Christmas strikes again.  As usual, I am not feeling at all festive or excited about it.  It's also about 20° warmer than it was this time last year, and obviously no snow, so it doesn't "look like xmas" either.  Quite why everyone thinks it should be snowy is a bit beyond me anyway, given that this is the UK and that rarely ever happens...

A week off work is always good though - now all I have to do is finalise which days I'm doing which exciting things on (climbing, kayaking, etc etc) and actually decide New Year plans.

But anyway, I... continue reading »