Following the Greenland fly-by, here are some photos from a couple of days in Boston and from Rich and Lizzie’s beautiful Massachusetts wedding. Second time around, Boston was still a great place to visit with lots to see and not as hectic as some parts of our week. I can recommend the free tours put on by the National Parks Service.
A quick cross-post from my work blog, Defrosting the Freezer, with some pictures of our recent fly-over of Greenland on the way to the USA. If you ever get the chance to take the UK-Iceland-USA route I would certainly recommend it.
In Sweden, with seemingly unlimited amounts of sunshine, german beer and lakes. And then in Denmark, because the flights were cheaper.
I’m in Boston for a conference, but it’s 3am according to my body clock so here are some photos. Good night!
Just as Shakespeare, 1066, Britain’s Got Talent and photos of cats are requisite knowledge for existing in modern society, so should the 600 words on this page be.
Dr Robert Sparkes, 7.5.2014
Photos from a weekend in Stonnwall Manor, Frome
164 levels completed, several hours/days of time killed but now it’s time to uninstall. Candy Crush Saga has moved from fun time-killer to “please pay money / wait a long time in order to reach the next level” mode. Also, the makers may be a little bit evil.
Look out for the following in a few weeks:
– better games on my phone
– a new phone to play them on
– more time to do science rather than moving colourful blobs around
We had some very welcome visitors for the weekend, so we headed to Chester Zoo for an afternoon of animal fun, followed by a tasty dinner at the Chester Fields. Chester Zoo had been on our radar of visits for a while, and it did not disappoint. Four hours was far from enough time, so we’ll have to go again when we get an excuse.
All photos taken with my 100mm f/2.8 macro lens, which did a great job.
And so, thanks to Manchester’s best-known attribute, England have retained The Ashes. Yay! Unfortunately my first experience of international cricket was a rather soggy one, and the successful retaining of said Ashes was not especially climatic. In fact most people were glad for an excuse to get out of the rain and back on the tram. I did manage to get some nice photos for the short time that play was going on, but a tense afternoon of gritty England survival vs. persistant Australian bowling would have been much more enjoyable.
This might be jumping onto the Movember bandwagon a bit, but it’s an under-occupied bandwagon that is worth jumping onto. Chris O’Dowd (of the IT Crowd, Bridesmaids etc, not to be confused with this handsome Dr.) has lent his name and acting talents to a campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer via a giant, scrotum-shaped, hot air balloon:
Donate here if you want to see a giant nut-sack flying around the countryside. Donations are taken from your account now, but if the project fails to meet its £100 000 goal the money will be refunded. I’m looking forward to my testicular tea-mug, but even if you don’t donate to the campaign please remember to keep an eye/hand on your manly bits.