The First Mistaken Gig

Tuesday December 12th, 2006 was the first ever Gig for "The Mistaken". For those of you who don't know that is the name of the band that Megan has been in for the last 2 months. The played at a live music club in Bristol called the Louisiana where they were the opening band for a band from Bath called "A Neat Science" and a Bristol Band called "Ramcat Surfer". They played 6 of their songs which all sounded amazing. It was a great show and I can't wait to see them play again. They are working on getting some songs up on their website so check back in the new year to hear them. You won't be disappointed.

Bath Scavenger Hunt

Last week I went over to the city of Bath for a scavenger hunt/pub crawl after work. It was organized but the ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) and it was a free entry. Bath was really lit up with the christmas lights and christmas shopping stands. The abbey choir was outside singing christmas carols, so the only thing missing was the snow. We made our way to get a quick Kebbab before getting the scavenger hunt underway.

There were 20 questions to answer and all the answers were spread out around the town. The questions where relatively easy and at the end we all met in a pub where the final question was name all the bond movies and their dates. We easily managed to guess all the movie names and got just over half the dates. The night was a lot of fun and it seemed to be more about the drinking than that actual scavenger hunt. Half way into the event we stopped off at a pub where Charles Dickens used to drink. My guess is that the foosball table wasn't there during his time but certainly made good use of it while we were there. After tallying up the scores we came a close 3rd overall. I didn't take my camera with me but luckily Brad did and gave me a copy of his pictures to post on the blog.

Christmas Huts outside the Abbey

The Front of the Abbey

Side view of the Abbey

The FM Team
From left - Dave, Helen, Me, Mari, Nick, and Brad

A New Car

Ok well it’s not exactly new but we have decided not to fix the Peugeot 306 yet and bought another car instead. We are now the proud owners of a 1992 BMW 318i. It’s a 1.8 manual and is a lot faster than the last cars. It runs really smooth and handles roundabouts a high speeds. It is also a lot bigger than the Peugeot and it feels like I am driving a bus in comparison. We have already taken it for a spin down to Wales last weekend to have a great Welsh Lunch prepared by Kay and Shelia (Megan's family). It was a quick visit but we are probably going to stop in again next Thursday as we are going down to Cardiff to do some Christmas shopping. If anybody wants something place your orders now.

The car was really cheap and has one year MOT and 3 months tax which is a big bonus and another one of the major selling points of the car. Even if it only lasts us 6 months we will get our moneys worth. Let’s hope it goes for longer though as there are still people in Canada who have not yet come to visit us and may be in need of a ride upon their arrival. Yes that’s a hint to all of you to come and visit.