Well it's been a bit longer that originally planned but here's the second part of our update.
The first thing was my trip to Twycross Zoo....
... Everyone seemed to think that it was very strange that a group of people who only new each other from the Canon Digital SLR forum at www.dpreview.com should be getting together for a day to take photo's 
The plan was for everyone to meet at a pub close to Twycross Zoo which is about 2.5 hours drive from home. I had hired a 300mm F2.8 L IS lens from a place here in London to take with me. This lens is pretty big and costs about £4,500 (hence the renting!!) I also discovered that one of the people coming lives about 1/2 a mile down the road and so arranged to give him a lift up.
Not much news from the day except that it was good fun meeting people who like the same stuff as me and a great day was had by all. There are some photos' that I took in this album. I quite like them although they were mostly taken though perspex or wire 
Easter saw us away in York for the break. We needed to get away but didn't want to/couldn't afford to go overseas and in going to Yorkshire we could fit in a visit to Vic's great aunt Win and my rellies.
We drove up early on Friday morning and stopped of at a big designer shopping mall just outside York where we proceeded to spend hardly any money (no, it's true!) After a few hours there looking in the posh shops we parked in the middle of town and spent the afternoon walking around the very old and pretty city centre. There's a few photo's from the afternoon in this album.
Saturday saw us in Bridlington for an all too short visit with the relatives than it was back to the outskirts of York and our hotel.
Sunday we decided to go to Castle Howard. The biggest claim to fame was that this was where Brideshead Revisited was filmed. All I can say is WOW! The building was gigantic and the grounds were fantastic. While visiting we purchased a guide book and without a doubt it was the best one I've seen for a stately home. One very funny thing is that the owner has recently got divorced and remarried. The book was obviously printed in bulk just before this happened and so has an addendum inserted with a revised family history and tree.
In the afternoon we drove around the Yorkshire coast through Scarborough and Whitby and stopped at Robin Hood Bay for the only decent fish and chips I've had in this country 
Monday we decided to leave early and try and miss the traffic and so left the hotel at 09:00. We had a brilliant run home and arrived back in Rotherhithe at 12:30!
Since then not a lot has happened. I've had to do loads of cold calling for work (which I detest doing!) and Vic's been busy moving her team from building to building. Other time has been spent with our friends relaxing, eating and drinking.
Posted by Marc at April 28, 2002 08:42 PM