squid
Miss and b'day boy Karl
Carla and Kelly
Adam on the barbie
NZ Green lipped mussels YUM ! - as you can see, covered in garlic.
Carla and Tanz
Nat and Missy
To celebrate Karl's birthday, his amazing girlfriend Tanz, and Natalie got up at the crack of dawn on Friday and went to the seafood markets to get food for Karl's suprise BBQ that night. It made me homesick as there were green lipped mussels from NZ (mussels over here would be illegal in NZ, they're tiny and haven't had any as a result), squid and prawns. Lots of bevvies, music and great company. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARL ! Photos to come.
DANCING IN THE STREETS
After work last week Nat, Tanz, Karl and I met in Embankment park for a light dinner and a few bevvies and headed to Motown musical 'Dancing in the streets'. While it was lots of fun and we all were up dancing by the end, I didn't know many of the songs and not sure I would recommend it for the price we paid (£22.50). Photos to come.
Greenwich
Easter break Road Trip
Geoff and I did a road trip from London to Scotland over the Easter break. We left work early on Thursday and went from Liverpool, to Lake District, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Grantham, Cambridge and back to London. We covered 1200 miles of English / Scotland roads and saw a lot starting with LIVERPOOL.........
Albert Dock - built between 1841 and 1848, one of the earliest enclosed Docks in the world. 2.5 hectares of water, the city's biggest tourist attraction (who knew, we thought it was very boring !!!)
Liverpool Stadium, Anfield Road. Unfortunately we had not booked a tour for the day so we missed out on seeing the grounds and club rooms so had to make do with the outside of stadium and the gift shop.
Glasgow
A tradional Kilt-making shop where Geoff purchased the below scarf with the traditional 'Elliot' clan tartan on it.
St Andrews
St Andrews in Scotland is a beautiful, seaside town which is an unusual mix of coastal scenery, tourist kitsch and medieval ruins.
The world's most famous golf course, the 16th-Century Old Course. Needless to say, Geoff was itching to have a game!
We had nearly forgotten what a beach looks like !
The ruins of St Andrews cathedral, what was once the largest cathedral in Scotland.
St Andrews College
Edinburgh
We stayed at the flashest hotel just out of Edinburgh for our third night. It was amazing, beautiful old grounds with gourgeous gardens and all the amenities. We had dinner at the 'casual' restaurant (there was also a flash option), and only spend £30 for mains, sides, dessert and drinks. The best meal we had both had in ages and it was incredibly cheap ! There was an easter special which included a huge buffet breakfast the next morning with all the trimmings. Neither of us wanted to leave as the staff were so friendly (we had forgotten what this was like as everyone is so grumpy in England), our room ensuite were gourgeous and we were treated like royalty. The only downfall was having to bring our 'packs' through reception with some of the guests staring because we looked like backpackers and very out of place at this lovely hotel.
Edinburgh castle where we spent the morning before driving 5.5 hours to our B&B in Grantham, Nottingham.
