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Tuesday, 19 April 2005
weekend away..
Well, we're back... the children having spent a long weekend at their maternal grandparents', while Beth and I enjoyed the peace of a resort in the depths of East Anglia. for our seventh wedding anniversary.
The time went so quickly - we didn't rush around too much, visiting Bury St Edmunds, a very pretty city (? It's got a cathedral...) - I think I'd like to live there - and Lowestoft (a typical seaside town in so many ways) and generally hanging around the holiday place, swimming, playing 'pitch and putt' and watching TV.
I might be considered a little geekish (not the first time, I'm sure!), but one of the highlights of the holiday was getting close-up to a real-life wind turbine, just by the sea wall in Lowestoft.
There's also a wind farm up in Great Yarmouth, but when we drove up there, it was getting dark, so we couldn't see it very clearly. Next time, perhaps... (there's a BBC report about the wind farm's construction here) (Windows Media video).
It was a lovely holiday, with plenty of food (I'm sure I've put on a few pounds!), leisurely walks and relaxation - it's difficult to get back to the grind now...
Links of the day:
- news.bbc.co.uk/.../in_pictures_learning_at_home/.. : home education's had a lot of coverage just lately - is it the 'in' thing for 2005? There was a fairly positive article in the Observer over the weekend, too... (thank you for the link, Beth!)
- story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s&u=/pope1/static : A webcast of the chimney above the conclave of cardinals who are currently electing the next Pope.
- www.getrelaxed.com : A website with pictures and sounds to help you to relax (apparently). My personal favourite is the tiger sounds. Nice and relaxing, that... (thanks, Tracy)
Posted by james at April 19, 2005 9:18 AM
