thursday already

Hopefully by Monday or Tuesday myself and Mark should be moved into our new flat in Forest Hill. That will be tremendous stuff, not only is the flat really nice, but it will also cut my daily commute by 90 minutes in BOTH directions. Jurassic Park!

Last weekend I popped to Dartmouth for the annual South Coast Rowing Championships, which was a fantastic weekend away and was certainly what I needed. The rowing was excellent; we came 2nd in our invitation event, which was far better than expected as I have been out of training for easily over two months.
Dartmouth was also a lovely venue for the racing, the river is calm and the town of Dartmouth itself is very inviting and quaint. I really enjoyed last weekend, and wish I could do it again this weekend. Spending a few days away from home makes the weekend seem longer and being surrounded by friends who all share the same enthusiasm for rowing that I do, really did make for an extremely enjoyable time.
(Although I still feel sorry for Sam’s mum after what me and James did in their house!)

This week has been just full of work, but has meant that the week has past quickly and it’s hard to believe that tomorrow is Friday, where I have a ‘graduate’ day at work, which should be highly enjoyable, or maybe not, but at least a free lunch is thrown in.

Also this week, I went for a walk after work on Tuesday where we managed to find the only bowling green in the city! However, next to the bowling green is what can only be described as an old cricket pavilion which has been chopped in half next to the green, which at first looks like a club house for the green, but as you get closer, it turns out it’s actually a wine bar. The inside of the bar was full of suits and people were pouring out of the door onto the path around the green with their drinks to take advantage of the warm evening and it was such a nice thing to see. It reminded me why I really enjoy being in London and hopefully I’ll get to visit that bar soon.

Also lets not forget my very nice, but short stop over in Portsmouth on Sunday night a la Kester and Matt. Thanks for the fully fledged roast dinner.

Current song on the pod: Ferry Corsten – Punk