Fluke (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} acanis) wrote,@ 2008-05-10 09:25:00 |
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SEX
It works because you are now reading this..
Since my last update... I am probably going to forget so much but I thought I really should get back into the swing of things so lets start with work.
Work has been great, I am still really happy with my job and although some days in the office can be a bit slow there is still quite a lot happening to keep me on my toes. We have had quite a lot of publicity recently including TV coverage due to our long distance walk winning an award for 'Best Hidden Treasure' or something like that. It is basically a route (called teh Essex Way) using public footpaths, bridleways etc which starts the London end of Essex (last stop for the tube trains) and goes right across to the coast line. A walker could make a week of it if they chose to.
This moth is where everything kicks off, we are doing a massive survey of 5% of all public rights of way in Essex and I am covering about 500km (what is that in real measurements?? Why don't we use miles??). Basically it involves walking the section of whatever path is on my map, checking that it is usable and has the directional signage etc and then walking back, so in fact once I walk back to the car I actually have about 1000km to walk because it is doubled up. But what a fantastic time to be doing it! The weather has been so nice and I had a farmer's tan line (tanned forearms, head and a red neck lol) just after the first day. I have seen a lot of wildlife ranging from rabbits to foxes, hares to slow worm and all the wild flowers are out in those places you just can't see unless you leave the road.
Moving on from work last weekend I had my dad over as it was the long three day bank holiday and I had been on at him to come down for ages! We had bought some supplies on the Saturday morning and he arrived at about 5pm. Kate cooked a nice dinner and we caught up before going to bed. On the Sunday we had planned on going out early but some how we ended up working on my garden as it was a mess, we completely blitzed it and now I would safely say it is a space we can enjoy. After we finished we went to a small country pub which was having a beer festival with something like 500 different Belgium beers. We tried a few different ones for a couple of hours before going home for more beer and some cocktails! I have been getting quite good at making cocktails and it was quite nice to experiment on someone.. but after so long it doesn't matter how it tastes anymore! On Monday we had most of the day before he went home, we went for a walk in Burnham a long the sea wall and then had a fish 'n' chip pub lunch before he went back to Yorkshire.
Last night we had a couple of friends over, Colin and Jenny, who are the husky people I help out, it was nice to see them and Kate made dinner so we chatted and drank wine until 10ish before they went home, it was good to see them both and we need to do things like that more often but time always seems to be so short! So that brings me up to date, today we need to go shopping and I just typed a whole entry without talking about motorbikes once.. damn that counts doesn't it?
It works because you are now reading this..
Since my last update... I am probably going to forget so much but I thought I really should get back into the swing of things so lets start with work.
Work has been great, I am still really happy with my job and although some days in the office can be a bit slow there is still quite a lot happening to keep me on my toes. We have had quite a lot of publicity recently including TV coverage due to our long distance walk winning an award for 'Best Hidden Treasure' or something like that. It is basically a route (called teh Essex Way) using public footpaths, bridleways etc which starts the London end of Essex (last stop for the tube trains) and goes right across to the coast line. A walker could make a week of it if they chose to.
This moth is where everything kicks off, we are doing a massive survey of 5% of all public rights of way in Essex and I am covering about 500km (what is that in real measurements?? Why don't we use miles??). Basically it involves walking the section of whatever path is on my map, checking that it is usable and has the directional signage etc and then walking back, so in fact once I walk back to the car I actually have about 1000km to walk because it is doubled up. But what a fantastic time to be doing it! The weather has been so nice and I had a farmer's tan line (tanned forearms, head and a red neck lol) just after the first day. I have seen a lot of wildlife ranging from rabbits to foxes, hares to slow worm and all the wild flowers are out in those places you just can't see unless you leave the road.
Moving on from work last weekend I had my dad over as it was the long three day bank holiday and I had been on at him to come down for ages! We had bought some supplies on the Saturday morning and he arrived at about 5pm. Kate cooked a nice dinner and we caught up before going to bed. On the Sunday we had planned on going out early but some how we ended up working on my garden as it was a mess, we completely blitzed it and now I would safely say it is a space we can enjoy. After we finished we went to a small country pub which was having a beer festival with something like 500 different Belgium beers. We tried a few different ones for a couple of hours before going home for more beer and some cocktails! I have been getting quite good at making cocktails and it was quite nice to experiment on someone.. but after so long it doesn't matter how it tastes anymore! On Monday we had most of the day before he went home, we went for a walk in Burnham a long the sea wall and then had a fish 'n' chip pub lunch before he went back to Yorkshire.
Last night we had a couple of friends over, Colin and Jenny, who are the husky people I help out, it was nice to see them and Kate made dinner so we chatted and drank wine until 10ish before they went home, it was good to see them both and we need to do things like that more often but time always seems to be so short! So that brings me up to date, today we need to go shopping and I just typed a whole entry without talking about motorbikes once.. damn that counts doesn't it?
