Rob Stead

Nice meeting up with my friend Jeremy who works for the London Fire Brigade. Found a nice Chinese restaurant. There’s a full moon tonight.

Learning about The (English) Riots which happened when we were in Ecuador. Written by Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence it puts across all views but clearly many people are angry with ‘nothing to lose’. Worrying.

Celebrated the new year by watching the Thames fireworks from Gillie’s roof.  Each roof had its own crowd!  Very jolly.  Happy New Year.

Michael Sheen does a good Hamlet (and Tony Blair, on at the Young Vic). Three hours and I understood perhaps 85% so the rest of the time I thought about stuff.

Celebrating the end of a nice but wet and windy week in Ireland by seeing Altan at McGrory’s in Culdaff.

Leaving Stookaruddan behind (click to zoom).

Nice walk today towards Malin Head and past the stupendous Stookaruddan (click to zoom).

Walked on the beach with Jan and Rufus but too windy for our much talked about Christmas picnic.

In Belfast Christmas shopping! Not many people around. Sensible lot.

Christmas cards done and posted! Christmas starts now…