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We went to Kendal on Saturday afternoon, we took Casee out for Chinese food and cocktails (mmmm), we had a good time! Yay! Am consequently knackered.

We took some Elch Blut with us which amused all three. Yummy.

Spectacular.

The noise was possibly the most impressive thing, with the town being in a valley, the castle on a hill, ever bang was reflected back multiple times, it sounded like there was a pitched battle going on beneath us. It was almost tempting to duck at some points.

Good length of show too, at about 25 minutes from start to finish. Well organised, planned and executed. The only pain in the butt was getting there. We "followed the crowd", bad idea! The crowd were taking a short-cut, which involved scrambling up a steep slope.

The past week has all been a bit of a blur really. For my own reference more than anything... my week has involved:

Sun 22nd - Travel to London
Mon 23rd - Visit City Airport ATC tower
Tue 24th - Travel back
Wed 25th - Interview in Manchester Airport Crowne Plaza
Thu 26th - Relax. Kindof. Do 3 MS jobs...
Fri 27th - Jane arrives for trip south
Sat 28th - Travel in nice quiet 1st class train to St Pancras, visit Casee and have fab time of it
Sun 29th - Visit DT in Kingston, meet Mike (Jane's friend) in Notting Hill
Mon 30th - Go to Greenwich, see Maritime Museum and Observatory
Tue 31st - Travel back

I've already written about the interview and the visit to London City airport, so the rest of the week...

We travelled to London 1st class - it was so worth it. It was only about 7 or 8 quid more than standard class and the whole thing is so much more pleasant. On the way down it was obviously "weekend first", so we didn't get the whole treatment, but on the way back we were served drinks and snacks in our seats, had china cups and everything!

The best bits are definitely the first class lounges though. Being able to sit away from the scum and have free papers and drinks :) Gotta love it.

We pretty much arrived at the parents, dumped stuff and left again. Headed straight out to Casee's. I didn't realise before we got there that she lived absolutely miles out - but who cares... it's an adventure ;) Spent the evening with her, catching up and stuff. Lovely time was had without any uncomfortable-ness which was fab as we haven't seen each other for about 3years! Bus back to Tottenham Court Road, tube home.

Sunday involved a visit from one of Jane's friends - he was nice enough :) Pint in the Elgin. Off to Waterloo to catch the train to Kingston. Decided to take the bus, which was a REALLY bad idea. Somewhere and for some reason there was a diversion in place, meaning instead of going along Bridge St to cross Westminster Bridge, we ended up going past Horseguards and along Victoria. Took us nearly an hour to get from Queensway to Waterloo. By the time we got to the station I was really fed up - but an evening filled with wine and BBQed steak cheered me up no end!!!

The way back we took it much easier, got off the train at Wimbledon and took the green line (District?) to Notting Hill Gate. Much easier :) Sleep.

Monday we slept in late, and went to be tourists. Took the DLR out to Greenwich and did touristy things. We were slightly confused by who the Maritime Museum is aiming at... seemed a little too "dull" for kids, but aiming too low for adults. Stayed for a fair while, the weather was gorgeous so walked for ages. In the evening I took Jane to Gourmet Burger Kitchen (yum) and went home. Spent the evening with the parents.

All in all, spent very little cash compared to what we could have done ;) Had a good time, nice to catch up with Casee and DT, both of whom I hadn't seen for a long long time.

Now, Jane and I are planning a trip to the north of Scotland! Discovered after looking seriously at prices, that it's actually a lot cheaper than we thought. For example, Leeds to Aberdeen for £36 return, each. Obviously booked ages in advance.