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It’s well past the due date for an update around here. I’ve found that every time I decide it’s time for a new entry all that happens is I accumulate a new draft. I’ve got this obsession with going large on the blog posts which tends to mean not finishing what I started.

So my resolve is to be ok with making somewhat shorter and more frequent posts. I’m fairly certain I’ve made a similar resolution before, so let’s hope this time it actually works.

I’ve finally managed to start uploading some photos of our travels (which I’m actually happy with). Over the weekend we spent a day out at Hadleigh Castle and Southend-on-Sea. Hadleigh Castle now looks far more like a pile of rocks than it once did, but it was still well worth a trip. We had one of the best days we’ve seen since landing in the land of cloud, but unfortunately, the beautiful blue skies were somewhat overpowered by the bitter, bitter cold. Southend-on-Sea was one of the strangest places I’ve been. The esplanade was wall to wall games arcades, and take away joints selling horrible greasy food. The only interruptions seemed to be the occasional strip joint. There were also a bunch of amusement parks along the ‘beach’. Southend-on-Sea is also the home to what is apparently the world’s longest pier, which we had every intention of walking the length of, but were thwarted by the bitter, bitter cold^[1].

That’ll do for today. Short but…well, short. I’m aiming for frequent and short.

Gone.

1. Did I mention how stupidly cold it was? [↩]

What? You mean we’re in January already? Funny, I don’t remember there being a New Year’s at all.

P.S. I haven’t just been ignoring this place. Check out withoutpockets.com. The awesomeness of brand new shirts arrives very soon.

This is actually a really, really, really old post that was never ported across properly from my old blogging platform. It’s been sitting in my drafts for ages and I don’t want it there any more.

Snow in Paris

After the engagement on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees

Thank you everyone for your congratulatory emails.

I’ve been having a great time here in Philadelphia. Sorry to everyone I should have contacted but haven’t. It is very expensive. I couldn’t get through to Laura but managed to leave a message on Hannah’s message bank. The 20 second message cost me nearly $20 so I’ve held off making another call. I hope Hannah passed on the message.

The weather here has been fantastic. The course has been great and I’ve learned some interesting stuff. I’ve met some fun people (including an Aussie living in the US). I haven’t had much time for sight seeing but will be doing a bus-top tour of Philly this morning and I managed to see the Liberty Bell yesterday.

Since this internet access is costing me $7.50/15mins I’m going to end it here. I have 8 hours of sight seeing (and shopping for Laura) and 24 hours of flights left.