Day Three Hundred and Forty-five

For me? Nope, its not my birthday yet. I've spent most of the morning working on my ebay business, these are just a few of the things I'm busy auctioning off. Its amazing what you can make money out of selling on ebay! One man's trash is another's treasure!

Day Three Hundred and Forty-four

Now I can relive my childhood1 ....remembering those rainy half-term days with not my else to do but gather around someone's house and try to complete the latest Sonic game or Golden Axe!

Day Three Hundred and Forty-three

This is the series of books I've been reading at the moment. I've been glued to them for a while now and I'm still about a book and a half from finishing so I'll reserve final judgement until then. In meantime I'll tell you that they are highly political (right up my street), full of good and evil people, lots of war and peace, has insights into different religions (mostly Islam and LDS), and gives a deep (although pessimistic) view on human nature.

Its certainly challenging my political beliefs, fundamentally that people require only minimal governing and when left with out government control or interference are fundamentally good.

Day Three Hundred and Forty-two

Today I had to take Amanda to the airport to catch a flight back to Vegas. By chance we were running late and just a couple of minutes before we eventually left, Amanda's gift to me finally arrived from America! My new 2011 calendar...

Day Three Hundred and Forty-one

After last night's disappointing performance at the Wycombe Swan Theatre, we were hoping for for a much better display at Adam's Park. Though, until today Wycombe had lost three straight games, so I was filled with much optimism. If football has taught me anything though, its never give up hope. Tonight it paid off, a 4-1 thrashing of Burton was just what we wanted!

Day Three Hundred and Forty

A night at the Theatre! No photography allowed, so I had to be rather sly taking this picture in the Wycombe Swan tonight. The play Amanda and I went to see was called History Boys, and despite being critically acclaimed, was in our humble opinion, utter tripe.

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-nine

Apparently my cat, Guppy, was in the mood for a romantic bath! I guess it had been a long hard day for him, its a cat's life huh?!

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-eight

Happy Birthday to Amanda! Errr, a couple of days early, but any excuse for some chocolate cake right?

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-seven

Amanda and I are staying with my sister at the moment, in Waterlooville. Today we took a trip along the south coast to Chichester. It rather cold, and somewhat bizarre, shopping trip, which included buying Amanda scarf & gloves, some chilly jam and having lunch in a converted church! This photo is of a small stream we walked by on the edge of town.

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-six

YOU BET I'M HAPPY! I've just had a Krispy Kreme Doughnut!

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-five

Today we actually did go into some shops. Amanda and I took and afternoon trip into London and after exploring the Natural History Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, I took her on a rather teasing shipping trip to Harrods (probably the most expensive shop in the world). "Amanda", I said, "you can have anything you want in here, but you better run pretty fast". Needless to say, we did a lot of 'browsing'!

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-four

A night shopping trip at M&S? Not likely! Within this glitzy building in the cinema where we went tonight to see the rom-com Just Go With It. And it really was quite funny...at least the parts where I stayed awake were!

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-three

Valentines! After 14 wonderful gifts from my beautiful valentine, one a day over the last two weeks, we enjoyed a romantic dinner in Cookham in a 400 year old inn.

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-two

On a rainy Sunday afternoon where better to keep warm than cuddle up by the open fire enjoying an early dinner in our country pub?

The Chequers, Wooburn Common.

Day Three Hundred and Thirty-one

Today we made a trip into London to check out some of its finest architecture. The first photo here is outside the beautiful Royal Albert Hall.

This one is along the side of the grand Westminster Abbey.

Day Three Hundred and Thirty

Maybe we've found Doctor Who's next sidekick?

We took a walk into Marlow this afternoon, and Amanda couldn't resist the temptation to strike a pose in the a red phone box.

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-nine

This is an advertisement I saw for Patek Philippe watches. It didn't successfully sell the watch to me, but I thought the wording of the commercial could be better applied to planet earth as a gentle reminder to look after our environment.

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-eight

An early finish at work today, and a quick trip to Heathrow airport to pick a certain someone up! After rushing to the airport because her plane landed 30 minutes early, I had a little time to kill whilst her plane sat by the runway waiting for a vacant gate! This is outside T5 at Heathrow

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-seven

A constant hazard of living on an island nation?

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-six

One of Mum's flowers.

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-five

Its a cat's life! My very own neck warmer!

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-four

Wycombe are flying high in the league right now, second in the division and surely surely on a course for promotion this season. Today we hosted Port Vale, another team battling hard for promotion. It was an entertaining game, finishing tied with a goal a piece, but not without drama including a great solo effort goal by Scott Donnelly for Wycombe, an own goal by Leon Johnson and a fabulous penalty save by Nikki Bull.

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-three

They're still coming, four days into February and four Valentine's gift received. I love everyone one of them!

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-two

I love the end of a fresh loaf of bread and I've known to do almost anything to ensure no one else gets it....including starting slicing from both ends....

Day Three Hundred and Twenty-one

A second valentine's gift already! Yesterday I received a CD with 14 love songs on, today 13 hearts. Is this going to carry on for a two weeks? I hope so!

Day Three Hundred and Twenty

I took a trip down to Adams Park to watch high flying Wycombe beat Cheltenham 2-1 tonight.

He's too fast for my camera, this is Matt Bloomfield, a true Wycombe Wanderers legend, taking a corner in the second half.

And yes, referee, that fuel was outside the area, don't you even think about giving a penalty against us!

Day Three Hundred and Nineteen

I got this shopping with my sister yesterday and had it on in my car during the commute to work today. A selection Oasis' singles from 1994 to 2009. Listening to it took me right back to when I was just starting at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in '95, right through my teenage years, life at Keele University, travelling in America in '05 and '06 and when I lived briefly in Bangkok. A lot of memories and a lot of rocking anthems, needless to say my car stereo got louder and louder and louder....

Day Three Hundred and Eighteen

Its okay everyone, my sister is keeping us safe. Manning the guns down at Gunwarf Quays in Portsmouth, she's keeping Zee Germans at a distance!

Day Three Hundred and Seventeen

Good work Nathan! I'm down visiting my sister this weekend and my brother-in-law and knocked up a pukka curry tonight....

Day Three Hundred and Sixteen

Love a bit of fish on a Friday and nothing beats the best Fish & Chips Wooburn has on offer, regardless of the fact its the only Fish & Chips Wooburn has to offer.

Day Three Hundred and Fifteen

(for you American's reading this, it works out as 12.5 gallons for 97 dollars)

Without a doubt the most I've ever spent on a tank of petrol. Who is to blame? Greedy Arab nations? Speculative bankers in London and New York? The Government for re-introducing the Fuel Price Escalator in a recession? Answer: I have no idea, but I'm going to blame all of the above.