Brizzle

Brizzle as the local's tend to call it was once Englands second largest city. Its rumoured to be around the fifth largest now and is one of those cities that is of a size that you can litterally walk around the city centre in under fifteen minutes. For a Londoner it doesnt really have that city feel. Leaving one's hotel at 9:30 PM on Sunday evening it was difficult to find much that was open other than the big chain restaurants and even they seem to be cast out towards the tourist area and are scattered along near the theatre.

While looking up articles on Bristol I read that the city was cursed with a large Chav population and was pleased to read that the city council had dealt with this by building the River Avon to keep them at bay. It reminded me of the time that I was working in Windsor and we sat by the Castle to enjoy our lunch to hear a bus load of tourists from the United States sitting hear us commenting on the Queen's home with the comment "You would have thought they would have built the castle further away from Heathrow". We didnt like to point out that the castle was built for William the Conquerer who was reign from the years 1066 to 1087 and Heathrow dated to the 21st Century.

Tuesday evening I met up with Richard and we went over for dinner at the lovely Flavorz restaurant. Then got caught out in a downpour heading back to the hotel. I felt so bad at being away for Dusan's Birthday and even more so when he said he didnt go out for drinks with his work friends. Still at least we have something to look forward to and celebrate once I get home.

My final two days on the project. We are running on a skelaton crew of six. A far cry from the 14 plus that started back in April. Winding down and looking for the next challange and very possibly a nice week of lie in's. Plus a chance to catch up with all you that I didnt get to see over the Christmas new year. Hopefully see you soon.