The Ashes

Oh my word.
Firstly, C'mon England!
Secondly, I love the BBC!

I am listening to the fourth test of The Ashes over the web with my new wireless headphones. They look rather silly but it's great to be able to listen to the BBC all around the lab or house. For our American friends, the Ashes are played for between England and Australia and the sport is cricket. This match is at my home ground - Trent Bridge, West Bridgford, Nottingham. I love listening to Henry Blofeld. He is surely the most English person you could ever listen to. He has a great knack of talking about random things, especially buses. Apparently the bus stop on Loughborough road that Rebecca and I used on our latest trip to Nottingham is 'quite jolly'.
For a little piece of home try http://www.bbc.co.uk/tms/ from 8th Sept.
As mentioned in the book 'bluff your way in cricket' England do tend to have a rather annoying knack of grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. Hopefully this trend will be broken at the Oval next week.

The First Of The Gang...

On the 6th August 2005 Bert and Becky showed us all how it's done by throwing a great wedding party. The whole day was excellent from start to finish. I can't imagine how much work went into planning the day but I'm sure seeing the result would have made it all worthwhile. The attention to detail was outstanding. A great day to remember and a tough act to follow when any of the rest of us get around to it.

Highlights include but are not limited to

Being saved from hunger by a deep fried shrimp and not dripping the sauce on my new tie

Jack play fighting/dancing with his tash

Dancing to 'Mr Brightside' by the Killers - DeeeJaaaay!

Of course Jamie's Robbie Williams performance

Bottomless Champagne flutes

An unforgettable epic peom 'ode to me ode' from the Best Man

Seeing how excited Rebecca was to wear a hat to an English wedding!

Being with the best of friends to celebrate the good lad getting married


Great to see y'all again. Looking forward to the next time...

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Jamie Williams?

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Jack and Tasha showing us their moves at Bert and Becky's wedding. You might need a pretty good conection to view this.

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Phil's Big Fish

Last Saturday I caught a Crappie from Lake Travis. Despite what you might be thinking that is a good thing. A Crappie is a tasty fish found round these parts related to the Perch. The one I caught weighed 4lb and 1oz which I think is an unofficial record for Lake Travis and possibly Texas. Unfortunately I was not aware of how big the fish was in relation to others caught or the correct procedures for recording a record sized fish so I might not make it to the record book. It tasted great baked up with herbs and spices though.

It was caught with a spinning lure in the near dark and as you can see by the look on my face I wasn't really expecting to catch something this big!

My lovely Mother asked if it was a fancy dress fishing party that I was at. No, I had just been out on the lake all day and I like the 'Hawaiian' clothes for that. Cheeky Mother. Since when did I have any fashion sense anyway?