So that was 2011

Quite an eventful year:

20 February - my first half marathon in Brighton.  Chip time 2 hours 40 mins and 10 seconds.  13 miles is a long way to run and takes a few days to recover from but overall a positive experience and one I plan to repeat on 19 February next year.

Lawrence started his placement with Clifford French. Hopefully heralding a successful career in PR.

Svidrigailov joined our family as a skinny little kitten in May and now look at him.

St Dunstan's Llandudno went from concept to fully staffed centre.  Culminating for me in an invitation to the xmas party on 17 December.

5 March - first World Book Night.  Great concept with pretty rubbish admin.  Some of the people I gave Margaret Atwoods Blind Assassin to read it, others didn't.   

During April Adrian's longest running potential redundancy on record from Aviance at Heathrow finally happened.  A few weeks later he was offered a job back at Gatwick with Swissport.  Hopefully this one will last until he retires.

28 May - 5 June we went to the Hay Festival for the first time.  Another one to be repeated.

September - spent a week at Aarti's flat in Estepona relaxing and reading.  

30 October - Great South Run, Portsmouth.  Chip time 2 hours 4 mins.

2-5 December North Lees Hall to celebrate Phil's 50th with Melinda and Chris and Helen.  Pretty awful weather but lovely company and venue for a relaxing weekend.  I missed out on the cutlery museum and the lead mine on this trip so might go back again one of these days.

9 Hillside was the site of two successful parties during 2011, on 2 April to celebrate my great achievement in reaching the age of 50 and another on 9 December as the last ever St Dunstan's HR department xmas bash.

Here's to 2012 - an Olympic year.  I hope it's a good one!