tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41003632024-02-28T11:13:12.597+00:00courting disasterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger622125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-59238948410950174292009-12-18T09:31:00.006+00:002009-12-18T09:50:39.047+00:00Cambridge snow: car scraping fun!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQ4HR12uS4zJKPiUZzEV3Dce6KA0S8LJO84FQlBjTHeugzsqSH3Hpd3cTmMy-bAXyW-FJVXg9q8p1DPS8Q3Znr4hfvPtRfjmaVSeyKrxW_mwnbn3dsVL6rsy471WxktEolxGw1g/s1600-h/DSC00564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQ4HR12uS4zJKPiUZzEV3Dce6KA0S8LJO84FQlBjTHeugzsqSH3Hpd3cTmMy-bAXyW-FJVXg9q8p1DPS8Q3Znr4hfvPtRfjmaVSeyKrxW_mwnbn3dsVL6rsy471WxktEolxGw1g/s200/DSC00564.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416507929903526850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAZ8f8TScwf9YxWaABaSaLI_0A0-J-X1Ajvf8_moqyU-uMNmDb79bllXTBXlllzPE3N2kpEvmHDOa4Tcs4576Fl8UWIfBVkw6Ff_3tyBtchgfGN_z_V4I-jGp6doRq1i_WSv5Dg/s1600-h/DSC00563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAZ8f8TScwf9YxWaABaSaLI_0A0-J-X1Ajvf8_moqyU-uMNmDb79bllXTBXlllzPE3N2kpEvmHDOa4Tcs4576Fl8UWIfBVkw6Ff_3tyBtchgfGN_z_V4I-jGp6doRq1i_WSv5Dg/s200/DSC00563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416507608378701394" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09IpEMndn7OEaO1rPaEYwljNI7Q99g2hqhOkF1VA3vNJCIrzARrOG-jLTYC2NgbeuwlU9dGoR-fAya6ZQwyYasHVT3AO7yv7uh3gM1lFX3pTTHUrgVY7Uju1cZ7wUD-1OKK56Aw/s200/DSC00561.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416507262974160706" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxOCNUxzLYkmCHDX8CKk7_S9WQbtU6dbrvoR5M3Q7D3TRl7VdgMkc5Q-ty9KRB0p0M8_ElIQl4Zl3ABRIogISXTpxOmd74M_7RRLuqOvtplNtPmC3TnCBxfxVgID0rOyHwBuitA/s1600-h/DSC00557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxOCNUxzLYkmCHDX8CKk7_S9WQbtU6dbrvoR5M3Q7D3TRl7VdgMkc5Q-ty9KRB0p0M8_ElIQl4Zl3ABRIogISXTpxOmd74M_7RRLuqOvtplNtPmC3TnCBxfxVgID0rOyHwBuitA/s200/DSC00557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416506968543066370" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-21554052099218886432009-08-24T19:37:00.002+01:002009-08-24T19:42:37.279+01:00Door<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZAX96DMcpOnfquwlvchUapfTi8RgYV9MJBvxGV_NbLNd8xs9fZ6qlSy6LViBOyg9Dm1GvrRo8JZqlCbQouv41AiwH_9-ofQKFUxekVN0GF1Y5I01M-Lk5qWQMGnT2-3RW1qFOg/s1600-h/DSC00438.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZAX96DMcpOnfquwlvchUapfTi8RgYV9MJBvxGV_NbLNd8xs9fZ6qlSy6LViBOyg9Dm1GvrRo8JZqlCbQouv41AiwH_9-ofQKFUxekVN0GF1Y5I01M-Lk5qWQMGnT2-3RW1qFOg/s320/DSC00438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373602150397746290" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>G. David and Son bookstore, Cambridge.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-37929225889498991952009-08-21T15:47:00.002+01:002009-08-21T15:49:50.150+01:00St Edmund's passage on the weekend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CnkXA-sqaQsukb0ZsycWH_3jWG9ciDXXi8A6RMc_OAjCPp3zRemz0Qp_1iKW2y8qZFFwU2bXfXFawiM3vnpwaU6q_J65iivPzhYIaA15z4ZibWDWPK5A8k3CD6fitkv79Nns8A/s1600-h/DSC00431.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CnkXA-sqaQsukb0ZsycWH_3jWG9ciDXXi8A6RMc_OAjCPp3zRemz0Qp_1iKW2y8qZFFwU2bXfXFawiM3vnpwaU6q_J65iivPzhYIaA15z4ZibWDWPK5A8k3CD6fitkv79Nns8A/s320/DSC00431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372429124650564242" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-15136081454960563692009-08-17T09:38:00.001+01:002009-08-17T09:41:16.132+01:00Published!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnhGF6YuiO6CdJ30KlGZAZdLn5eP_XkzpAHU1bhWZDGn_Q0zgdC55vX3Mx-E5-Ezu2PjJ7iy3q56AnN7e0KvVAInRSCxilvgx2047XLFeOrAi3Wa9uM6WQJ0WXKinph07NKrg3w/s1600-h/DSC00441.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnhGF6YuiO6CdJ30KlGZAZdLn5eP_XkzpAHU1bhWZDGn_Q0zgdC55vX3Mx-E5-Ezu2PjJ7iy3q56AnN7e0KvVAInRSCxilvgx2047XLFeOrAi3Wa9uM6WQJ0WXKinph07NKrg3w/s320/DSC00441.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370849990840831394" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-16865158720715286142009-08-10T22:00:00.004+01:002009-08-10T22:13:38.574+01:00Weekend in Norwich and the Broads<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6ZMWjQtWHUsGBB6teh7A6eGxXDkE_CEykm7axp9WiE2sn8AjN-9hUcdIkyrWw-4Byk0SGehfSkXjZmKoBOxo6xDNK6MrFgt4haPms1u-0y5tNeNIZrJxgVoUHfb4Ob6AoNIXAA/s1600-h/_DSC0186.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6ZMWjQtWHUsGBB6teh7A6eGxXDkE_CEykm7axp9WiE2sn8AjN-9hUcdIkyrWw-4Byk0SGehfSkXjZmKoBOxo6xDNK6MrFgt4haPms1u-0y5tNeNIZrJxgVoUHfb4Ob6AoNIXAA/s320/_DSC0186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368444221408748450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a>The Red Lion, Norwich: possibly the most English of English riverside pubs we've seen.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsFUgeYl6n1sqxk1C9AILrclv1GGJFpqnGehjqwHqg8g0BiPPF59ml1KxtHW15xTqnIJd-46w6PpFpkTvFF2PIC-MFBizZNgOvMkdi-9MXrZRywEDZenBZBndSvzuILMxg3W8hw/s1600-h/_DSC0270.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsFUgeYl6n1sqxk1C9AILrclv1GGJFpqnGehjqwHqg8g0BiPPF59ml1KxtHW15xTqnIJd-46w6PpFpkTvFF2PIC-MFBizZNgOvMkdi-9MXrZRywEDZenBZBndSvzuILMxg3W8hw/s320/_DSC0270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368445011137033314" /></a><div>Canoeing on the Broads outside Roxton.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiDHRu4KuAfoR0lHd9Tt6JYqoc4T3mBcXvfSZ5c_p9VIU1c3MXZhBTcvmcoFd6mOOJh5TXNkvOix8bZbQ_9P5kp7srK0tNYJ1j6fMhwZi1c13oSB3oOMRvN09IISAU2qwvUvmIw/s1600-h/_DSC0278.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiDHRu4KuAfoR0lHd9Tt6JYqoc4T3mBcXvfSZ5c_p9VIU1c3MXZhBTcvmcoFd6mOOJh5TXNkvOix8bZbQ_9P5kp7srK0tNYJ1j6fMhwZi1c13oSB3oOMRvN09IISAU2qwvUvmIw/s320/_DSC0278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368445790169302882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><div>Mid-canoeing lunch (before the food arrived).</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-45760686123213761892009-07-24T17:14:00.001+01:002009-07-24T17:17:42.785+01:00Saffron Walden (again)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmtEWpx-ttvPG6d8qeUMyTAuB0JNk1v08PJ0y6bvchPVvgYLspBKfscEvwMzZH4LKIOwAUQp6jdi8wPwKBUg-nlkv5rTVNzEdOQdS8NXo8sva71jafoPeef8dHnvz-83AR5HZEg/s1600-h/DSC00409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmtEWpx-ttvPG6d8qeUMyTAuB0JNk1v08PJ0y6bvchPVvgYLspBKfscEvwMzZH4LKIOwAUQp6jdi8wPwKBUg-nlkv5rTVNzEdOQdS8NXo8sva71jafoPeef8dHnvz-83AR5HZEg/s320/DSC00409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362061542672834562" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>A basement full of chairs at Reeds Antiques.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-87196320991960767132009-07-22T22:50:00.004+01:002009-07-22T22:53:56.280+01:00Vicar's car, Saffron Walden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BOMD7cUc1ShygZlKPatiAHhIwz9MGUsTjzmmrekfvq1m2w9Jq4LDW4wmJwWmlFaSH-y6faC7v9UE8c7rVq2QApQATts-MWTA9ACW8VFvd66fJilL1OL6AdC37k2gss0mvdA1Rw/s1600-h/DSC00411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BOMD7cUc1ShygZlKPatiAHhIwz9MGUsTjzmmrekfvq1m2w9Jq4LDW4wmJwWmlFaSH-y6faC7v9UE8c7rVq2QApQATts-MWTA9ACW8VFvd66fJilL1OL6AdC37k2gss0mvdA1Rw/s320/DSC00411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361406021718481666" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>We took a day off on Monday and ran out to Saffron Walden again. A lovely day, but road closures on the A14 made getting back a bit of a trial as diverted traffic backed up onto the B roads ...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-73389008802349364822009-07-14T21:18:00.003+01:002009-07-14T21:22:42.734+01:00Kourion, Cyrpus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k1u5dKcVTMToiAVqqF8lE0lhLnFvPQAOyGuOyRtcJ6kVMWDz6NOrAVYEJjXyboG7ElTynwJriO3dT5t7p5eNtZtz_HMnVxfR_OanOjt0O-UgLbkM1iD3xnsir3pV18Sytg5A6g/s1600-h/DSC00391.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k1u5dKcVTMToiAVqqF8lE0lhLnFvPQAOyGuOyRtcJ6kVMWDz6NOrAVYEJjXyboG7ElTynwJriO3dT5t7p5eNtZtz_HMnVxfR_OanOjt0O-UgLbkM1iD3xnsir3pV18Sytg5A6g/s320/DSC00391.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358413638749285858" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Once again, the view over Episkopi Bay was one of the highlights of the holiday.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-91453663076579812122009-07-12T09:47:00.002+01:002009-07-12T09:51:24.320+01:00Amsterdam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4CSZIsbyXvc1_nvFEox2agCyqcenmqGR8Ls6Ow4t-QyBfs4FU6bg7Zc1yZdE1pDNt6qGpEm1oVB4KkeJL6TInXhlpODfHAswSLrpoqM7QHDj-0EB5XzcjP8qXGVqOIgWpazwIw/s1600-h/DSC00406.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4CSZIsbyXvc1_nvFEox2agCyqcenmqGR8Ls6Ow4t-QyBfs4FU6bg7Zc1yZdE1pDNt6qGpEm1oVB4KkeJL6TInXhlpODfHAswSLrpoqM7QHDj-0EB5XzcjP8qXGVqOIgWpazwIw/s320/DSC00406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357493235280058850" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>A surprisingly classy hotel room for the conference on Wednesday (my unmade bed notwithstanding). Shame there was no time to see the city.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-48458497371407462442009-07-06T09:32:00.002+01:002009-07-06T09:40:30.166+01:00Cyprus holiday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuJrByA4rugLezXVyMCqpkl2MsY6_B1l60VxQWfCdjrnE8ldcqrUN2xTcXC4dRyuKRJ2iBnvn07mgfNqUe6ATDtLKoo40NReQujcvrkVFOTfvJ7W9i-5s3T1eklZZN0wnLLtrEQ/s1600-h/DSC00396.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuJrByA4rugLezXVyMCqpkl2MsY6_B1l60VxQWfCdjrnE8ldcqrUN2xTcXC4dRyuKRJ2iBnvn07mgfNqUe6ATDtLKoo40NReQujcvrkVFOTfvJ7W9i-5s3T1eklZZN0wnLLtrEQ/s320/DSC00396.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355264060944064594" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>View from Kourion's annexe of Eusolios looking over Episkopi bay.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-79158789086583678612009-06-26T07:55:00.001+01:002009-06-26T08:01:17.931+01:00Neighbourhood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFu32MQjCKNfrebsvfT5Kz2kwK7W-Pln3G-vUxtqhFtfRw7AAfgE6iH7Zemr01wsenkyN41jy-tjYfjTMfmBl3UelJhlybHOwuF5JrpMrUG_3QQp4AKowygLAekrqKBzS8yAvfrA/s1600-h/DSC00377.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFu32MQjCKNfrebsvfT5Kz2kwK7W-Pln3G-vUxtqhFtfRw7AAfgE6iH7Zemr01wsenkyN41jy-tjYfjTMfmBl3UelJhlybHOwuF5JrpMrUG_3QQp4AKowygLAekrqKBzS8yAvfrA/s320/DSC00377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351527613036770370" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The sculptor's/jeweller's studio around the corner from us.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-18290483624256935992009-06-25T11:56:00.004+01:002009-06-25T11:57:36.283+01:00Spring flowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGseDNadi02yoU6Rmhr2zCHnk_z3p6OsWMmqzO-SkHNiiPRwo2GThoHb6emo8DQ92OjHKTIhfC-WQ-bfGOJIHetspPISJY_CVuNEKvpjBvv7qwrwYCL4uWidnJ57eX_4xhfoQ4pA/s1600-h/DSC00376.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGseDNadi02yoU6Rmhr2zCHnk_z3p6OsWMmqzO-SkHNiiPRwo2GThoHb6emo8DQ92OjHKTIhfC-WQ-bfGOJIHetspPISJY_CVuNEKvpjBvv7qwrwYCL4uWidnJ57eX_4xhfoQ4pA/s320/DSC00376.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351217614734932290" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The profusion of flowers everywhere is one of the joys of Spring in Cambridge. That and daylight until 10 pm, which I can never quite get used to after the depths of winter ...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-1722552837300490862009-06-24T21:04:00.003+01:002009-06-24T21:09:00.511+01:00Our car<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ToGgd9SXseHYKBAFCkNsfYSQSUBtWtIpntakooskynS9MGc-AlAaFm2BrPVvx-jgzqNQYt4WKDaTjCjXIvzL_y-uP0eG72quiKBrW92Mv19xkq0JopyYYAzBndkqJzHygWgYFQ/s1600-h/DSC00374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ToGgd9SXseHYKBAFCkNsfYSQSUBtWtIpntakooskynS9MGc-AlAaFm2BrPVvx-jgzqNQYt4WKDaTjCjXIvzL_y-uP0eG72quiKBrW92Mv19xkq0JopyYYAzBndkqJzHygWgYFQ/s320/DSC00374.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350988427963803202" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I've not owned a car since leaving Melbourne in 2003. We bought this just a few weeks ago (click for a bigger image), I've only posted a picture of something so dull as a friend has requested it. Nonetheless, we love it: it has the biggest interior of a small car I've ever seen - the three back bucket seats can fold down in two separate ways or lift out entirely!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-56298014414052032432009-06-23T16:14:00.004+01:002009-06-23T16:29:03.959+01:00Bilbao<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgflOwfG9QUOY9I6tHHV5tT2PdsWLju4VRqz4KnPWTB4ABrqEHGomyFHqQ0B69wmjBT1efLlaAp5XJyHK8QKqxjnpzGVOLf3Rvdth-Yjb_DgvVzu5K6oo6txdbjI_jQXDTqmE9RA/s1600-h/DSC00366.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgflOwfG9QUOY9I6tHHV5tT2PdsWLju4VRqz4KnPWTB4ABrqEHGomyFHqQ0B69wmjBT1efLlaAp5XJyHK8QKqxjnpzGVOLf3Rvdth-Yjb_DgvVzu5K6oo6txdbjI_jQXDTqmE9RA/s320/DSC00366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350544792854131522" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>A very pleasant weekend away ...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-80637500485162627342009-06-19T11:23:00.001+01:002009-06-19T11:25:17.288+01:00A great conference venue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_StM4JCrHrjCX_wpAvkNzQo_aCkuAQY85Jxm-4SbQbJsJZdE5q65i83-yvFI939PEK_gJb-OTAZj59GMPL518QFVepB4q3kYhUnUrbhQL5d4e6yr1svqdu77STxTPybfIHo7INw/s1600-h/DSC00315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_StM4JCrHrjCX_wpAvkNzQo_aCkuAQY85Jxm-4SbQbJsJZdE5q65i83-yvFI939PEK_gJb-OTAZj59GMPL518QFVepB4q3kYhUnUrbhQL5d4e6yr1svqdu77STxTPybfIHo7INw/s320/DSC00315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348982727296236626" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Onati, Spain (outside Bilbao).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-18046828181096482562009-06-17T11:08:00.002+01:002009-06-17T11:10:38.872+01:00Dinner last night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLce-NqGdOBh-IFfAETEVuVuEMW0pulOhV8QfhFGvS_Y0u4sldeHI4dQE1HsFNFHAEyUfdBATMwH-DmcLE3MUM6KYtIBefC23bWL2z_hDjTtR4FzE9Oq5Kk_oEI-8Isu5UKYvuw/s1600-h/DSC00311.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLce-NqGdOBh-IFfAETEVuVuEMW0pulOhV8QfhFGvS_Y0u4sldeHI4dQE1HsFNFHAEyUfdBATMwH-DmcLE3MUM6KYtIBefC23bWL2z_hDjTtR4FzE9Oq5Kk_oEI-8Isu5UKYvuw/s320/DSC00311.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348236848598945874" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-87472348053631935382009-06-16T09:35:00.003+01:002009-06-16T09:40:09.449+01:00Cycles vs Punts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4-nqsDBnAqJxky4zpmGNXEUGDHzZ8SlP-LXnEigRVeLE0nXwQwbcSSTkkrC091qDYttFo0HZbnUjW9B5zdMs19sfNQQjA1j-6NXLzAIXJ3L4HgQH1uaGewXs_QNt0tebNMeJfQ/s1600-h/DSC00295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4-nqsDBnAqJxky4zpmGNXEUGDHzZ8SlP-LXnEigRVeLE0nXwQwbcSSTkkrC091qDYttFo0HZbnUjW9B5zdMs19sfNQQjA1j-6NXLzAIXJ3L4HgQH1uaGewXs_QNt0tebNMeJfQ/s320/DSC00295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347841782409370882" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A photo from Saturday of a common summer sight: dragging punts over the rollers and cycle path at the Mill Pond lock to get from the Backs heading upstream to Grantchester.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-81195986748259393162009-06-15T10:30:00.004+01:002009-06-15T10:32:08.339+01:00Saffron Waldon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjC5h0hiY-4EOeLVIR0dIkWt9Kn6cvVWgLBpd2jCdO94cQSnKXRY8sJrEXO6U3TioeHg5t0rfWMzY-R19jfYrBoVIb44Ero8_Uwe5vSU8JHgbA9YFfPbVZrZelOfbStT8zutJ6Q/s1600-h/DSC00299.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjC5h0hiY-4EOeLVIR0dIkWt9Kn6cvVWgLBpd2jCdO94cQSnKXRY8sJrEXO6U3TioeHg5t0rfWMzY-R19jfYrBoVIb44Ero8_Uwe5vSU8JHgbA9YFfPbVZrZelOfbStT8zutJ6Q/s320/DSC00299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347484714818333554" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The brick-paved turf maze at Saffron Waldon common yesterday, on a balmy afternoon ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-55608151281577445082009-06-13T13:18:00.001+01:002009-06-13T13:27:37.771+01:00The Granta<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDrAQqC7INch1y3Bm5EivjxY2vyerFEIiMHv84r3MaKZBMLXcOjDhHMbRZxL0wx57CWOxWzA8fU74HONokeBeYQq0cMr4XkwGAm0kcu_JIowYxi_jOY5zqao4YRA0x8fEXm0CNg/s1600-h/DSC00297.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDrAQqC7INch1y3Bm5EivjxY2vyerFEIiMHv84r3MaKZBMLXcOjDhHMbRZxL0wx57CWOxWzA8fU74HONokeBeYQq0cMr4XkwGAm0kcu_JIowYxi_jOY5zqao4YRA0x8fEXm0CNg/s320/DSC00297.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346786048400336450" /></a><br /><div>The punt station outside our local, the Granta.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-7936077706989771142009-06-11T22:48:00.003+01:002009-06-11T22:52:01.977+01:00Rug<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrihcIuB4F7-d7zzvIeAuz-t0VOtSnudLeucOwMtoQohmBdEpLTETHLZtYtHEEHC459HQu2jMhQj5qMf8RutTl7Swv00CFDsEvk58ycIg0I5TgaOEFf9n_7OMSQj_yZnxFgVB9A/s1600-h/DSC00288.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrihcIuB4F7-d7zzvIeAuz-t0VOtSnudLeucOwMtoQohmBdEpLTETHLZtYtHEEHC459HQu2jMhQj5qMf8RutTl7Swv00CFDsEvk58ycIg0I5TgaOEFf9n_7OMSQj_yZnxFgVB9A/s320/DSC00288.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346190709645394834" /></a><br /><div>About two years ago we both started new jobs. We still had quite a few debts, but with a surprisingly large slice of our combined first pay packet we bought this rug. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a good investment.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-34997128597788405362009-06-10T09:15:00.004+01:002009-06-10T09:28:38.377+01:00Community<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb22M7ZimWSVewEoeP4wV6AVqu6Fea8_tURlU6zO_jfz_7KBv6lLaB4qMnOWqQqthfDrleCfwgpaHz9QNJqjP-O6f3lxnNEJrWjhDBTZZ6oZEumbh-egF0Fyw7jF-ZHH3zAuRtA/s1600-h/DSC00284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb22M7ZimWSVewEoeP4wV6AVqu6Fea8_tURlU6zO_jfz_7KBv6lLaB4qMnOWqQqthfDrleCfwgpaHz9QNJqjP-O6f3lxnNEJrWjhDBTZZ6oZEumbh-egF0Fyw7jF-ZHH3zAuRtA/s320/DSC00284.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345612513318150034" /></a><br /><div>One of the things I like about our neighbourhood is this impromptu noticeboard on the street outside our flat. It's a section of fence that's been in use this way as long as we've been here.</div><div><br /></div><div>It provides some insight into a family neighbourhood in a university town: children's furniture, yoga, public lectures, home reading groups, private language tuition. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-42465575630394662882009-06-09T08:29:00.002+01:002009-06-10T09:15:35.274+01:00An action figure we can believe in!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4V6eMPAe7R92t9LRcuyPJVgi5Css5B4AbMfHf4zAlnzGM_UQUOKkauLRf_l7-62lxsezpdFpJ6Jpf2uvQWKyBMQPdbQIDIA6NsPUCsPZUPkrvpUMukjRvW2eX9CoF6OsCk0JVw/s1600-h/DSC00281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4V6eMPAe7R92t9LRcuyPJVgi5Css5B4AbMfHf4zAlnzGM_UQUOKkauLRf_l7-62lxsezpdFpJ6Jpf2uvQWKyBMQPdbQIDIA6NsPUCsPZUPkrvpUMukjRvW2eX9CoF6OsCk0JVw/s320/DSC00281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345227328484369938" /></a><br /><div>So, anytime one of goes away, the other has to get them a bad present from the airport. On my trip to DC in April I picked up a little presidential fun. He lives on top of our coffee-maker, along with the egg-shells ...<div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-83129909480564460722008-11-23T14:42:00.004+00:002008-11-23T14:59:15.443+00:00India has authority to pursue pirates"<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7741287.stm">Delhi has formally been given permission to act under a UN resolution allowing navies to pursue pirates into Somalia's territorial waters.</a>"<div><br /></div><div>UN <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Security</span> Council Resolution 1816 is a very odd creature, authorising pursuit of pirates into Somalia's territorial waters - where Somalia (or at least the internationally recognised, if ineffectual, Transitional Federal Government) consents. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is an authority the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TFG</span> could give under international law, with or without a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">UNSCR</span>. Thus, Resolution 1816 is largely pointless. Nonetheless, this is the first formal report I've caught on an agreement stuck between the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">TFG</span> and a foreign navy under the Resolution (which expires next month anyway). </div><div><br /></div><div>India has already shown it's prepared to use <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7737000/7737035.stm">lethal force</a> against pirates. In that case it appears to have been self-defence or returning fire. This would clearly be legal, though a shoot-on-sight policy towards pirates would not.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pirates may be nasty characters but generally they are little more than common criminals who - while hostage-takers - are not interested in endangering life unnecessarily. (What use is a dead hostage?) We are not at war with pirates, and most legal systems don't authorise shoot-to-kill policies in the course of general law enforcement. That said, such an approach might well not generate much protest. </div><div><br /></div><div>I doubt, however, it would be much of a deterrent. So long as Somalia remains in chaos and easy pickings are available in the Gulf of Aden, piracy will continue regardless of the risks to the pirates themselves. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-57251244530284629832008-11-11T13:26:00.002+00:002008-11-11T13:33:05.909+00:00Obama on international lawIn response to an <a href="http://www.asil.org/obamasurvey.cfm">ASIL survey</a>:<div><br /></div><div><blockquote>"The next president will have to prioritize restoring our traditions of adherence to international legal regimes and norms. When I am President, America will reject torture without exception. America is the country that stood against that kind of behavior, and we will do so again. I also will reject a legal framework that does not work. There has been only one conviction at Guantanamo. It was for a guilty plea on material support for terrorism. The sentence was 9 months. There has not been one conviction of a terrorist act. As president, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and laws such as our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists."</blockquote></div><div>How quickly could most of this be done after 20 January? Just about instantly, I'd hope.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100363.post-49738281840337065042008-11-07T15:52:00.001+00:002008-11-07T15:52:47.253+00:00Only in a Cambridge student paper ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">Headline on the US election: "Yes we <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">could</span>", thus identifying the correct use of the conditional subjunctive.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4