Nuts....

For last message/post I meant Hogmanay and not Boxing day!
What a dope I am, something to work on in New Year!

Walking up Arthur's seat on Boxing Day!

The MV Bute heading to Rothesay

Amanda on board the MV Argyle

Bute

Headed over on the MV Argyle from Wemyss Bay to Bute today, Rothesay to be precise for a day of walking and chilling before Hogmaney in Edinburgh!

Boo

2-0 Celtic, 2 goals in the last 3 minutes...but they definitely deserved it! Ahh well, we'll get them next time!

Celtic Park

On our way!

To Celtic Park to see the Saints in Boxing Day action!

Yes!

Glas Vegas!

Great to hear...

All the Wegies around me at the airport!

Next step

Go to gate is the shout!

Helping the tedium of the wait!

One hour delay!

Let's see if that stays the same!

Onwards...

Through Redhill!

It starts!

Tube done and on the train to the airport now! Fingers still firmly crossed!

Snow

Everywhere! Very, very nervous about getting home for Christmas now!

Monday Snow

Wow, it is awefully snow on the train this morning! Uurgh!

He makes friends easily does frosty though!

Amanda has a new friend!

I reckon about 2 inches in the last 2 hours!

Heavy snow in Putney!

Some action, but will take a while for the pitch to be cleared!

Hampton Court Palace over the river

Seriously though

Cheers London underground, a disgrace!

Brilliant...

Tube is facking broken in front!

Well...

That day could gave gone worse and could have gone better!

I hate....

MILTON KEYNES!

Easy day

But not as easy as Englands win in the second test of the 2010-2011 ashes! Good work lads!

Back travelling

But only to Bletchley for training so not too bad! Sadly long day as following wintry delays in Copenhagen I lost a day of my work.

Christmas Tree up, but not decorated

Tired Amanda in coffee shop after full day walking in Snowy Copenhagen!

Snow - Back garden from in high

Snow - Back garden from ground level

Snow-Front Garden

World Cup

Russia then Qatar...pretty sure it's not the end of the news here though! Some double standards in FIFA I think!

London Underground

Is shut, I hate it! How can a ten minute journey take 25? And be that overcrowded to boot!?

Naughty Amanda

Getting stuck into some McDonalds!

Someone fell asleep!

St Andrews supper

And there was tonnes of food!

What bad start

To the ashes! Losing Strauss after 3 balls then a hat-trick against us later in the innings. Serious bowling required tonight to put things right!

Weekend over

Boo! Hope I get a good night sleep tonight!

Seats at Twickers!

Pre-match drinks

Amanda enjoying the atmosphere of the William Webb Ellis in Twickenham

Weekend

Woo hoo! No real reports this week, that will be because I was living life in London!

Off to Twickers today!

So tired...

Bed at 2am and up at 7am! Not cool, not cool!

Yep...

Today is definitely the worst weather of the winter so far! Very, very wet and very, very windy!

Good times

I may be in MK but have a front row seat for the Manchester derby...bring it!

Hump Day

We'll try to get on through the say though! Plenty of call listening will keep me on my toes later!

Novotel MK

Only show one football match a week on the bar! What a bunch of pricks!

Winter definitely arrived!

Yes sir....to add to the wind, wet and cold is the seemingly constant state, perpetual if you will, of darkness. Fortunately, at present I only have one more week away from London and I will have some time to enjoy my own bed!

Novotel Milton Keynes

Shithole! Simples!

Place your bets!

Serious train delays and my one I'm sat on at present isn't delayed! How long will it last? Ladies and Gentlemen place your bets!

Lost

Marathon today! Only on series 1, so still got a whole bunch of episodes to watch and get surprised by the weirdness!

Sunday Morning

And just chilling in bed! Good times!

Phew

Vauxhall and almost home!

Bored

I really do find it hard to self motivate at times! The most boring thing in the world is when you have to try and self motivate on a daily basis!

Tube Strike

Makes travelling about as fun as possible!

Winter

The hour change makes it very dark early!

Monday

But not too bad so far! Definitely the clocks going back yesterday have helped matters no end, and a chilled day too!

Plus, joys if a course tomorrow, so slightly easier week as well!

Keeping the goblins and ghosts away from the back garden!

Halloween housewarming

Here are the hosts dressed as Mr and Mrs Dracula!

We Won!!

Wow, I was wrong, we gave out a horsing winning 4-1 after being 1-0 down after about 5 minutes

Off to football

Back in Croydon today, no doubt we'll end up on the wrong end of another horse-ing!

Love it

When people in the business are just genuinely helpful and nice! Even more so when they're a bit fit too!

Friday!

Happy Friday one and all! Thank goodness I say, it's been one long-ass week!

Been a good day so far

Long may it continue!

Early

But up and at them! Already at Clapham Junction sitting on train to go to Milton Keynes! That is a sentence that never gets old!

Poor!

Had to drop another £1,250 at the dentists but should be all now, and next month should see an extra £400 come into my account via expenses! Good times!

All change

Finally made it to Clapham Junction...time for a change of trains!

Doh

Forgot how long this train takes, but it's worse as it's half term today!

Slowly getting home!

The Buzz!

Dentist

Sadly, on way home as have to visit the dentist again! Boo!

There goes my deposit immediately after being returned to my account!

Meant to say...

On my way home! Hurrah!

Wet

I've literally just walked for 5 minutes from the office in Milton Keynes to Milton Keynes Central station and got myself soaked through!

It sure is wet today!

Darkness

Wow, it's dark in the mornings at the minute! Most probably as it's the latest date possible this Sunday (31st) for the clocks to go back.

Once again though, there are folk who want this to stay, keeping the clocks on BST to allow us to enjoy more light at the end of the day!

I would like to try both before deciding though to be honest!

Cold and dark...

Leaving work...boo!

Choice furniture!

Meant to send this on Wedesday, but forgot! Happily sofas have arrived and they look good in the old living room!
Very comfy they are too!

About that weather

Here's the blue sky over Harrow at half eleven today!

Still very cold though, it doesn't change that!

Trains

Why when I had to go through a ticket barrier do I have to subsequently show my ticket to the guard?
There's been no further stops and no one could bypass the barriers?!

I feel like a criminal sometimes!

Fresh

It's a fresh old morning today! Beautiful blue skies, but definitely the coldest it's been so far this winter, albeit the early says of Winter!

Tiredness

5km done and dusted at Kempton Park! Nice and flat so time of 25 mins not great, still after playing a match yesterday it's not too bad!

Another town...

Another station! Milton Keynes Central this time!

The Apprentice

It makes you cringe, it's embarrassing, it's so funny...most of all, it's very watchable!

Bedroom view

Here we go then, the view from the doubletree Hilton. Very bizarre!

No words

To describe the hotel tonight! Stadium MK is proper weird by the way! Photos to follow!

Great times

New flat screen tv in Milton Keynes and happily with Chelsea playing in Moscow tonight they were showing John Terry's missed penalty in the Final of three Champions Leagues ago!

Lovely lunch

Pork Roast...and the roast tatties were incredible!

Yeay!

Off to Milton Keynes

Maybe it is working again?

Phone funny again?

Hope not!

Walking to football

Probably to warm the bench only!

Great chair at the pub!

Green Man

Just heading off to the Green Man to check it out. It's the new local now, so best see if it's nice in there, and check out the ales on offer!

I'll report back in time!

Hooray

Phone Working Again!

Boo

Think my phone isn't working!

Early morning

At Edinburgh airport

Scotland vs Spain

The anthems

Off to Hampden

Scotland taking on Spain...hope more than anticipation I would say!

Another view out my window

Funky photo as I walked through Waverly station

Not the worst commute home...

Edinburgh Castle

Looks good during the day too!

Happy Neil

In Edinburgh, only the Jury's but still happy as in Scotland!

Iggle piggle...

Is so enticing! Serious watchability!

Urrgh

I hate work right now!!! So stressed!

Piccadilly Circus Traffic Jam

Bloody Ruckshaws!

Must be a tube strike on

There's no Boris's Bikes left at Warren Street!

Tube Strikes

What a bunch of tossers all the folk are who are striking today by the way! Not helping the world at all!

Football result

We took a doing! Lost 6-0 today...absolute shambles there by the way! Had to play right-mid, the position I hate most of all!

Off to football

I expect to be on the bench following illness and moving last weekend, but nice to get out and about a bit!

Fingers crossed!

Stupid Rain

Ruining the Ryder Cup

And I'm out

Before 6, unreal!

It's the future!

And I love it!

There she is! MK again!

Wonderful news!

I'm back in Milton Keynes, what can I say I've missed it greatly, it's like retiring home from a long journey!

Great scenes!

Leeds again!

And goodness me am I getting tired of it! Still it should be the last night tonight...emphasis on should!

Who'd have thunk it? I thought it was the triangle thing

Deathteap

Walking between buildings at work!

Back in Leeds

And I'm tired as standard!

But on the plus side it's Inbetweeners again tonight! Already looking forward to it!

I hate my job...fact!

Gym

Only there for 30 minutes but felt better than I have for a while whilst exercising but sore legs indicate a lack of stretching last Saturday! Must do this better next week Neil!

Today has been good

Albeit very, very cold! Off to the gym now then, let's see how I feel a but later!

Inbetweeners

Back on our screens tonight and I thought it was still brilliant!

There's a very tame Robin

That lives in our garden!

New home 2

And the new living room with garden in the background!

New home

The new kitchen!

Leeds

Must be honest the Novotel in Leeds is pretty shite if I'm honest, kinda funky rooms and the 'fitness suite' is not up and running until Thursday! The cost cutting that Santander drives!

On the road again...

Well on the rails again would be more accurate, writing this on the train heading to Leeds. Looks like it will be 5 weeks doing this run which isn't ideal all things considered, especially with new house on the horizon!

Still not a whole bunch I can do about it, aside from updating my CV!

TV2

A picture of it in it's box!

Tv

Just bought me a massive new tv! 32in Samsung number, fully HD. Let's hope it does a good job showing Football!

Unbelievable

I won Chris Cusiters boots in a twitter competition!

Thank goodness

Home, sweet, home!

Woo hoo

Still sorting out work with my time and efforts!

Moving flat

A pain in the bloody arse...fact!

Night night...

Jerry Maguire watching first in bed to complete a very chilled Monday! Lovely!

How great a film...

...is Summer Holiday by the way? Cliff Richards, what a Douche!

Bank Holiday Fun

Sitting at home on a Monday, not feeling bad for not going into work...you have to love Bank Holidays! Still plenty of things still to occur in the weekends to come, so I have decided to have a very nice chilled weekend doing not alot...aside from being at Lord's on Saturday of course.

Still, work tomorrow once again!

Wet, Wet. Wet!

It is officially wet today, has been raining for about the last 4 hours, and is set to continue some time next year I think!

Hungover working

Is the worst by the way...long day!

Jings 2

Yep good, but shite week 1

Jings

Think the fantasy team has done well!

Great game

At the cottage today, Fulham 2-2 Man Utd. Haangelaand scores at both ends in the last 20 minutes! Chelsea dans no doubt loving it!

You know what!

It's not Saturday any more!

The weekend!

Yes!!!!! And no hangover either, awesome!

Wet and Dreech in Leeds!

What the?

There's A* in A-Levels now!?!?

Leeds

Very nice wee town, although the Yorkshire rain that has come in this evening has ruined it a little bit! Looking forward to being here in a few weeks!

Weird weather

Was glorious, then less so, now better again!

What a beautiful day!

Taken from the bus!