We arrived at our chosen hotel in Louang Phabang and were greeted by hysterical laughter from the builders who were in the early stages of reconstruction. Our next guest house could have done with a bit of work itself. The place certainly had character but I suspect it wasn’t really what Pete and Hannah had [...]
Well the wedding went very well. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, Rhian looked stunning and the food and service at Secco were fantastic. Many thanks again to everyone who came along and made it such a memorable day. The photos are in the usual place.
I finally got around to asking Rhian to marry me this evening. Much to my surprise she said yes! Really put me off my tea. Edit: Thanks to whoever sent us a bottle of wine. There was no name on it, just ‘Congratulations’.
Rhian and I spent a week chilling out on the Costa Brava. Rene and Michael were kind enough to let us stay in their flat in Platja d’Aro. We also joined them for a days sailing on their boat which they keep in the attractive town of Palamós. We enjoyed some great food, lots of [...]
Chris has been on tour in Canada with Lancashire. There are highlights on YouTube of their games against Toronto Xtreme and Niagara Thunder.
Rhian, Mam and I spent last week in the Languedoc region of France. We stayed in the village of Capestang which is the Hérault département north of Narbonne and west of Béziers. While we were there we visited Béziers, Pézenas, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Sète, Agde, Marseillan, Oppidum d’Ensérune and the Haut-Languedoc (Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc). [...]
I went to see Belle & Sebastian on Saturday night at the (relatively) new Newcastle Academy. They were very good, excellent in fact. Stuart Murdoch has an amazing voice. Their new album The Life Pursuit is out on February 6th (NME review). It was my 26th birthday yesterday. Mum gave me two bottles of malt [...]
If anyone out there wants to buy be an Xmas present but doesn’t know what to get, then I’d quite like the following: A quality filleting knife. Something like this one. These socks (black). Notice that these don’t have a logo on the cuff. An attractive golf-style umbrella. Not the ones they sell at Sports [...]
Chris is back in the UK after a season playing rugby for Oamaru and North Otago in New Zealand. North Otago lost their semi-final of the NPC Division Two playoffs to Hawke’s Bay. Here are a few write ups of the match 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and a review of the season. Hawke’s Bay [...]
Chris was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside’s Merseyside Sport programme this evening. He manged not to say anything stupid. Here’s the proof.
