Holidays

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



View the Lake Garda album


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.



View the Wales album


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:

Things to do before you're 30: Task 2 COMPLETE

The December 'thing to do before you're 30' was to make a short video with Morris (thanks for the suggestion Josh). You can see the result below! Unfortunately Morris had an accident with a barbed wire fence, so we weren't able to complete filming. His condition is improving, after having had a few stitches at the vet.



The January challenge is to go down the deepest cave and up the highest mountain in England in a weekend (as well as stopping off at a youth hostel and a having a few pints in the local) so if you want to come along come along, you're very welcome.