Radiohead Concert

Gabs kindly picked up a few drinks before the concert to get us in the zone and we rolled in feeling like we almost belonged....

Radiohead had put out a new album and I hadn't heard any of it but they played a mixture of old and new songs and the concert was brilliant. It was the first outdoor concert I had been to and we had a very clear and calm night for it.



Getting home was the only hassle but we made short work of the first leg of the journey, exiting the ground by packing into an effective front row scrum formation and ploughing on through.

Sintra - Portugal

Probably my last European weekend break, Sintra was a good place to spend it but highlighted the problem with weekend breakaways - travel time. We used almost every type of public transport getting there and away which was a bit frustrating.

Sintra is about an hour by train from Lisbon and the Old Town is a World Heritage site. The main tourist sights included a few palaces. a Moorish castle ruin on the top of the hill and was clouded in mist when we visited, a monastery and just the general serenity. We spent Saturday visiting some of these places, doing the tourist thing, and by the end of the day our feet were almost worn out.

Moorish Castle ruins, in fog for precisely the length of time we were there



Palace, also on top of the hill overlooking the Old Town



Looking up from down a well



Sunday was much more relaxing, we went to the beach and then I got very red soaking up the rays at the hotel pool but at least we got some sunshine.

Stage 1 2007

It was my second last weekend in London and my last opportunity to attempt the 180km stage to Canterbury that was stage 1 of the 2007 Tour de France. Hamish was persuaded to come along and we were fortunate to have perfect weather for out attempt. Our directions were not so perfect but we managed to flounder our way to the half way mark at Royal Tonbridge Wells in time for some well earned lunch.



I set off on my own after lunch feeling good and making good progress but both changed - firstly the good progress as I could find no road signs that matched my instructions and the the feeling good as I hadn't eaten since lunch time. Finally I crawled into Canterbury about 8 hours after starting and after a real struggle for the last hour. A high dose of chocolate and chocolate related products soon fixed me up and I took the train back to London feeling very satisfied.

Twenty/20 in Hove

Our trip to see some Twenty/20 cricket in Hove (near Brighton) on a Friday night after work proved to be more difficult than we imagined. Here is a list of things that didn't go to plan:
- delayed train from Victoria
- train was absolutely packed so we had to stand
- we had to sprint to catch the connecting train through crowded platforms
- arrived at the cricket just as they were putting the 'Sold out' signs up
- having to fork out stack loads of £'s to get a seat
- train breakdown on the way back
- further significant train delays
- losing a tennis ball onto the tracks

At least the cricket was good and it was a nice night. Hampshire claimed the win off the last ball thanks to some poor fielding and shocking keeping all night by Matt Prior.