We're back
Aug. 21st, 2005 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieHi guys,
back from hols we came. We had a great time, as always, only slightly spoiled by the fact I managed to get blisters from a new pair of trainers on the first day and have spent much of the holiday limping.
Still, much reading was done: five books, all very different but all good in their way (and mostly quite long which was why I'd saved them for a holiday) - The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger), Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold), Od Magic (Patricia McKillip), 1610: A Sundial in a Grave (Mary Gentle) and Singularity Sky (Charles Stross).
There was (again, as always) much eating. There is a restaurant on Alderney called Gannets which is not just the best restaurant on the island, but one of the best I know full stop. I've just weighed myself and I am not telling you how much weight I put on!
The weather was wonderful as well - a couple of mornings started off cloudy but cleared up by 11am, so I now have the nearest I ever get to a tan (okay, not that near I admit...).
And we also had our fifteenth wedding anniversary while we were there.
As an added bonus I've still got another three days off before I have to go back to work!
back from hols we came. We had a great time, as always, only slightly spoiled by the fact I managed to get blisters from a new pair of trainers on the first day and have spent much of the holiday limping.
Still, much reading was done: five books, all very different but all good in their way (and mostly quite long which was why I'd saved them for a holiday) - The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger), Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold), Od Magic (Patricia McKillip), 1610: A Sundial in a Grave (Mary Gentle) and Singularity Sky (Charles Stross).
There was (again, as always) much eating. There is a restaurant on Alderney called Gannets which is not just the best restaurant on the island, but one of the best I know full stop. I've just weighed myself and I am not telling you how much weight I put on!
The weather was wonderful as well - a couple of mornings started off cloudy but cleared up by 11am, so I now have the nearest I ever get to a tan (okay, not that near I admit...).
And we also had our fifteenth wedding anniversary while we were there.
As an added bonus I've still got another three days off before I have to go back to work!
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Date: 2005-08-21 10:12 pm (UTC)I'm glad you guys had fun. Sounds like some awesome reading, too--I love the Niffenegger book, & the Gentle one is on my shelf waiting to be read.
& luck you for having 3 days to ease back into not-being-on-vacation mode!