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Here are some pictures of Russ and I checking out Greenwich and stepping on either side of the meridian line. I've just finished reading a book by Liz Jensen, My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time, which had a lot to do with this meridian line, which made visiting it even better.
We had a beautiful view from the east of London over part of the Thames and the Royal Navy College. Click here to see them.
We’re just back from a weekend away at a hockey festival, based at Russ’ hockey club, Yateley. They do it every year, and have a bunch of teams from various parts of the country coming to play in lots of half hour games of ‘for fun’ hockey. However there’s always much more drinking involved than there is hockey playing. We all camped out and had plenty of BBQs, making the most of there being no rain.
This year the theme was Friday the 13th and all the teams had their own kit for the weekend, everyone having a name relating to something scary on their 
back. Russ’ was Russident Evil… I like it! Millie and I didn’t have one as we weren’t playing – we’re just along for the ride!
Both nights were really big – getting stuck into snake-bites, which seem to be a staple drink here, made up of lager, cider and blackcurrant cordial. Nice! Saturday night was the main event with a really good band playing old classics from bands such as Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Chilli Peppers, etc etc… all the old rock classics!! Millie and I befriended the girlfriend of the young guitarist and spent the night dancing our hearts out! Most people had dressed up and Russ and his team mates were mummies. Good look!!
Today, Monday, is being spent recovering at work. Not much fun, but well worth it. The weekend was excellent!! Check out my photos here.
Live Earth 7.7.07, if you hadn't already heard of it, was a series of concerts all over the world, running for 24hrs combined, to promote awareness of climate change and the problems associated with it, and what we can all do to help. They had a bunch of bands at each concert, as well as other influential people to promote the idea, which was first brought about by Al Gore, and his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. If you haven’t already seen this film, then you really should. It’s quite amazing. I have no idea how Al Gore didn’t make presidency over George Bush. The world would certainly be different now if he was elected. 
I bought tickets to the London stage of Live Earth only two weeks ago, and managed to grab us some pretty good seats, that turned out to be right by the VIP section, through the same entrance, and with leather cushioned seats. Score!!
We started the day there at about 12pm when the gates opened at the new Wembley Stadium. Concert started at 1.30pm. The London show, by far, had the best line-up, with bands such as British faves Snow Patrol, Razorlight, Genesis, Duran Duran, Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey-Rae, James Blunt, to name a few, then bigger artists such as Pussycat Dolls, Metallica, Madonna, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Black 
Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and the FooFighters, who were by far the best band of the night and totally owned the night!! They were amazing!! Famous people such as Geri Helliwell, Neve Campbell, Dr. Who, Eddie Izzard, and Chris Rock presented the artists. The concert finished at 10.30pm.
We had a wicked day, and finally some sunshine in the city to top it all off! The atmosphere was awesome, our seats were great (we could actually see them on stage, although a bit small), and the bands brought down the house!! But on top of it all, some pretty major issues were addressed, and with a worldwide audience of about 2 billion people for all the concerts, I really hope that 
the message was taken in by everyone.
Click on this link to see some video clips of some of the songs. On the picasa page, double click the first photo & scroll through so you can see the videos too (the pictures with a grey square in the bottom right corner). And click here to learn more about Live Earth and what you can do to help. Green is the new black.
Here are some pictures of Russ and I checking out Greenwich and stepping on either side of the meridian line. I've just finished reading a book by Liz Jensen, My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time, which had a lot to do with this meridian line, which made visiting it even better.
We’re just back from a weekend away at a hockey festival, based at Russ’ hockey club, Yateley. They do it every year, and have a bunch of teams from various parts of the country coming to play in lots of half hour games of ‘for fun’ hockey. However there’s always much more drinking involved than there is hockey playing. We all camped out and had plenty of BBQs, making the most of there being no rain.
back. Russ’ was Russident Evil… I like it! Millie and I didn’t have one as we weren’t playing – we’re just along for the ride!
Live Earth 7.7.07, if you hadn't already heard of it, was a series of concerts all over the world, running for 24hrs combined, to promote awareness of climate change and the problems associated with it, and what we can all do to help. They had a bunch of bands at each concert, as well as other influential people to promote the idea, which was first brought about by Al Gore, and his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. If you haven’t already seen this film, then you really should. It’s quite amazing. I have no idea how Al Gore didn’t make presidency over George Bush. The world would certainly be different now if he was elected. 
Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and the FooFighters, who were by far the best band of the night and totally owned the night!! They were amazing!! Famous people such as Geri Helliwell, Neve Campbell, Dr. Who, Eddie Izzard, and Chris Rock presented the artists. The concert finished at 10.30pm.
the message was taken in by everyone.