Siv and Vince's blog

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Weekend with Karin, James and the kids - Saturday

Friday night, Siv and I drove up to see Karin, James, Nori and Eirik. We had a good run up there (see map), and had a relaxing eveing with them.

On Saturday morning, James and I went with Eirik for football training. After this we all headed into Boston, and had lunch at the Maud Foster Windmill, one of the few working windmills left!

In the evening we were invited to a jazz party at the home of one of Nori and Eirik's teachers to raise funds for the Parents' Association. The food was an impressive hog roast, and we all provided our own drinks.

All the weekend photos are here:

KARIN AND JAMES PHOTOS

Eirik at football training.

Afternoon tea of stawberries and cream!

James tries out his new extending ladder.

Drive to Karin and James at EveryTrail

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Trip to Oslo - A quick stop-off to see Hedda, Cathrine and Ståle

On my way back to the airport, Ståle picked me up so I could take a quick trip and visit the new arrival Hedda! She had a good sleep last night, about 8 hours, so she was full of life while I was there; She's tiny and very cute!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Trip to Oslo - Memory lane

I'm just back from a couple of days working in Oslo...I was lucky enough to get an hour or so to take a little trip down memory lane and re-visit some of my old haunts...

Oslo City Hall

Aker Brygge and the boradwalk

Oslo's dramatic new Opera House

The Royal Palace and grounds...which Siv and I would pass each day on our way to work

The flat Siv and I shared for a year, in Hegdehaugsveien

Its not Philly!

The Belfy pub, where Siv and I met!

A view over Oslo from the new Opera House

Monday, June 23, 2008

Hello little Hedda!

Here's the first couple of photos from Siv's brother Ståle of his and Cathrine's new baby girl, named Hedda. She was born yesterday (June 22nd) and I'm pleased to say baby, Mum and Dad are all doing fine!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Meeting Marit in town

Marit was in town with her nephews, so we met them in town along with Jo, Jonathan and Daniel. Siv and I walked through Hyde Park, past Baden-Powell House and met them by the Natural History Museum, before going on for a dinner at Bella Italia.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

PJ's Barbecue for Mill

Phil had a Barbecue for Mill before he headed back to Canada. As you can see a good time was had by all, including a lot of fun with the new sport of beanbag diving!

PJ'S BBQ PHOTOS

Jasmine playing with Madeleine and Eleanor

Ooooof!

Harvey walking home in my Jacket, as his had gone AWOL!

The magic chimney!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Well done Lev!

Congratulations to Lev on completing the grueling 54 mile cycle ride from London to Brighton in 5 hours on behalf of charity. And raising a good total.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Siv's school reunion

A group of Siv's schoolfriends all got together to celebrate 30 years since leaving school. Unfortunately Siv couldn't make it due to bad timing with work as well as the fact that Eli was staying with us from Norway.

All of the photos are here:

SCHOOL REUNION PHOTOS

Phil's 40th - Keswick Bike ride

On the Sunday we went on a long bike ride, taking in some spectacular scenery and Castlerigg stone circle, a long ride!Things were quite uneventful, except for Nick, who unfortunately went over his handlebars injuring himself.

All of the weekend photos are available here:

PJ'S 40TH PHOTOS

Nick shows the damage!

Keswick bike ride at EveryTrail

Nick comes a cropper!

PJ and Mill play chicken!!!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Phil's 40th - Catbells walk

On Saturday we went on a long hike up Catbells. Unfortunately I seem to have switched off my GPS en route, so some of the figures are filled in in the every trail statistics at the bottom.

On the way back, while some of the lads took the 'ship of fools' across Derwent Water, a group of us decided to walk back to Keswick. While Paul, Phil and myself made it back to the quayside before the boat, Ian, Jage and John managed to get sidetracked by the shore with a bottle of Greenall's Gin. The results of this folly were not pretty!

All of the photos from the weekend are available here:

PJ'S 40th PHOTOS

Catbells walk at EveryTrail

Friday, June 13, 2008

Phil's 40th - Walk into Keswick

Dale Head

A group of 16 of us went away for the weekend to celebrate PJ's 40th birthday.

On arriving in Keswick, we went for a walk into town for a few pints, followed by a game of pitch and putt. All of the photos from the weekend are available here:

PJ'S 40th PHOTOS