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I was invited to the wedding of Karen, a work-friend of Vicky’s, to a rather nice Aussie chap called Baron. I thought I’d take a few photos while I was there, which are now up in this gallery.

I was up in sunny Edinburgh last weekend and have finally got my arse in gear, so here are a few ‘taster’ photos. Calling it the “Festival” is slightly misleading; the Fringe was only just starting (some of the shows were still doing previews) so everything was fresh and new (unfortunately this meant that we didn’t have the faintest idea which shows would be worth seeing!). Also, getting going was the Science Festival, Film Festival, Book Festival and so forth. No doubt the Telephone Engineering Festival can only be a few years away.

On the plus side, the jugglers and performance “artists” on the Royal Mile were good value for money, especially as I ran off before they started asking for cash at the end. I’m such a tightwad!

On Sunday, went for a wander with David around Holyrood Park, home of Arthur’s Seat. Lovely sunny day, so much so that I got nicely sunburnt…

So a good time was had by all, and thanks again to David for his kind hospitality…

How to ensure that a perfect sunny afternoon ends in rain:

Pretesh did a fine job, along with Barin and all the others who manned the umbrella duties. Food tasted pretty good too

Went to a rather good party last night at Barry’s place in Guildford - good fun, and met up with the people that I only seem to bump into at these things - like Ling, who is a really cool guy and not as psychotic as he looks in this photo:

Also had my first experience of Barry DJing on his decks:

All very impressive. Would like to become superstar DJ also but am sadly lacking in a) equipment, b) time and c) talent…

Was a most excellent weekend, and the Saturday’s activity was paintballing up in North London somewhere. Dav had decided to get engaged and foolishly agreed to come along for his stag do:

Steve and Trevor gearing up

Dav getting ready for the first battle

First blood paint on Trevor

The Hunt: The stag and the best man get the honour of getting dressed in highly reflective gear, with forty other paintballers trying to shoot them

The end result of the slaughter

Visiting Dave in Birmingham, part 2: we get up stupidly early (like, before nine) on Sunday for some reason. By about 11 we’re down at the Rockface for a spot of climbing, which devolves into a competition to do silly moves on the bouldering wall:

Ken off to a good start

Tim hangin’ tough

Me looking silly

Joss feels the burn…

… then hits the deck!

Went up to see Dave this weekend with Joss, and met up with a couple of Dave’s Bristol friends - Tim and Ken. A large amount of booze was consumed, and it turns out that playing Jenga seriously while drunk is quite good fun…

Visited one of Vicky’s friends near the River Trent:

Had a beer:

Went to a rather nice park outside Leicester to meet Vicky’s parents and to pick up the cats:

Got the cats home and then picked up very angry cat: