After four and a half months of avoiding virtually everybody, we determined to satisfy up with Alison's dad and mom midway between London and Exeter. My work runs a quarterly rewards scheme recognized because the Club and I was fortunate enough to qualify this time around, so that meant a half … Last Friday, my firm ran a trial "do business from home" afternoon. Last night time concerned a lot of brass, beats and beer, courtesy of Too Many Zooz and a few unexpected buddies. A glance back over 2024, a year dominated by travel and mates - and, significantly, journey WITH buddies! After the success of digital beer and neigh-neighs, numerous of our pals organized a follow-up get collectively over Zoom which took the shape of a group … It's turn into one thing of a tradition in our college pal group to get together for an early-summer season occasion and watch the Grand National horse … It's July, which implies it should be time for the annual Walthamstow Garden Party festival.

As the Garden Party is funded and run by the … It's fantastic residing "shut" to London. Despite residing in south-west London for … With London in Tier 4, Cumbria heading for Tier 3, and the Christmas "free for all" period cancelled, we have discovered ourselves a bit stranded in … An early invite up to Scotland with my dad and mom felt a bit too dangerous, but a observe-up … I have been enjoying Pokémon Go for a short while now (as has Alison) so when it was announced that an actual-world event would finally be … With travel restrictions lifting, incredibly sunny weather, and Alison being asked to take some vacation (to assist unfold out go away), we determined this … If you happen to'd requested me how I'd most wish to spend my thirtieth birthday, I'd have said one thing like … Another weekend without apparent plans, except for the actual fact that most (if not fairly all) of the outlets, cafés, and takeaways near us have reopened.

A day (or, in our family, lengthy weekend) devoted to celebrating movies, board video games, snacks, junk food, … We were alleged to spend Easter weekend in Devon with Alison's mother and father, but clearly that wasn't going to occur this year ???? Instead, I largely … A full write up of our journey to Devon and the Chilterns a few weeks ago, from folks festivals to Whipsnade Zoo to tree cathedrals. We're persevering with the development of lastly actioning gifts I've given Alison over the previous few years. Needless to say, it was an enormous quantity of enjoyable, so I figured I'd jot down a few thoughts that occurred to me over the course of the night. We drove all the way down to the Middle Gelt viaduct … It's my third time seeing Goldfish and the first time with Alison and pretty much all the same old suspects. For our third day journey we wished to present the car a rest, so packed our luggage and struck out for Richmond Park.

Our week of exploration ended with the longest journey but: Welney Wetlands. Time to make some use of the extended freedoms we still enjoy in Cumbria, with a road journey out to the Solway. Who'd have thought it: each Adrian and me set New Year's resolutions to use calendars extra, so our first get together truly occurred on the date … We're nearly on the midway level of 2020, so I thought it would be a superb second to check out my New Year's challenges record and see how issues had been going. Clearly final year's world Go Fest was a hit, because six months later Niantic have adopted it up with a ticketed Kanto event. Last year was the primary in many who we did not meet up with Tom, JK, Nat, and Adrian for a Halloween of over-indulgence and board video games, so I'm … Last night was the extraordinarily anticipated Coco and the Butterfields gig. We'd originally planned to go to Welney (and the close by city of Ely) for a …