Thanks to everyone who came to my birthday yesterday in Chester.

Nice to be back in the Firkin/Frog & Nightingale/Lock keeper again, shame we had to wait so long to be served (I thought Tony and Lorrain showed real discipline by not jumping behind the bar and getting things moving :).

Its nearly a year since I left Phonak, but so nice to see so many old friends from there.

You can see from the picture on the bottom right, I’ve treated myself to a new Rohan Pampas jacket for my birthday.

Five fab days camping in Devon, 2 days back at work, then 9 days in Corfu and Albania.

Mad busy updating js.com (its quite hard to update old stuff to new features, while balancing it with keeping the content up to date).

My main focus at the moment, is my birthday celebration which is only 6 days away.

The fun will begin at 1pm at the Mill hotel next door to my house.

No fixed itinerary this year, once everyone has arrived in the Mill and had a drink, will head off.

If the weathers nice, we’ll just find somewhere by the river or canal otherwise, see what happens.

Hope to see loads of you there.

My birthday, 1pm, Saturday the 23rd of May, The Mill hotel.

John