Tyrebagger Treasure Trove

Tyrebagger sculpture trail has two geocaches along the way so we headed off with GPS in hand on a treasure hunt. B&J had been here before with M&D&K so they showed me the way to all the sculptures.

B trying to steal the limelight from her brother.

After much searching we found the treasure, aptly named 'Tyrebagger Treasure Trove', and swapped goodies. The other treasure was a 35mm camera film case called 'Tyrebagger Tiny' about 1/2 mile from this one. No treasure inside, just a scroll of paper to sign that you had found it.

Take That in Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium, with 80,000 screaming Take That fans singing along to old and new hits. I was outnumbered by about 9 to 1 women to men, but I can't complain, these were real women who were girls when Take That were first on the go.

Main support act was James Morrison.

Sadly there was a group of blokes on our right who persistently kept trying to start a mexican wave. Eventually they succeeded and got it going round the entire stadium.

Part way through the central stage opened up and a huge mechanical elephant transferred Take That to the main stage. Overall the link between the music and the circus acts was excellent, it was a great show that entertained throughout.







Relight my fire!

Wimbledon

Arrived in London and made our way to Wimbledon to catch the tennis atmosphere sweeping the nation. Andy Murray wasn't playing today, so the queues weren't too long. Actually had to queue to get a ticket which enabled you to join a queue.

Ice cream in the sun on Murray Mount (Henman Hill).

After a tour of the grounds we got tickets to the last game of the day in court No.2 to see the mixed doubles, SA & Sugiyama V Lindesdt & Stubbs. Stopped off for some Pimms on the way. Brilliant atmosphere in the crowd, and a good laugh cheering on Hawkeye.

When we got home, we checked the match on TV, as we had recorded all of Wimbledon on Sky+, and spotted ourselves in the crowd sipping away at our Pimms in the sun. Fame at last!

Great experince, would highly recommend a trip to Wimbledon.

Ythan Challenge

Annual cross country challenge through Esslemont estate over hay bales, under nets, through mud pools, wading the Ythan, clambering steep inclines etc. A really tough course that I challenge myself at each year. I ended up 133rd out of 351 entrants so was happy with the result. http://www.ythanchallenge.org.uk/

Fathers Day

Fathers day was spent offshore. Now into my third week offshore I have missed J's 8th Birthday, M&S's Wedding, our anniversary, a work colleagues funeral, and now fathers day! The sacrifices you have to make to earn a crust. Looks like the rest of the gang had fun round at Granda's house.

Sports day

Annual sports day again, no prizes for J, but B came second in the egg and spoon.

Wedding of M&S

Our friends M&S tie the knot. Unfortunately I was offshore managing a project so could not attend. Looks like everyone had fun.