Oct 2007 b

Sat 20 Oct 2007
Hurrah! At long last we have a weekend at home, and are able to arrange a TV aerial man to diagnose our lack of signal. As it turned out, the aerial was fine but the TV point on the wall needed replacing. Glad that didn't cost much. Very happy with the 50 or so free view channels we now receive. Not that it's really free - you still need a TV license in the UK.

Sun 21 Oct 2007
Jen goes work-clothes shopping while Steve catches up on some 'self time'. Jen also discovers the camera is not broken, but needs a new battery. The nice chap in the camera shop lets her put in a battery from one of their display cameras, but won't sell it to her unless "you want to buy this camera that comes with it". Fat chance!

Mon 22 Oct 2007
Hooray!!!!!! Triple hooray!!! We finally have internet at home!
What a relief! :-)

Thu 25 Oct 2007
Jen's workmates go to the nearby pub after work, and celebrate pay day with a few pints.

Fri 26 Oct 2007
Wulfgar (Lauren's ex) stays with us overnight and catches a lift with us the next day...

Sat 27 Oct 2007
Set out very early and arrive at the Viceroy event, half way between London and Bristol. We decided to day trip, arriving on-site at 10am, and getting home at midnight. Our friends Deb and Clancy (from Cambridge) won the tourney and will be Viceroy and Vicereign (of the UK, Ireland and Iceland) for the next 6 months. But more importantly we got to catch up with Wystan!
Here are some photos from the day (thanks to Arianwen):

Above: Wystan, a Bangor squire, doing a great job of heralding court for us, considering the preparation time of 20 seconds (literally!).
Below: one by one the combattants present their consorts to us.


Above: it was a grey old day with a cold and drizzly wind.
Below: we congratulate Ursula (Deb) and Clancy on winning the day.



Sun 28 Oct 2007
A relaxing day unpacking, doing laundry and catching up with a zillion emails.

Tue 30 Oct 2007
Finally - the new camera batteries arrive, and yes the camera works again. Yay!!!

Wed 31 Oct 2007
Halloween. These are the scary kids who live next door..... (below) Their mother bundled them up in the family car and drove to "a richer suburb" for their trick or treating.

Below: more freaky kids at our door.