Our Mansion

Well after 6 or 7 weeks of sleeping on various different Friends floors we finally moved into our own room a few weeks ago. We live in a large unit block called "Granville Mansions" across the street from a park in the Bustling and diverse Shepherd's Bush. We are sharing a 3 bedroom unit with 3 Aussies and a kiwi. We have our own room but share bathroom, kitchen , lounge etc.

Its great having our own room and our housemates are all really friendly.
Our place is right in the heart of the action and has shops , restaurants, a cinema, bars, and supermarkets all just a few hundred meters walk. Its also really close to the tube and bus station and as has some cool surrounding suburbs such as Holland Park, Hammmersmith and Notting Hill.

So its not quite Teneriffe but we are settling in well

Cheers
Luke

6 Years Already!

Well for those who didn't know or didn't remember, Saturday the 15th of September was our wedding anniversary. It has been six years already and we have had an awesome adventure. We have booked a long weekend in Italy in 3 weeks time to celebrate because its a bit cheaper to travel then.

we decided to keep things fairly low key this weekend. The Weather again surprised us and was bright and Sunny so we went up the river to Richmond. There is a great stretch of river with a walkway along the river and bridges and great pubs and restaurants. We went to a restaurant for lunch which is actually a boat that is moored on the river. We had a great lunch with really good food and wine. After lunch we hired out a Little row boat and headed up the river for an hours or so. it was beautiful in the afternoon sun and we got to check out some great architecture and parkland along the way.

We are now looking forward to checking out the Cinque Terre in Italy in a few weeks to celebrate further.

The Highlander

Well The 2007 Mountain bike world championships were in Scotland so i made the trek north to the Scottish highlands. Renee stayed at home as the trip was going to involve lots of guys talking about bikes , riding bikes , drinking beer and smelling bad.

I flew up to Glasgow by myself and headed north to Pitlochry, a small town were my mate Mark from Brisbane now lives with his wife and son. Having not ridden a bike for a few months the first thing we did was headed out for a ride. The riding in Scotland is amazing, partly to do with the incredible scenery and also the abundance of big hills and great government support.

We then headed to Fort William which is the base town of Ben Nevis "The highest mountain in the UK" The race was at a ski resort just outside of town. The racing was held over about 4 days and i managed to squeeze in another awesome ride with a group of local Scottish riders.

One of my old work mates (Luke) from Brisbane who now lives on London came up on the Saturday with a few of his mates so i spent some time catching up with them. Sunday was the Down hill race and that was the highlight of the event! lots of crashing and high speed action. On Monday I headed back to Glasgow with Luke and his mates. On the way we stopped of at Glen Coe which is an awesome little spot in a valley between all these mountains . Its so lush and green and has creeks, waterfalls and Lochs.

The Weather was great with blue skies and sunshine so the drive back to Glasgow involved lots of faces against the window looking out at the incredible scenery. I had a few hours before my flight so i had some time to check out Glasgow. I had heard that it wasn't all that nice and was very working class but i found it to have a friendly vibe and some great architecture and seemed like a pretty cool city.

Check out a few photos here