New clothes

We bought a couple of presents for Lily in the vast shop at the Park yesterday. She loves her new Paralympics t-shirt.

At the Paralympics

We failed to get tickets for anything at the Olympics, but Kims friend who runs a Guide group had managed to get a load of tickets for the Paralympics. Jenny is  quite amazing at her ability to get hold of cool things. Train ride there and back and entrance for £10! We watched the Wheelchair Basketball at the North Greenwich Arena, Team BG ladies were playing amongst others. It was quite a spectacle to see them bashing and crashing and hurtling up and down the court. The icing on the cake was the free tickets a couple gave us to walk round the Olympic Park later in the afternoon. It was a long day but I'm glad we finally made it there.

Lunchtime

Walking back to collect some kit from the van during an install this slug reminded me it was time to hunt out some food!

The big clearup

August bank holiday is Reading Festival time, the great unwashed descend on the town for several days and create havoc! Each year I manage to avoid the place and the only signs of it are the AA signs. This lucky chap was removing several miles of them from the routes in from the M4 today.

Supercar Showdown

I know we only went in March, but we were back at Beaulieu today. Ours friends Phil & Fiona were heading down as there was a Supercar display and they hadn't been for years. We tagged along for the ride. It obviously hasn't changed in the few months since our last visit, but there were dozens of supercars lined up and it was a chance to catch up with some good friends. We queued for ages for the monorail, but timed it to perfection. As we trundled over the road an F50 was returning from its run up the road. A different viewpoint on a rare car

Swapping roles

We decided to have a BBQ for a couple of friends yesterday. Normally the men are to be found gathered round the coals speaking in hushed tones about meat. But as the BTCC and MotoGP were on at the same time the ladies were on meat flipping duties while the bloke drank beer!

A practical classic

The Camper has proved very versatile this week. It took me to a weekend show and gave me somewhere to kip each night. Its transported us around the place on trips. It picked up and carried home Lilys new Little Tikes car and today it took my MTB in the back so I could cycle home from Danny Foxs. Its in there to have the engine dropped out to hopefully get to the bottom of the oil leak and burning issues. Danny reckons its either piston rings or the barrels and pistons themselves. So expect several hundred pounds worth of bill soon!