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[16:58] What I Did On My Christmas Holiday
Well it's been an interesting weekend. We went over to Decathlon on Saturday and bought Shona a bike. She got exactly the same cheapo bike as me but she splashed out and bought a gel seat cover for an extra six pounds. We then rode around the corner to do the shopping at a Christmas-ravaged Tescos and had lunch at an interesting fast food franchise called spudulike. We then did the 4 mile (about 6.5k) ride home for Shonas first "big ride"! She had a very sore ass by the time we got home.
I then spent the rest of the day reading Michael Crichtons State Of Fear. I finished it on Sunday morning and it was a pretty good read. I've not got a lot to say about it at the moment because I've got a lot of digesting and background reading to do. I'm somewhat surprised that that there wasn't a bit more of a controversy surrounding it - maybe there was when it was released, I don't keep up with the mainstream media much. If you like Crichtons books (hell, who doesn't) then I'd advise checking this one out. The only odd bit was the somewhat Flemming/Bond death-trap scene, apart from that it was up to the normal standards and the subject matter is certainly something I'm going to look into - more on that if it all turns out to be true!
Finally, Christmas. We rode over to Sam 'n Simmos place for lunch. There was some contention as to how to get there and, after 10 minutes, we checked map and compass and then rode in the right direction for another 10 :) There was a little bit of struggling to et the bikes into the lift but it all worked out in the end.
Sam is back home in Australia at the moment so 'twas us, Jason (Simonsen), Giorg, Simmo and Jess. We played XBox and chatted, ate Iceland Turkey-inna-box with roasted veggies (thanks Giorg) and watched Granny which I would heartily advise you not to. We then watched the death of the Dr Who franchise on the BBC (seriously, what the hell were they thinking when they wrote that trash). Basically, a good time was had by all (although as everyone but us was a smoker we came out smelling hella stinky). We rode home around 2330 and, after meeting a few odd people, made it home - huzzah!