Easter Break

 

The Easter break has been less than good weather wise this year so it meant that we had the opportunity to do a bit of a spring clean around the house. That included throwing out a lot of old software CD's  that I don't use anymore and making space for the next collection of Junk.

The holiday has been good so far though being a welcome break which doesn't end until Wednesday morning.

I finally decided on a new camera bag and after much deliberation went for a Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW which I managed to fit all of my gear into. It's bit heavy though and the main culprit is the combination of the 5D, battery grip and the 100-400mm L series lens which is quite heavy.

Had some to fiddle around on the computer and I downloaded and installed Vista Service Pack 1 - so far without any drama. It's a large download at 728 MByte for the 64 bit version.

A few jobs around the house including cleaning the car and mowing the lawn - so what happened to the Snow then?

Finally there are a couple of artists that I am taking an interest in at the moment the first Beth Rowley has been played on Radio 2 for a few weeks now and has an album coming out on the 25th March. So too Gabriella Cilmi who is a favourite of Radio 2 and her album is out at the end of the month.

See The Pyramids along the Nile...

 

Watch the Sunrise on a tropic Isle ( Lyrics from a song by Patsy Cline/Kate Rusby), well not quite this year but we are going to Egypt for our holidays. The trip comprises a 5* Nile Cruise for 7 nights and 5* accommodation in the Grand Hyatt Cairo for 3 nights. We fly out on the 3rd November and get back into the cold UK weather around the 13th. Can't wait but have to I'm afraid.

The sailing season is fast approaching and although it's raining at the time I'm writing this preparations are already underway for the season. The boat had suffered a little less than I expected but more than I would have hoped as there was a fair bit of standing water in the hull. The worst "damage" was to the deck and here the varnish had started to bubble and flake due to water ingress. Over the past 2 weeks I have been stripping of the varnish using a chemical stripper and sanding it down. I have bought some proper Yacht varnish and now have just completed my 5th coat on the boat. I must confess its starting to look quite good now.

The new sails I bought need to have the boat numbers attached and this is planned for next week when I hope to be back in Bristol. Work has been really busy again the last few weeks so it's been difficult to get jobs done at home - mainly because I haven't been there!!

Due to go back down Cornwall tonight for 2 days and London at the end of the week.

Carol is getting on well with her new job and has been to a couple of training courses recently one of them in London - quite the traveller.

Not many photography opportunities yet but I have used my G9 a bit and its proving very handy to carry around.