Neil Hopcroft

So this is my last weekend in Cambridge…I’m currently (taking a displacement activity break from) running around cleaning the house. Its not going badly, mostly clear now, a car load of things to the tip this morning, pretty much the rest of it comes with me. Not sure if its one car full or two.

There are a few things I’m going to miss about Cambridge, the night skies at this time of year are fabulous and its a city full of slightly weird people, which lends it an interesting atmosphere.

Some of the things I’m not going to miss are the A14 and traffic in general (though I suspect I get my fair share at the new place, what with the proximity to the M25).

Later this afternoon I’ll be heading down to Midsummer Fair – give me a shout if you’re going to be there and we’ll see if we can meet up.

I’ve just noticed there are now 10 times more users registered on Livejournal that when I joined.

With thanks to evilmattikinz I’ve now gotten a van-full of boxes and some shelves to put them upon in my new flat. Theres still more to come, but most of the big things have now made it here….the major omission being the washing machine. I’m hoping that fits down the corridor in the new place.

Leatherhead itself is a quaint old town, which hasn’t been invaded *too* badly by high street names. Indeed, it still has a traditional green grocer, complete with little paper bags, frail old ladies and some very tasty (if slightly squishy) cherries.

There is a fabulous ’30s pumping station, too, of which I’ll post some pictures later.

I’m now down south on a reasonably ongoing basis, with a few treks north to pick up another car-full of boxen. Anyone about for meeting up during the week?

Traffic chaos on my doorstep, m25 junction 9. Admittedly in one of its quieter moments. I remember taking hours to get past this spot.

Coffee built entirely by roberts

I’m a bit online again now – I’ve set up the mini in the corner under the stairs running over bluetooth to the cat at the top of the stairs, where there is just about GPRS coverage. I’m going to be a bit hit-or-miss online for the next few days but its better than nothing.

My new garden. Its a no maintenance sitting outside on long summer evenings kinda garden. And this picture doesn’t really do it justice, i can’t get a wide enough angle for that with this phone. You’ll just have to come and see it in person. They’re still finishing the flat, but i’ve got my sleeping bag tucked away in a corner out the way and a car full of boxes making it mine.

And Bt are useless, but you knew that already.

This doesn’t make any sense, there’s not much traffic and there’s seats on the train. Can someone check that martians haven’t killed the entire population of leatherhead?

Ok, i’m officially bored now. I caught the 733 train from waterbeach. 1000 and We’ve just arrived at welwyn north. Its going to be a long day.