Kate decided to do something different for her birthday this year, so she got a few of us together and we headed to a local outdoor adventure centre. Here were were put in a 3G swing (a swing that puts you up 10 meters in the air), jumped for a trapeze from the top of a pole 10 meters off the ground, abseiled down a flat wall and climbed a stack of crates.
From this photo, you can see the enjoyment someone is getting from putting her friends through all this!
You can also watch two videos one of the 3G swing (and Kate screaming) and one of her jumping off a pole
Lonnie thoughts
I know this because the butter is hard at “room temperature”. Hmm, time to turn on the central heating..
It is lovely though, I plan to visit the market this weekend for some festive spirit. Hohoho…!!
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Kate and I went ice skating with friends last night. I was surprised to find I could still skate – especially as it’s been about 3-4 years since I was on roller blades and about 5-6 years since I was on ice skates! The last time I recall being on ice was when Brad and Wolf took me skating in Vancouver. Yes it involved hockey sticks, and yes I wasn’t very good, but it was good fun. Last night I didn’t have a stick. I did have figure skating skates though and that caused all sorts of problems with my turns. I didn’t fall over though, that’s a start! Turns out they have an ice hockey team here, and they are quite good. I’m guessing the team consists of Canadian students studying here…
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I was wondering around London a couple of weeks ago. Besides the rain, it was lovely. I spent the rainy times inside the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Monmoth Coffee Company. I’ve recently learnt how to take panoramic photos, so check out some of my attempts.
The atrium of the British Museum
The freaky ghost people are a little funny…
The rest of my pics are here
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Check it out, it’s looking like problems already…
Oxford Circus X-crossing
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But I just finished reading the Harry Potter series. I thoroughly enjoyed them, probably because it was easy reading making them easy to pick up and easy put down. I can see why kids get engrossed in them though, there are so many aspects that just about everyone could relate to (adult and child alike).
I can’t help but feel that the movies detract from the books. The movies give you faces to the characters which meant (for me) that I put less into forming images of the characters myself.
But, all in all, worth the read. I need to find something else now and that’s the bit I don’t like about reading, finding the next book…
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This time next week we’ll leave daylight savings time. What that means is that it’ll be 5.30pm now and it’ll be dark. I’m looking forward to it ’cause it means we’re getting closer to that wonderful festive season where butchers in the covered market hang dead animals out front of their stores like this.
I’m not looking forward to getting over whatever illness it is that i’m currently battling….
jingle bells… jingle bells…
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excellent! My fave was Brewdog’s “Bashah” at 8.6%. A lovely way to end the evening! But there are more to sample than those I’ve tried tonight, some 140 real ales served from the cask – the best way to drink them!
Lonnie Wine and dine
Kate has found that I might be smarter for a reason. Smarter than what I hear you ask? Maybe a chimp?
Learning to juggle grows brain networks
Sadly, for James and Dave, it doesn’t matter how good you are. Any level of an attempt appears to help…
Can chimps juggle?
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Last year we headed to the Henley show. It was our favourite show of the year. For me this was because they have a giant vegetable competition! Again I was keen to checkout the large marrow, pumpkin and carrots. I wasn’t disappointed!
The chickens were also interesting, especially the one that was about twice the size of Kate’s head! (he was after all “Buff”)
Plenty more photos here
Lonnie Travels
