Viktor update



Lake Windermere

we had a lovely week in Bowness-on-Windermere, it was so sunny, D got sunburnt inner elbows! We'd expected it to be cool with some rain and had packed accordingly, taken our waterproofs but no sun cream.
We rented an 18th century fisherman's cottage which was very charming , and thankfully for Jen (and for our sanity) it had wi-fi.
I took my knitting, but it never got touched as I also got engrossed in  Pokémon Emerald. We all had Pokémon games with us (D had White and J had Black) assuming that the weather would be dreadful, as it often is in the Lake District. I didn't manage to finish my game though, although I got 8 gym leader badges I didn't get all the way up Victory road to take on the Elite Four. sigh. I might finish it next year, I suppose.

Our cottage was near this wonderful old pub The Hole Int Wall which was built in 1612 and serves a good range of local ales. I enjoyed a very pleasant Unicorn beer in here.

Now that we're back home, we've collected the dog from the kennels and moved Jack back through to Glasgow (one hairy hungry hound in, one hairy hungry hound out!), I can get back to Viktor. I think I need to do 3 cm before the cuff.
Jen & her pals saw Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 2 yesterday and enjoyed it a lot. Jack and his flatmates are planning on seeing it today- they're suiting up, going for cocktails then going to see the film. o.0
I'd better get a move on with this sock, and if I can't complete the pair before seeing the film at least get one finished.

We love Bowness for its location and also because there's a good independent cinema there too. While we were there we saw Kung Fu Panda 2 which was ok, not as funny as Kung Fu Panda, but watchable, 3 stars ★★★ but only just. Then we saw Larry Crowne which is a sweet romcom with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. It was ok, only 2 stars though ★★.

I spent yesterday cleaning Jack's room (ugh) while listening to the Commons select committee questioning Rupert & James Murdoch (double ugh) about the phone hacking scandal which has left News Corp, the Metropolitan Police and the UK govt looking at best incompetent and at worst indulging in or ignoring criminal activity. Still, it put Jack's minging bedroom into perspective. It's not illegal(yet) to be untidy!

Barca #3 the family that plays together stays together

I didn't finish the Cassie top before the holiday and there wasn't enough space in the cases for any crochet so I had taken some cross stitch with them for the chillin' out time.

But the cross-stitch was ignored in favour of playing Pokémon with the rest of the gang. Even though J1 had managed to leave his rucksack at his Grandma's we still had 2 Gameboys and 2 Nintendo DSs between us and a ton of games to play.

Just perfect for when we all needed to unwind before we went out to dinner! I'm not such an experienced trainer as the rest so I haven't finished my game Fire Red just yet....