Sunshine!!

After a rather mundane week of just general life, and being back on the bike to and from work... Along comes Saturday.
20C and sunny!! A small glimpse of summer and the English getting into it as you can see on the left.
A short ride in the sunshine to collect a parcel from the post office, and it was a case of ‘Day underway’.

So it was beer garden weather for London. Shorts and shirts off for (some of) the English, but I still had a long sleeve top over a t-shirt and jeans. Don’t get me wrong here, as it’s nice to see the sun and have a day where the temperature is not in single figures, but it was only 20C...
I did feel for my Norwegian mate, Espen, (right) as he and his friends had come from -4C in Norway!! Was good to catch up with him and meet his best man, soon-to-be father in-law, as well as other in-laws and friend.

I must admit that it would have been a far better afternoon to have stayed in the beer garden as the display by Spurs against Bolton wasn’t much chop really. A rather frustrating game to watch in all. We did try and get a rendition of ‘O When the Spurs’ going, but without much success. Still a nice afternoon out in the sunshine before heading back to a pub for a few more pints and to catch up with a few other folk.

Sunday was also to be a bit of a footballing day, as I’d accepted Marty’s invite to join him in a pub to watch the Rangers v Celtic derby. Marty’s a Scot, and a keen Celtic fan. He fitted right in with all the other Scots in the pub in their green n white shirts. One Aussie amongst a mirad of Celtic fans who were well up for the game. This IS Scotland’s derby and plenty of serious passion was being shown by these folks.
Unfortunately, to suddenly be immersed in all things Scottish didn’t exactly help my situation considering what’s currently going on up there from my corner of the world, but like the rollercoaster of life I’m on, you just hold on for the ride and wait for it to finish...
At least Celtic won, so after a celebratory ale, we met up with Karyn in Sloane square for another drink in another pub and then dinner in one of the area’s oldest chinese restaurants.

Usual tube signal issues and it then took me nearly 2 hours to get home...

And if you're in a generous mood... www.justgiving.com/aussierunner as I still have a couple of hundred pounds to go. ;)