One way to the UK?

Well it has been done – I have survived a British winter. Last Sunday morning at 0200 hours we had to wind forward the clocks one hour, so that we now have more hours of sunligh, and nicely the sun has actually been shining a bit lately too… (except for today!). It’s almost like over the winter people around the place bred or immigrated into where we live in Bromley-by-Bow… now-days when I get home from work and gym there are kids EVERYWHERE, playing games on the football (soccer) pitch near our house and kicking the ball around in the street and in the green area in front of our block of flats… I seriously wonder what the kids did and where they were kept in the winter!

So yes it’s now british summer time, however, after a nice Friday of about 17 degrees celcius where I took a lunch break just to actually experience some warmth, today London awoke to SNOW! Yep that is right, snow on the ground and still falling from the sky. So now I can almost say I’ve seen everything in terms of weather whilst walking down Oxford Street in the centre of London. It was unusual to see and feel the snow falling and then the sun out for a brief spell, and then more gentle snowflakes falling down!

Last night (Saturday), Kristy and I were supposed to have a quiet night in at her house after she’d had a few drinks at the Wheatsheaf with her fellow rugby team members… I was planning on heading to that side of town about 5pm, however fell asleep after reading some of my new book (People of The Book) and didn’t end up getting the tube until 7pm… and Kristy was still at the Wheatsheaf so I went and met her there! On arrival, she was pretty drunk! Oh lordy – so there went the quiet DVD night haha. I didn’t drink much at all (very restrained of me I know) but still stayed out until about half three in the morning, where Kristy and I along with Chris (Lilly) and Adam headed home from Sandy’s house (we all ended up back there as low-and-behold the pubs were all closing). Anyhow it was a good night! Kristy and I were out like the lights and as I said, woke up to snow this morning! We got dressed and braved the cold, actually the winds and snowflakes to get to a little breakfast place in Clapham Common and I enjoyed a very lovely Eggs Benedict with hashbrowns and grilled tomatoes, as well as bottomless cups of tea! Mmm just the right thing for a Sunday.

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