Things to do before you're 30: Task 1 COMPLETE

In the middle of Tuesday night, under the cover of darkness, I ran all the way around Kenilworth castle in nothing but my pants (and a hat, and a pair of trainers - which I think is allowed as it's a harsh winter night). I decided to take Morris for support (he would be running virtually naked as well). I also thought that if anyone approached us we could both bark at them, which should keep any weirdos at bay.

Fortunately nobody saw me until right at the end, when I was stopped in my tracks by a pair of bright headlights beaming directly at me. I hurriedly got into the car, so Clare could drive us away at high speed (after she'd taken a few photos and laughed a lot).

So there you go, I am eagerly anticipating a nice cheesecake promised by Clare, and I'm already thinking about December's task: to make a short film with morris.

Craggz and Parallel Forces

There's a great video of Craggz and Parallel Forces playing a live session at Maida Vale on the 1Xtra website. It's worth a watch just to see The Jungle Drummer in action.

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Like Lambs to the (Lower) Slaughter

On Sunday we took a trip to Lower Slaughter, a pleasant Gloucestershire village. We had a quick walk, pub lunch, and then looked around Cheltenham. lovely.

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Things to do before you're 30

So today I am 29.5, which means there are exactly 6 months left before the world ends I turn 30. So to keep my mind from this tragedy, I am going to undertake some crazy challenges. If you have any ideas for what I should do before the 2nd half of my life starts, then comment below. I will take the 6 most interesting (amusing), and attempt to do one per month, documenting my progress on this blog.

It's not like the old days...

Nick, Heather and Oli came to stay for the weekend, so we took the opportunity to visit our old student haunts at Warwick Uni. We had a great time (as you can see from the photos) but we can't help but think that it's not like the old days. You see, back when we were students...

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Blood Donor Online Launch

The National Blood Service has launched Blood Donor Online, a portal for blood donors to book appointments, change their details, look up medical and travel information related to blood donation, view their donation history etc. etc... This is of particular interest to me, as I worked on it while I was at the NBS, so it's good to see that some of my work has gone live to the public.

Congratualations to Mr Cook and the rest of the team for completing an ambitious and hopefully very successful project. If only I could remember by Government Gateway username, I would log in!

Fireworks

Jake, Emy, a couple of their friends and I went to the fireworks display at Kenilworth Castle on Saturday (Clare was at home with Morris, who was cowering in the corner). As usual it was a good display, despite some weird Winnie-the-pooh music in the middle, and was a welcome break from wallpapering the bathroom.