Ok, so one small update since the end of October is poor. That's quite obvious to all. I won't waste time offering excuses, except to say a fair bit has happened in the last few months that is completely fascinating and worthy of many blog posts, except there will only be one. And this blog is bought to you by our sponsor (no, not google, that's our other sponsor, not that anyone seems to care) Snow Day, giving the humble worker a day off since Feb 2nd 2009. Need a long weekend, they organise snow to shut down a whole city for as long as you want. Currently London is beset with the worst snow storm in 20 years. This means that it is cold, a little wet and extremely pretty to look at. It snowed a few times lightly yesterday, but heavy falls overnight ensured a winter wonderland greeted the new working week. I was up early with the intention of getting to work earlier than usual, but arrived at Leytonstone station having walked through deep snow to find the tube suspended. I quickly received two phone calls that gave me my first ever snow day. Apart from a brief respite this morning it has snowed all day, so hopes are high for two in a row. The last time we got snow Australia did too, but I think the reports of 40 degree plus temperatures make the parallel weather unlikely this time.
So what has been happening. Well I guess I'll start with the football, which continues in its never-ending fashion. Since the last blog, written just before I left the UK for our Australian sojourn, I have been to one more match, on Saturday just gone. I missed two games while away, a 3-0 win against Middlesborough and a 2-2 draw against local rivals/enemies Chelsea. A Boxing Day 0-0 draw against Tottenham meant we finished the year in the top half of the table. They then lost two away games against West Ham, 3-1 and Sunderland, 1-0, struggled in the FA cup against non-league Kettering and sold their best player Jimmy Bullard to Hull. A frozen pitch on January 10 meant my return to Craven Cottage was delayed until this weekend. And there was to be no disappointment as Fulham ran out 3-1 winners against relagation bound Portsmouth. To be fair, Portsmouth are a reasonable team, having won the FA cup last season, but they have been on a slide since their manager left to join Tottenham and they appointed former alcoholic and Arsenal stalwart Tony Adams, who has not proven particularly successful, a point that was sung to him in a little ditty called 'You're getting sacked in the morning' which satirically suggests that he is about to lose his job, very amusing stuff!
In other stuff to happen we travelled to Australia to work on our sun tans. You won't read about that here of course as this is our London Adventure blog, duh! In other news we found out that Krystle is pregnant, which I suppose does come under the London Adventure umbrella. We are both very excited and if you're lucky Krystle may write a blog about the whole pregnancy experience. Below are some scans:
So what has been happening. Well I guess I'll start with the football, which continues in its never-ending fashion. Since the last blog, written just before I left the UK for our Australian sojourn, I have been to one more match, on Saturday just gone. I missed two games while away, a 3-0 win against Middlesborough and a 2-2 draw against local rivals/enemies Chelsea. A Boxing Day 0-0 draw against Tottenham meant we finished the year in the top half of the table. They then lost two away games against West Ham, 3-1 and Sunderland, 1-0, struggled in the FA cup against non-league Kettering and sold their best player Jimmy Bullard to Hull. A frozen pitch on January 10 meant my return to Craven Cottage was delayed until this weekend. And there was to be no disappointment as Fulham ran out 3-1 winners against relagation bound Portsmouth. To be fair, Portsmouth are a reasonable team, having won the FA cup last season, but they have been on a slide since their manager left to join Tottenham and they appointed former alcoholic and Arsenal stalwart Tony Adams, who has not proven particularly successful, a point that was sung to him in a little ditty called 'You're getting sacked in the morning' which satirically suggests that he is about to lose his job, very amusing stuff!
In other stuff to happen we travelled to Australia to work on our sun tans. You won't read about that here of course as this is our London Adventure blog, duh! In other news we found out that Krystle is pregnant, which I suppose does come under the London Adventure umbrella. We are both very excited and if you're lucky Krystle may write a blog about the whole pregnancy experience. Below are some scans:
