Stayed a couple of days in Edinburgh working for the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Thursday was wet during the day. First time for ages. Friday was a nice sunny day and we were able to sit outside for lunch.
Back home Friday evening to find Rosemary still not home from work and me without a key, so a fine excuse for a pint of ale at the P&A.
We (Rosemary, Steve, Selina and Graham) ate at the Plough and Anchor for supper. It was the harvest festival pig roast. The pig had been spit roast by Peter Sheriff for the whole day. The vicar from Ludgershall blessed the meal before we ate.
While the Vicar was there he was negotiating extra business with Tony. Tony is planning his wedding to Barbara, and their allegiance has changed from Quainton church to Ludgershall church.
Erected a sign and thermometer at Kingswood crossroads to publicise our broadband campaign.
Selina received a letter through the post from Liverpool University informing her of an award she has won. She has been awarded a Royal Institution (Canning) University Scholarship, one of a limited number of scholarships awarded for one year on the results of either Year 1 or Year 2 assessments.
She obviously is not taking after her father while at University.
Today was my first day in the new office, and new company Cedar. Of course it took most of the day to get my email account working. (Thought it was Arelon, but was renamed Cedar)
Today was the return match with the St Brides Major. The shoot was a 72 bird layout. First time I had shot since the visit to Wales. I shot OK, but my score did not make the top twelve to be counted. We beat the Welsh. It was lovely sitting out in the sun, with good food a ale afterwards.
Then we played the usual game of Aunt Sally. Last year the Welsh beat us, this year we made amends.
Today was my last day working for Elevon. I celebrated on my own with lunch at the P&A.
Today was a repeat of last years (17th August) canal trip organised by John and Carol Curd. The trip followed the same format, day boat from just outside of Cheddington, going south through several locks. Stopping at around 1.00 for our picnic lunch of Salmon, meat balls, humus, salads etcetera.
Back through the locks and back to the marina for 5.00. An invite by Stuart to his house for tea, and a cooling spray of water from a hose pipe. Yes it had been yet another hot day, and with the running around closing and opening lock gates we were rather warm and dehydrated.
No I did not fall in, job or get pushed into the canal. The dead floating fish put me off from this exercise. Quite a few birders were on the tow path, apparently looking for a Least Sand Piper, a visitor from America..
This whole week I have been staying in Edinburgh working with RBS, setting up the eConnector product from Elevon, or is it SSA GT, and is it Walker as our customers still call us.
During the week I was told formally I would be redundant on the 15th of this month. So that is one uncertainty out of the way.
Had quite a few nice meals out with the Cedar folk who are working at RBS, and nice to see quite a few old Walker folk from many years ago, still eking a crust from the Walker products.
Edinburgh was definitely lively with the Festival in full stream.
The previous week I had been paragliding at Coombe Gibbet, when the phone rang requesting me to go to Edinburgh on Monday.
Today was an end of an era as my colleagues John Curd and Peter Willson were made redundant from Elevon in the UK. I am now the only one left. They were taken on by Arelon.