Weekend before the storms

Not only have we booked our flights, but I've also now booked the hotels in Portland. We were last there in 2004 - note how small the boys were:

Today's quiz is what is the name of the park we were in?

They're forecasting heavy snow in the UK for tonight, but most of it seems to be south of here, so we might escape. Right now, it does seem like the calm before the storm. Conditions have been fair and pretty mild for the time of year - golf this morning was fine - it was good to walk on soft grass again after all the hard frosts and ice that has been lingering for a while.

Well, Ross made it the Man U match OK - he phoned me from the corporate hospitality lounge. They made it in nice time after I managed to persuade him that leaving here at 9:00 am was not really sensible, especially given that he had to go in to Aberdeen to pick up Liam and Thomas, then detour via Penicuik to pick up Harris. My rant for today is about people (like Ross) planning a trip like this and not building in any slack for things going wrong - as they inevitably do. Anyway, for once, he listened and adjusted his departure time to 7:30 am. Let's hope they get back safely as well!

Played football Friday, squash last night and golf this morning - and then I nipped out to Dave Williamson's to do a technical check for our next headbang in 2 weeks' time - he's got a new toy that he tells me converts digital sound output back in to analogue which should apparently further improve the overall sound quality. Dave's sound system is already pretty good, so this will be an interesting experiment.

Footy this afternoon is the big Liverpool - Chelsea match - both teams will be feeling the pressure after Man U managed another win last night to move 5 points ahead.

That's all for now, folks! (2nd quiz question - where did you see this phrase?)