So, I am now safely installed back in glorious Exeter. Since I have been here, not only have we been to get some food but I have been to town, seen various drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, some impressive microscopic shots of things and lots of brilliant photos of all things British at the museum (incredible, if you are in Exeter any time for the next few weeks go and look - there's a lot there at the mo) and I have even bought and fitted a new inner tube for my (somewhat neglected) bike, as well as cleaning it with a view to eventually using it. So Its been a nice and productive day.
Yesterday was good too. Six (over half) of Peru STEP team 2005 descended on London. We saw lots of big horse-drawn guns go off for the Queen's birthday in Hyde Park (no-one could quite work out why the Queen would want a load of loud noises to mark her birthday, she is getting fairly old so it seems rather unfair to scare the poor dear). We also had a game of Uno whilst we were waiting, which, of course, I lost. Other events included a second trip to see the pile of white boxes in the Tate Modern (worth every penny: i.e. its free) and watching a man juggle a pick axe and a chainsaw whilst eating an apple in Covent Garden. It was very special, and has given me an idea as to where my English degree might lead... The attached photos show Gladys Becky and Hazel waiting for the guns to go off and wisely protecting there ears, and the other shows the guns going off with a random woman with her fingers in her ears (somewhere behind that plume of smoke is a recently fired gun). Thought they both captured the experience perfectly.
In the evening I had a nice meal out with the 'rents and Andy and Clare, which was excellent, and, apparently to 'celebrate the fact that David is going back to uni'. Hmmm...
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