long time no blogging

Well it's been a while since I last posted anything here. I was drafting a write up of our holiday in Malta (for Flickr pictures: click here) back in March but have been busy on so many other things at work and home that I've failed to keep this up to date.

Since then I've been taken away to Bowness near Windermere for my birthday in May (photos here), had my uncle Michael visit from Australia (introduced him to British real ale pub culture of sitting around, talking and taking the mickey out of the gang while getting sozzled before stumbling into a cab to get home), and been over to Londonderry and the Inishowen peninsula of Donegal to visit most of Sonia's relatives (photos).

In between these holidays, we've continued to try to do something different on the first weekend of each month: visiting Lincoln (photos), the Riverside festival (photos), and Cropredy festival (photos). The latter weekend was spent with Sonia's aunty Julia and her husband Joe, and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

I've also been round Nottingham quite a bit taking photos. The Heritage Open day meant I was able to get into the Bromley House private subscription library (photos) and the Adams Building (photos), while the Big Wheel day out at Nottingham castle meant we were able to get into a luminarium, Levity II (photos). The latest jaunt out was an early walk into Dovedale, up and over the hill to Stanhope before trekking back down to the car park for a picnic (photos).

I hope to keep this blog updated a bit more often, but must go now to make Sonia's tea as she's due in from her new job soon.