Last few days
Jul. 31st, 2009 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mbernardiSo last weekend I ordered a bike form ASDA for £75 inc delivery and it was delivered last Tuesday. D put it together for me, and i tried it out last night. I was a bit wobbly as it must be 25 years since i was last on a bike. The bike I rode then only had 4 gears, my new one has 18! I suspect it will take a while to figure out how to use them properly.
When I got home yesterday C and his family were cutting down the tree at the front of the house. He promised to do this months ago, and then turns up just before we had alternative arrangements in place. So there is now light in the kitchen and the bathroom.
Yesterday at work I had to had over the laptop encryption and keyfob rollout projects. It was a bit hectic getting everything finished before the end of the day, but nice to know it's in good hands, and that I've got 2 weeks off!
This morning i wasn't up quite as early as normal, and after packing a new backpack (sized for weekend travel) caught the 10:23 Thameslink to St Pancras International. Walked across the road to Kings Cross and caught the 12:15 express to Cambridge. Arriving just after 13:00, I got a taxi to Murray Edwards College, (previously New Hall) collected registration materials, paid for my room, got the key and then got to room K8 by 13:30.
Wired Internet is available in my room, though I did have a little bit of trouble getting my eeepc to connect at first. but as you can see perseverance paid off.
Later:
Since the con doesn't officially start until 18:30 I decided to walk into town and have a look around. On my way in, the Cambridge and County Folk Museum caught my eye. So I went in, paid my £3.50 entry fee, and spent over an hour wandering it's 3 floors. The building dates from 1600AD and for 300 years was the White Horse Inn. It became a museum in 1936. It reminded me a bit of 18 Folgate Street, probably due to age and twisty stairs.
I then continued into town and almost got persuaded into a punt on the river, but decided not to.
I did get something to eat at Tatties though, before returning to the con.
When I got home yesterday C and his family were cutting down the tree at the front of the house. He promised to do this months ago, and then turns up just before we had alternative arrangements in place. So there is now light in the kitchen and the bathroom.
Yesterday at work I had to had over the laptop encryption and keyfob rollout projects. It was a bit hectic getting everything finished before the end of the day, but nice to know it's in good hands, and that I've got 2 weeks off!
This morning i wasn't up quite as early as normal, and after packing a new backpack (sized for weekend travel) caught the 10:23 Thameslink to St Pancras International. Walked across the road to Kings Cross and caught the 12:15 express to Cambridge. Arriving just after 13:00, I got a taxi to Murray Edwards College, (previously New Hall) collected registration materials, paid for my room, got the key and then got to room K8 by 13:30.
Wired Internet is available in my room, though I did have a little bit of trouble getting my eeepc to connect at first. but as you can see perseverance paid off.
Later:
Since the con doesn't officially start until 18:30 I decided to walk into town and have a look around. On my way in, the Cambridge and County Folk Museum caught my eye. So I went in, paid my £3.50 entry fee, and spent over an hour wandering it's 3 floors. The building dates from 1600AD and for 300 years was the White Horse Inn. It became a museum in 1936. It reminded me a bit of 18 Folgate Street, probably due to age and twisty stairs.
I then continued into town and almost got persuaded into a punt on the river, but decided not to.
I did get something to eat at Tatties though, before returning to the con.
