Oops, it seems I’ve not posted for about a month. Well, it’s been a busy time, so I don’t feel too bad about it, and from now on I should have more time to do it: I got one of these little 3 Mobile Broadband things, so I can apply for jobs and keep up to date on the train, which is cool. No jobs to go for at the moment though, applied for everything interestings over the weekend.
The main highlight of the month has been, of course, our amazing holiday to France in the first week of September. Went with Vickie, Kieran, Lucy, Ben, Louise, Sam, Jez, Patrick, Simon, Mark, Matt, and Magz; we stayed in a converted water mill in the Vendée. It was a fantastic week, and everyone had a great time eating lots of cheese, drinking lots of wine, swimming (brr) and sunning, with a few trips to explore the area (Luçon, Rue de Vin, La Rochelle) thrown in for good measure. Verdict: success, and must do again some time.
The drive (as a navigator, of course) wasn’t too bad, but was probably the limit in terms of distance (500 miles door to door from Guildford) with only one driver per car, but next time I think we’ll try and get more than one per car anyway, it would be far better if people could get some sleep on the road. The eurotunnel was great, but we might look at ferries that take us a little closer booking them way ahead of time so they aren’t to expensive. Might not work, but it’s worth a go.
France was a good lot of fun and games really. A great bunch of people (I love you guys!) with some I see a lot, some I see less, and a few I’d not really met at all before, which is always good. I’m keen on the idea of upping the numbers to twenty or so, and getting a chateau – that would be awesome, but so would doing the same thing again next year.
In other news, it looks like I’m going to party conference! Very exciting, though I don’t have the pass yet so anything could happen. We are all working on the assumption that I’m coming, which is encouraging… I’ll be doing lots of video work, of interviews of ministers, Q&A sessions, and the responses to video questions posed by people on the website. The internship has picked up a lot recently, and I’m doing interesting work now that we’re coming to the end of recess – a shame I only have about two weeks left, but there we are.
My driving’s coming along well now too – I tend to do all the driving for the family right now, as long as it doesn’t involve motorways (because it’s illegal to, not because I can’t. Managed the A3 in rush hour on Thursday, which is a motorway in all but classification. Some muppet in a white van wouldn’t let me on, which was a bit hairy for a second, but managed to get on behind him, without crashing at all. Go me!) I don’t think I’m doing too badly, given that before the holiday I was on the industrial estate – something about being driven around France made me better by proxy! I’ve just got to take my theory and find an instructor, and I can start looking towards a test – it shouldn’t be long now, which is a nice prospect.
Anyway, getting towards my station now, so Ciao people!
