2013: In Pictures
31 December 2013: New Years Eve
Catherine, Michael, Chris, James and Nicole near the Free Trade where we went to watch the midnight fireworks from the Quayside.
30 December 2013: Grim Up North
Killingworth Lake was looking somewhat grim this morning.
29 December 2013: End of Year
Michael, Matty and I had a curry and a few drinks after the last home match of the season (Newcastle lost 1-0 to Arsenal). This was
during our last drink of the day in the Black Garter.
28 December 2013: West Allotment Celtic 5-0 Norton & Stockton Ancients
I thought the match on Boxing Day was cold, but this one was ten times worse! Celtic scored some very good goals and after the 3
mile walk home the feeling had just about returned to my toes.
27 December 2013: Christmas Chocolates
This is a small selection of the chocolates I received as presents this year. I don't expect they'll last much longer.
26 December 2013: Newcastle 5-1 Stoke City
We're hardly ever at home on Boxing Day, but this scoreline certainly made it worth venturing out into the cold! One of the highlights
came when Newcastle were awarded a penalty at 4-1 and, at the crowd's request, Yohan Cabaye surrendered the ball to Papiss Cisse to
score from the spot, as he hadn't made it onto the scoresheet for quite a while.
25 December 2013: Christmas Dinner
We stayed home for dinner this year and cooked giant Yorkshire puddings with chicken breast and all the usual trimmings. It was
pretty substantial, but naturally there was still room for plenty Buck's Fizz.
24 December 2013: Star of... George?
I went for a few Christmas Eve drinks in the George Stephenson with Ali and Michael. It doesn't look like George was feeling
very festive, despite the decorations.
23 December 2013: Killing Time
Since most of the rest of the city seems to have finished work for Christmas the roads were quiet this morning, which meant I was 50
minutes early for work. I killed time with a walk down Northumberland Street, feeling extremely smug that my Christmas shopping is
finished and I don't have to buy anything at the last minute.
22 December 2013: Casualty
This poor little brandy glass survived Friday night's party but I managed to kill it with clumsiness today.
21 December 2013: Ocean Colour Scene
It's not often I sit down at a gig but the balcony was the only place left with available tickets. Maybe I'm getting old, but it was nice to
be able to relax and not have people knocking into me constantly. The band themselves were spot on too!
20 December 2013: Jägermeister
We had a party to celebrate Michael's birthday so we had to dig out everything remotely resembling a shot glass so that everyone who
wanted one could have a shot of Jägermeister.. or two.
19 December 2013: Wrap Battle
With my Christmas shopping finished it's time for my annual battle with the wrapping paper and some increasingly blunt scissors.
18 December 2013: New Computer
We're all getting new computers at work and mine arrived today so I spent the afternoon getting used to it.
17 December 2013: Ledge
This may just look like a pair of tracksuit bottoms on a toilet seat, but it's actually a very sophisticated ledge to rest my phone on so
that I can watch things on Netflix while I'm in the bath. I find that episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia work perfectly for this.
16 December 2013: Mouldy Fruit
This was a bad start to the working week. No wonder they were half price.
15 December 2013: Slipped Knot
At the time of taking this photo I thought tightening the knot in my dressing gown would be the most strenuous thing I did today. That
actually turned out not to be the case.. I went to the shop for chocolate!
14 December 2013: Shields Road
Michael, James and Nicole look surprisingly upbeat for a group of people who have found themselves drinking along Shields Road in
Byker. Thankfully, this pub was the last before heading home for some food.
13 December 2013: Hertha BSC Tickets
Our tickets for Hertha BSC v Wolfsburg in February have arrived. I celebrated by watching them beat Werder Bremen 3-2 on BT
Sport tonight.
12 December 2013: Lights/Sunrise
I've taken a photo of these lights before (see?) but they actually
look a bit nicer with the remnants of a gorgeous sunrise in the sky behind them.
11 December 2013: Amazon
I wasn't expecting this delivery from Amazon to fit through the letterbox so I was very pleased to see this box when I got home!
10 December 2013: New Weights
The gym has some new weights, which is excellent to see. Today was leg day, so I used these for some lunges.
9 December 2013: Christmas Giraffes
Since I love giraffes, this was an excellent choice of Christmas card from Mam and Chris.
8 December 2013: Souped Up
A weird choice for breakfast, but I love pea and ham soup.
7 December 2013: Vile Combination
I know I'm not exactly au fait with the latest fashion, but this is a combination of trouser and footwear styles that I absolutely despise.
6 December 2013: Shed Seven
I love a bit of 90s music so it was great to see Shed Seven at Newcastle Academy.
5 December 2013: Flour Mills
Allinson is my current bread choice. I'm sure their mills are lovely.
4 December 2013: SWA-NEW
The scoreline only got worse from here as Newcastle lost 3-0 at Swansea. At least it was on BT Sport so I could watch the mauling
from the comfort of my own living room.
3 December 2013: Backpack
There weren't many suitable choices for a new gym bag when I went shopping last week so I ended up with this extremely bright one.
2 December 2013: Advent
This year I have a Maltesers advent calendar.
1 December 2013: Christmas Tree
I helped out Mam and Chris by hanging some decorations on their Christmas tree, and Chris added the finishing touch.
