Bristol

Here is a gratuitous picture of Bristol. I am really getting to like living here, although it will never be quite the same as Wellington. It's a shame you can't windsurf in the harbour - we'd be here for life if you could!

Anzac Biscuits

They went down a treat. Well, I did only make them for my team and they are all far too polite to criticise my cooking (yeah, right). I thought they tasted something like oaty cardboard, but as I haven't had a sense of taste for a few months, I couldn't be sure.
Anyway it was just a tiny memorial to those great men and women who fought to keep us safe.

St. Georges Day

Now that I've rediscovered my Englishness, I thought it would be nice to celebrate St. Georges Day (April 23rd). So I bought a load of English cakes - Chelsea Buns, Yorkshire Tea Loaf and scones with jam & cream - to share with my colleagues. Didn't go down all that well. People ate them eventually, but no-one seemed bothered. Oh well, I like to celebrate being English.
To commemorate my other nationality, I have baked Anzac cookies for tomorrow. If no-one wants them, I'll eat them myself!

Eden Project

Just before Easter, Taf and I went down to Cornwall with my bruv, s-i-l and JJ. We stayed in a beautiful thatched cottage in Bosinver. Cornwall is so pretty with its rugged coastlines. On the Sunday we went to the Eden Project. It was pretty cool. Unfortunately I had a bad cold so didn't appreciate it as much as I should. The biodomes were amazing with plants you wouldn't normally see in England, like bananas and mangoes. As it was spring there were also thousands of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips - a spectacular show. I spent a lot of time chasing JJ who thought it was completely boring (well, she is only 19 months old) and wanted to go her own way.

Airbus

I was walking across the Downs today when I spotted a massive airplane in the sky (obviously). They are building the new Airbus here and I guess it was on a test flight. Big bugger, but boring to look at.