The last three or four days have meant to have been filled with vigorous travel-plan related activities, but so far very little has occurred on this front.

On Friday night the degree show officially opened. Jon, Lianne, Jimbo, Andy and myself had spent most of the day cruising around in Jon's car moving stuff up to Hollywell, shifting around electrical equipment and getting warm in the fantastic weather. At 6pm we headed over for the official opening and after a free beer and some gratuitous photography, I went back home and went out. FND was packed (not unexpectedly) and with the company of Swan, Sean, Devito, Butts, Flash, Tony and Broomy we whiled the night away. Butts was in a particularly good mood; we all watched in amazement as he spent the whole night not getting punched. A surprise considering how many people he tried to irritate. Sean also managed to chip my tooth by accident when one of his arms smacked my bottle into my top row of nashers.

The next morning Butts and Flash departed early, and once I had eventually surfaced, I headed over to Mike's for the England match. There were quite a few of us, and once again the heat was stifling. After the game Devito and I went over to Lynda's for her birthday/clown related BBQ. I stayed for some food before heading home, doing a stir fry, falling asleep for far too long, and eventually walking back over to Lynda's where I met the others and we wandered into town. First stop was Bar Europa; a new experience for me, considering I've been here for three years, it is one of the last two establishments I've never frequented (the other being Discoteca, no great loss apparently). After some drinking and this beautiful display of dancing by Swan and Devito on a table top [video coming soon], we moved onto Echos for a sweaty but enjoyable night's end. Happy Birthday also goes to Jojo :) Many familiar faces made it all the more bearable.

Today I'm on the door at the degree show from 3pm until 4pm, then the folks are coming over to take bits of my room home. Time to get packing...

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