Apologies for not updating sooner, but here's what we've been up to in the last week and a bit. This week has been busy, and very noisy due to Guy Fawkes (some dude who tried to blow up Parliament a few hundred years ago) night, and Devali (some kinda religious thing where they blow stuff up). Last week we also had Halloween, which is a far bigger deal than at home. We had trick or treaters for 4ish hours so I was extremely impressed with the turnout. Anyway, it sounds like we live in a war zone as I type, and we were able to have fireworks one night.
We went to Cambridge last weekend. Had a look around on Saturday before going to the pub on Sat night. We enjoyed a leisurely trip up the canal on Sunday, before finding a pub for lunch and heading home. The boat trip was a great way to see all the old universities, bridges etc. We're off to Oxford this weekend, which hopefully will be nice too.
Thought I should answer the question everyone keeps asking too... yes it is cold, but so far I think we're coping okay. I've learnt from experience that despite there being blue sky, it is too cold to go out without a coat. I thought it was hilarious the first time i heard kids at school being reminded of the 'no coat no play' rule ... but where were their hats? I've since wondered whether this rule will get me out of playground duty.
Think that's about all for now. We've recently discovered that we can film stuff with the digital camera, but I will warn that the quality leaves a lot to be desired. If you're short of time, not reading at work on your employers time, or suffer from motion sickness, maybe give the filmed pieces a miss.
We drove down this street in Cambridge not realising it was blocked at the end.
And ended up like this:
The river at Cambridge (with the kind of boat we went for a cruise in):
A sign we saw that reminded us of the dangers of swimming in shallow canals that are easily comparable to the surf we know at home.
Our tour guide Paul who was informative, entertaining and very good at making the boat thingy go.
This is how our 'war zone' sounded. Our neighbours are either really angry with each other, or love their Devali, as this went on for over 5 hours.
This was the grand finale at our own backyard Guy Fawkes celebration.
