Holidays, weekends away & days out

2008-staithes

Our second winter holiday at Northside Cottage in Staithes. Was wonderful, except the bit where we nearly drowned.

Berlin

Team Brightbox heads to Berlin for RailsConf Europe and while they networked, I sightsaw. I toured around the city, visited the former Stasi HQ and the Sachsenhaussen Concentration Camp/memorial. 2008.

Southport

Day trip to Southport including M62 journey shots. Photos of the sunset over the beach, from about halfway down the pier.

manhattans

A couple of photos of the once glorious, now abandoned Manhattans nightclub and the street we used to skip down on the way from their to Stanley\'s Keg.

York

Random day out in to York. The river had burst its banks and we had lunch at a York Brewery pub.

Harrogate & Morley

Cream tea in Harrogate then a post-curry gathering at Kev & Dathan\'s.

Staithes

Our first stay at the wonderful Northside Cottage in Staithes. Wonderfully relaxing holiday. January 2006.

Venice #1

Christmas in Venice with John. The city was very quiet during the day and almost deserted at night - between that and the blue-blue canals, it seemed like a magical place from my dreams. 2004.

Venice #2

Christmas in Venice, cont. These are mostly from visiting the islands of Murano and Burano, and then back in the flooded city itself.

Venice #3

Christmas in Venice. From the top of the Camponile and the flooded city below. 2004.

St Petersburg, Russia

A few days in St Petersburg - see the other photosets of Moscow & the train ride between the two. 2005.

Russia - on the train

Our private cabin on the Moscow-St Petersburg sleeper train. See the other Russia photosets for more pics from the trip. 2005.

Moscow

A few days in Moscow. Our hotel overlooked the Kremlin & Red Square. Fantastic views. Also see photos from St Petersburg and the train between the two cities. 2005.

Scotland

A weekend in Dumfries & Galloway, just over the Scottish border. Staying at the Barons Craig Hotel, in Rockcliffe, right on the coast. And we saw animals and made ice cream. July 2005.

2005-liverpool

A day trip to Liverpool which included going up to the top of the cathedral tower. I thoroughly recommend doing that - fantastic views.

Horse Riding in Northumbria

Katherine and I went on a horseriding holiday in August 2004. It was incredibly random - there was a shower in the middle of our room, a disco in a living room of someone\'s house and we had the most stubborn horses ever.

Brimham Rocks

A chilly Sunday afternoon at Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire. Very cool, strange natural rock formations. 2004.

2004-coventry

A weekend away in Coventry - photos all from inside the old cathedral.

Tortworth Hall

A weekend break with my mum & dad, and (my brother) Marc & Laura, as a surprise celebration for my mum and dad\'s 30th wedding anniversary in 2004. We stayed at a hotel called Tortworth Hall between Bath & Bristol, and visited both cities.

Luxembourg

Gianni lived & worked in Luxembourg for about nine months and about halfway through, we went to visit him. It\'s an unusual city. 2003.

2003-durham

A random weekend away in Durham

Lake District

A day trip to the Lake District for my 24th birthday (2003). We had ice creams at Windermere then went to Aira Force near Ullswater to find where I\'d gone swimming on school trips.

Prague

A few sunny days in Prague. July 2003.