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Holidays eh?

Well, at the moment, my next big thing is the Bristol Comics convention coming up in May. Fear the arrival of the furry...or something along those lines!!

Following that, well, I have only got 10days left of holiday at work. My managers letting me have 5 off so I can take my direct access bike test soon, so that leaves me with 5 left to take before September - which is a long way away.

But I think the general idea for that one will be for some friends and I (who all ride motorcycles) to get on our bikes and have some time off touring.

(I'm getting a touring bike, so this'll be perfect for me)

I will also be in Bristol come May, as per usual.

Otherwise...
Think I might be in London over part of Easter. Unsure.

I need to get back into LARP runs once again. I miss the fresh air, the feeling of fear and the chance to just do something fantasy that I love.

I've got a feeling I would be better at it now as I would have the confidence to actually role play now, more so than hang around in the background.


Though I hope that I would be more popular in a different society than I ever was at Knife Edge = (

This year's season started in the first weekend of this month for me. I should be at events three weekends out of four in April, with any luck.

I second that question.

I need the exercise and the chance to do something other than furry stuff = 3

Ah, I've been there, that place is cool - the theme bar I mean, I'm not a big Warhammer fan. Although Father Jack / Grimlock (if you remember him, or remember knowing of him), tells me an upside-down omega is the badge of some space marine corps or other. He said he'd look for me, because I want an omega-shaped brooch in case I ever cosplay as Susan Sto-Helit...

DW

Resurrecting this thread: so what did people end up doing for their holidays?

I stayed in the UK. Went up to Leicester at the end of May / beginning of June. That was good; turned out that *was* our summer, pretty much! I stayed with an old university friend, we went to the cinema, basked in the sun outside her door and then visited another old friend and his friend in Nottingham - went round Nottingham Castle, went for a drink at one of the oldest pubs in England (built into the cliffside, no less!). This was my chance to try out my new satnav too, which worked beautifully. Apart from getting me to within a street of my friend's place and then claiming I was there! Darn Leicester one-way systems!

From there I went on to Middlesbrough to visit my aunt & uncle for a couple of days. This time the satnav had no problems finding their place. While there, I visited another aunt and her husband; also my cousin in County Durham. Her place is *not* on the satnav - it turns most satnavs are out of date. Mine thinks her place is still a building site, I think. It also doesn't know that the A1M has shifted a hundred yards from where it used to be...

My aunt & uncle took me to Whitby, although it was cold & misty and most of the time you couldn't even see the Abbey on the cliffside! Still, they tolerated my ducking into every art gallery in the town on the look-out for a picture of the Abbey. Couldn't find anything, but I did get a nice photo poster of it in daylight. Finally I found some paintings on wood in a hardware shop of all places! The Abbey by night, with a full moon and the reflection in the pool. Very nice.

We also had lunch at a pub on the North Yorkshire Moors which was very nice and indeed very filling. They feed you proper in Yorkshire smile

Later on in the year (August I think), my uni friend came down to see me. That was also excellent timing, because the rain that characterised this British summer had stopped and that weekend was really hot. We took the train to Weston-super-Mare. Despite living here for 4 years, I've never got round to visiting my nearest decent beach, so that was really fun. We found out that the warning signs weren't kidding when they talked about sinking mud. That beach is dangerous! Luckily the tide was about 3 miles out, which is why we (and the rest of the population) ventured across the mud flats. I was envious of the children who seemed to hop and skip across, while their parents and any other adult sank up to their knees! At one point, my friend had to rescue me, as I sank in so deep that if I'd tried to take a step I'd have fallen over!

Note to self: when visiting the beach, don't wear a really long, white skirt... Still, we had a great time. We had a picnic on the pier, finally made it to the sea for paddling and basked on the dry sand.

The rest of the time was spent playing Sonic and watching "The A-Team" and "Alias Smith & Jones".

Then, on Bank Holiday Monday, I visited a friend who's set up home in Brixham with her husband and a border collie cross puppy. We went to the beach then as well, although it was all pebbles. It was also a bit chillier, being a Bank Holiday. We had lunch in a restaurant near the beach and wandered the town for a bit, before I took a train back home.

I'm on holiday at the moment, using up my last allowance before the end of the holiday year. I've not done anything with it though; I've been catching up on sleep. However, I did make caramel shortbreads, some of which went to my Dad, some I've eaten and some will be distributed to my audit team next week. I also gave blood, so that's me sorted until January. The plan for this afternoon is, alas, ironing.

So, that's what I did on my summer vacation smile How about you guys?

DW