Recent Events

It's been an eventful few weeks. Gav and I recently spent a couple of days in Dublin to catch Radiohead live at Marlay Park. It was a great show, with lots of hits from the back catalogue and a couple of newies too, like "Bangers n Mash" which sound like an interesting new direction - almost a bit of funk-rock! Beck was the support and almost stole the show with a great set and amazing onstage puppetty weirdness. It was my first visit to the Emerald Isle, and we had a good time. Museums were visited, Guinnesses were drunk and Irish Stew consumed. They're a friendly bunch, to be sure, and I hope I'll go back there sometime with the family.

On a sadder note, my Grandad Leslie passed away two weeks ago, just short of his 89th birthday. I'd rarely seen him in recent years, but had recently got in touch to tell him about Finlay, and I'm glad to say I'd had a very nice letter from him in reply. We had the funeral last week, and Finlay got to meet his Great-Grandmother and some of the extended family at least.

Closer to home, my bike was stolen a couple of weeks ago from my garage at the end of the road. Thieving scumbags broke into a number of the garages, and yet they inexplicably only took one of the three bikes in my garage. It was all reported to the police and insurance company, and a shiny new bike should be on it's way in November. The plot thickened this week when the garages were targeted a second time, and a neighbour's car was broken into. Fortunately my garage was untouched this time as I'd added a new chunky padlock. A real shame to see crime in my own street though.

Finlay is growing day-by-day. We took him for a walk around the Great Wood in Stanmer park yesterday which he enjoyed. I think he's going to be a lover of the great-outdoors. We'll be taking him to Greece soon, on his first aeroplane flight and visit to another country, which I expect will be a whole new adventure for us too, going as parents for the first time.