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Stefan and I met up with his friend Johannes in Munich for Oktoberfest. What a fantastic event! Lots of happy drunk people from all over the world singing songs and spilling beer. Despite the 6 million attending, it managed to feel relatively un-commercial. Notice that there aren’t any embarrassing photo’s of me. The power of [...]

I went up to Newcastle last weekend with Jo to support her in the Great North Run. It’s the largest sporting event in the UK and the largest half marathon in the world. I loved Newcastle and the run was beautiful. 50,000 people running plus spectators and no hassle at all. The organization was [...]

Over Christmas I took two and half weeks to fly home and take a road trip up to San Francisco with Jo. It was great to see home again, especially after being away for so long. I’ve finally gotten around to putting up some photos:
Here’s some photos of Christmas Eve. The one on the [...]

Jo and I spent the weekend in The New Forest. It’s a National Park near the south coast of England. We got there a little late in the day on Saturday, so we hung out in Lyndhurst, where our B&B was. Since it was late afternoon, we went for a cream tea at the Mad [...]

I’ve put up a few photos from the weekend. On saturday I competed in a 5 a side football tournament with guys from work. We did ok in the group, not bad, but not good. The highlight was destroying our company rival, MPC, 7-1. Check the photo’s here.
On Sunday Alasdair, Jo and I went to [...]

I went wake boarding a few times in the last month. There’s a few lakes down in Ashford with a cable pull. Tons of fun and relatively cheap. It’s not as cold as it looks and we probably didn’t even need wetsuits.
A few weeks ago I also went paintballing. Always forget how much fun that [...]