Holidays

Clare and I had a two-stage holiday this year, starting with 5 days by Lake Garda in northern Italy.



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We then spent a week by the Coast in Wales, with Heather, Joe, Steve and Kim. The holiday involved the usual rounds of 'Ring of Fire', with a vocal accompaniment on the Sing-Star (my singing skills, whilst very entertaining, do not seem to score many points - I need to have a word with Sony about their customer acceptance testing). We also did some walking, went into a dragon infested cave and sat on the beach. Awesome.



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Whilst in Wales, Heather and Joe treated Clare and I to an afternoon of mountain boarding, as part of a 30th birthday present. It was excellent, and surprisingly easy to pick up. Sadly confidence got the better of me and it didn't take me long to sprain an ankle. It didn't stop me though - can't wait to have another go. Here's a video montage of our boarding skills:

Weekend in Wales

We spent last weekend in Wales, which was great fun. We climbed a mountain, saw a lot of sheep, and got very wet - just a typical day in North Wales. It started to snow at the top of the mountain (Cadair Idris) so we took shelter in a small hut, which was filled with men offering us tea from thermos flasks. We politely declined after being made to feel rather poorly equipped:

"Don't you have any gloves?"

And no, that's not my dressing gown.

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