So there must have been a conversation going on in Portugal about a week ago. Three reprobates (namely The Swan, Devito and Mike, King of Love) were sitting in a bar one evening when they got talking to the English (loosely used) barman. They tell him that they are all at Loughborough University. He tells them that he knows a couple of people from there. He names them. I don't know which name he said first, and I'm guessing he mentioned the other name at the same time. Paul Pennell? No they don't know him. Andy Higgs? That name rings a bell. Oh yeh. It's me. The person they (on the whole) are living with next year and have been very luckily been acquainted with for the past two years.

It turns out that the English (actually French) barman is non other than big Will Brown, ex-OSH lad and fellow History student. I haven't spoken to him in nearly two years and then this pops up out of the blue. Apparently there is another OSH lad working with him, but as The Swan is inept he appears to have lost the note the Willy B wrote for me so it maybe a mystery for a while until I make contact with my Portuguese based school mate. It's a small world.

This information was weaned from Swan during a telephone conversation during the middle of the working day yesterday. Clearly no part of his summer job actually involves doing any work, so our call went unnoticed. I have also spoken to all other housemates bar Devito in the past two days, but assume we will be catching up in the next few days as we all shall be back in Lufbra by the end of the week.

This scary thought means I am going to be rushing around madly organising last minute meetings and mopping up the remainder of the summer work, that is if it all goes to plan. Currently I am getting my thinking gear around Andy's website, but also have some tweaks to make to Matthew's and the Old Ed Club site.

I got a haircut today and if you want to see all those fantastic shots James and I took in the USA and Canada this summer, visit the gallery here and click on 2005 > North America 2005.