Blogs from Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

Wayne and I invited a few friends around for New Years Eve to help us celebrate. We prepared a mountain of food - Suzanne cooked a salmon which was delic. Nisa made her famous Pavlova mmmmmmmm and Jan prepared her Mud Slide (chocolate roll)-. Lots of salad, bread, cheese, veg, cravettes, prawns, beef etc made up a feast of food. Everyone arrived smartly dressed, and the eating began, we gorged and chatted for ages, lots of drink fuelled conversation. We eventually got down to business and played GAMES. Articulate, In the Bag and Pass Word took us up to Midnight. Champagne and a very bad rendition of Auld Lang Syne (no one new all the words) saw in the New Year. We continued to play Pass Word for a bit before people headed off home. We ... read more

Bramston Sub Aqua Club will be running a Wacky Races fun rally around Essex, so the ladies from the committee met up for some top secret planning. We all met (with Ian and Wayne) for a big Sunday brekkie at Weatherspoons and had a catch up before we left the boys and drove towards Maldon. It was a fantastic day, we had such fun coming up with clue ideas, visiting lots of villages, meeting local helpers (Mrs Pepperpot included!). We stopped in Burnham for lunch where I had a scrummy crab salad and spuds, before heading out on our way finishing at about 4pm. Tired by all the driving and thinking I was glad to be home, but had had a lovely day out in the countryside. Looking forward to the actual race day, when we ... read more

Yes, it's final...im back in england!! spent a lovely couple of days wondering around delhi, absorbing as much of india as i could...actually really quite like the place, although it was REALLY busy & crowded. also made sure i ate all the wonderful foods at every possible moment so as to make the most it while i still could! for my last night i got taken out by a friend (brother of a friend from uni)who lives in delhi...such a sweetie, took me to a swanky little place for dinner...amazing food & way too mcuh & then to 2 very plush bars! never thought id be spending the last day of my travels in such expensive luxury! quite a contrast to the rest of the trip, but it wa great! So yes, i got back to ... read more

This week at the office was our pre break build up. Monday was my annual appraisal, surprisingly fairly pain-free!! Wednesday we had an open morning for members of our groups to come in and talk to us. Loads of people turned up to chat to me about various things, mince pies and yule log fuelled discussion. The team went out for a bonding lunch - actually paid for by the office (first time for everything). The office Christmas lunch was my responsibility this year. We went to the Blue Strawberry on Thursday for a long lunch. Lots of fantastic food and some drinks and everyone seemed happy. We headed to the local pub for a few drinks and a chat before heading our separate ways. Saturday afternoon was the dive clubs trip to Chelmsford for the ... read more

The last few weeks work and life generally have gone hectic again! Sat 10th November we went to London for engagement drinks with Hazel and Andy, Wayne’s friends. I wasn’t feeling very well so we didn’t stay to late. Lots of work meetings followed including a session at Stock Primary School. Wed 14th November a group from the dive club went to see The Drifters. They were brilliant. We had a fantastic night out. Fri 16th November went to Escape to celebrate Katherine’s birthday. It was lovely to see Tamsin and Paul again after soooooooo long. Shame I had to work the next morning tho! Work meetings, training course up in London and a Staff Trustee Away Day took over the following week. Fri 23rd November we went to Colchester to see Julius Caesar for Suzanne’s ... read more