As is customary, it has been ages since I last posted. If you follow me on Twitter, you will have seen most of what I’ve been up to.
Navin and I waiting to go up in the plane, to then jump out of it again!
First up, was my skydive. I jumped out of an airplane at 12,000ft (~3,700m), was in free-fall for about 45 seconds (to about 4,000ft) then opened the parachute. This all happened at a tiny airfield in Headcorn, Kent with two friends from work, Chris & Navin. When sitting on the egde of the airplane, with my feet dangling out over England below, I could see all of London to the North, and the coast of France to the South. Very cool!
Next up was Gillian’s MRes graduation, which was somewhat thwarted by Eyafjallajökull, the Icelandic Volcano. Unfortunately Gillian’s parents spent the graduation itself stuck in an airport in Belfast, unable to get to London to see the event. Hopefully we won’t have similar problems when her PhD gradation comes along in a few years time.
In June, we went on a two week trip to North Eastern Europe. The trip started off in Stockholm, where we saw my sister, Tierney, complete the marathon. After a week in Stockholm we went to Tallinn, with a day trip in Helsinki. We had a great time, but does mean I’m all out of holiday now until Christmas. Long slog!
Anyhow, that’s a very brief catchup. Got quite a few things lined up in the coming weeks and months, so hopefully I’ll manage to find the time to blog about them!