Albany - NY

Just before we headed off to New Zealand, I had to take a trip to the US. We were visiting a company in Albany, so I flew to Boston, then hired a car and drove to Marlborough where I met with a colleague. I then carried on driving up to Albany - very pretty but huge amounts of snow! I then spent a couple of days in Albany before flying back to Chicago and then on to Heathrow.

The Stag Do!!

So - reason I've not been updating this so regularly is because we've been planning our wedding! The venue is in Waiuku, New Zealand...we spent a lot of time finding the venue, but seriously underestimated the whole planning process - trying to find a cake maker, photographer, venue, etc, etc when you're halfway around the worls is not easy!

Today was my Stag Do - we went rage buggying at a place near Rugeley. It was absolutely brilliant...they feel really fast and incredible fun. I came third (I think)...!

New car!!

Today I took delivery of my new BMW - a 320D in Black...very fast!!

Dog Crush

Quite how Chief gets into this I don't know!!

Xmas snow over the Chase

We had quite a bit of snow over the Xmas period...dogs loved it!

Gaga

Lady Gaga at the O2. A little disappointing if I'm honest...the show was OK but nothing special. The best part was eating at Gauco's beforehand!


HMS BElfast looked pretty funky though...

London at Christmas

Teppanyaki!!

For R's birthday, J & R came down to London to spend the weekend with us. We went out into London for some Teppanyaki at Benihana's. Was really good. Excellent food and great entertainment...

Roses and things

The theme for our wedding (more on this later) is red roses. We saw these in Selfridges and they are exactly the colour we want. Lets hope we can ensure the flower lady in NZ can match them.

The orange rose is one called Simply The Best and represents my grandfather - it was his saying. The amazing thing about this rose is its hardiness - look at the weather around it!

Pic Updates - Ambleside