Lindsay and I were looking for a hotel for a long weekend break with Mike and Rach (my brother and his girlfriend). Location-wise we weren’t particularly fussy. We had spent a long time looking for somewhere without success. Then I received an email from Rach about a Travelzoo offer she…
Category: Home Life
A bit slack…
Well, maybe that is a bit of an understatement. It has been 8 months since my last post on my blog and a lot has happened during that time. A quick summary…. 22nd December I had laser eye surgery with Ultralase in St Albans. I have gone from a -6…
The orange torpedo
The weekend of Thursday 25th to Monday 29th March saw Tim and I make our now annual visit to a friend in Geneva for a spot of skiing. This year Steve was our host, and a very good host he was. Arriving on Thursday evening, Tim and I realised our…
Longleat Safari Park
On Sunday, Lindsay and I made a visit to Longleat Safari Park. Here are a selection of the photos we took. A hungry giraffe A football with legs and a head A Common Eland A posing Lioness More photos are available at http://photos.andywicks.com/LongleatSafariPark
Long overdue…
Well, what can I say. It would appear that I have somewhat neglected this blog over the past few months – it has been three and half months since my last post! I am sure you will be glad to hear that this is not because I have fallen off…
It’s not all work, work, work…
It has been a few weeks since my last update, for I have been quite busy. Despite working full-time, in the last 4 weeks I have managed to go skiing once, snowboarding three times and paddling thirteen times!! Myself and a colleague have been frequenting the snowdome in Milton Keynes…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
A plan was hatched late last year when Nick suggested that we head across to Geneva to visit him and go skiing for a weekend at one of his local resorts. Tim and myself travelled out together, meeting one of Nick’s friends from uni, Martin, and one of Martin’s friends,…
24 days and counting…
I had another appointment at the hospital this morning. I was due to have the plaster cast that I had been wearing since my operation last Monday removed. The consultant – the one who performed the operation – removed the cast, and accompanying sticky plasters that had been holding it…
The countdown has begun…
On Sunday 21st December 2008 I had a rather unfortunate incident at Hurley which resulted in a broken nose and fractured cheekbone. Assessing the damage after hitting my face On Monday I had my nose operated on to have it reset. I didn’t realise it was possible to have a…
Safari Photos
I have uploaded some of my photos from our Safari at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. The photos are available here on Facebook African Buffalo A Giraffe A Lion Some Elephants with a Hippo in the foreground Murchison Falls viewed from the bottom