Hi. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Since last I updated the journal we have: Been to Australia Got married Moved house And before we left the UK my sister and nephew came to stay with us. Gosh that was a long time ago. First things first, in case you don’t know – maybe you …
The second Austral concert
What are we doing? Well, the recent past has been mostly taken up with organising the second Austral Sinfonietta concert. Held at the same venue, it was, by all accounts, an improvement on the first one last year. The orchestra played extremely well (after a scarily small number of rehearsals) and the audience was at …
Proposal
Kathryn and I are engaged. Here’s how it happened. Monday morning. Very, very morning. Approximately 3.20 AM. The kind of time when you really wish you had gone to bed at 9 PM like you were planning to. The plan was to catch the night bus from Sloane Square to Liverpool Street for the Stansted …
The first Austral concert
Well, well, well. Long time, no update. The last couple of months have been rather hectic for me. The last weeks doubly so. On Saturday night (21st) I conducted my first concert in London. Not a hugely important event for most people in London, but a rather big deal for me, as you can imagine. …
Nothing to say
It is Tuesday. We are leaving for Cornwall on Thursday, and the thought of getting even further behind in this travelog has spurred me to update the site. As it is late and these things always seem to take longer than expected I will keep the witty observations on life to a minimum and the …
Matt & Donna Leave
Well, once again we find ourselves alone in a strange city. Not that strange really after a year and a half but still just as interesting. As I write I imagine Matt and Donna must be nearing Brisbane. I can imagine how they must be feeling – like shit. I wonder what Virgin will make …
Ireland
The date is August 2000 and you are awake far too early and walking down Spencer rd, Acton… The plan was to walk to the minicab at Crown St and get a 5 min cab ride to Northfields Tube to catch the first tube to Heathrow for our 6.50 flight. This would have worked fine, …
Happy New Year
Matt and Donna joined Sarah at our house for New year’s eve. I know I haven’t published interiors yet but our place is a very small 1 bedroom flat. Not really designed for five adults to share comfortably. However, despite the slightly cramped conditions we enjoyed a quiet night in (compared to last year’s nearly …
Venice
White Christmas Almost. It snowed in London Yesterday for the first time in 4 years, narrowly missing Christmas day. Kathryn and Sarah were still at Lodge Farm; I had come up to London on Wednesday. After some hesitation I decided to brave the freezing (literally!) weather and ride through the snow to work. Hyde Park …
How not to buy a laptop
I’m back Hmmm, where to start??? Most of you who I know will already have received an e-mail from me breifly explaining my absence. So much has happened since the last update in August (!) We have been to Venice Ireland and Scotland. We have moved house, I have started conducting lessons and Kathryn siniging …