Fab Friday

On Friday we both woke up salary less, and after debating the options of a full day spent watching telly, (with maybe a short break for pizza and lager) we both realized there was stuff to do, places to go and people to see.
For me (mike) the obvious choice was a pleasant trip to the seaside.......

• Driving rain, forced along by near galeforce winds - check
• Backdrop of a scenic nuclear power station - check
• Murky brown water - check 
• Dog poo on the sand - check

Sand, pebbles and the occasional kite surfer were blown along the beach 

The wind was full on, so I met Tom at the beach and we both went for wave sailing kit (85litre and 4.5sqm for me, 91 and 4.4 to start for Tom, followed by a first blast on the new 75litre). We soon realized that we had underestimated the wind, and most of the time a 4.0 would have been better. It was a great sailing day though, and we both got some well powered jumps in and some excellent wave riding, with more than a few high speed crashes to throw into the mix.

Toms sailing has improved massively since his euro trip, and his jumping looked more confident than mine, not to mention his better fitness allowing him more sailing time. Still reckon my gybes were smoother though!

Sandblasted kit on the beach

Hastily packing up, a quick journey via the M20 and M25 (on a friday evening - yes I am joking...) took us both to the comedy night at Bracknell for a works do. Several pints and a lot of stolen chips (thanks Sherv and Natalie!) made the evening start well, and the comedy was great too. Are there limits in stand up comedy was the question many asked - I think they came quite close with the KFC gag half way through, definitely the best laugh of the evening though. Thanks to Graeme for organising an excellent evening - if he could have arranged for a fuzz free head and a sane taxi driver on the way back to collect the car the next day it would have been even better! Also, thanks to Michael for his good humour at my wayward directions when giving me a lift home.

It was so good to see so many of my colleagues at the do, its been great working with you all and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.