Author: nickcmaynard

  • Sailing, car, and wibblings

    It looks as if I might get to go sailing with Baz and Ben in April – the plan is to charter a Sigma 38′ and enter the last race of the Cowes Series with a bunch of other people. I’m really hoping it all goes through as I love sailing 😮

    My car is acting up already, so she’s going into the garage on Monday morning to get her gearbox checked out. She’s also having her handbrake cable tightened, but that’s to be expected on a new car – stretching and all that.

  • Car due tomorrow

    I got a call from the garage today saying my car will be ready for pickup tomorrow afternoon. So exciting!

  • New car…

    I bought a car!

    My new Astra.  Well, a stock picture of what I'm getting, anyway.

    It’s an Astra Active 1.6, comes with aircon and CD player and electric wingmirrors 😀

    It should hopefully arrive late next week, or soon afterwards, anyway. Exciting!

  • Rediscovering my record collection

    I had no idea I had so many CDs I’d forgotten about! I’m busy re-ripping some of them again, but they’re all so good! They bring back memories, too:

    Eva Cassidy … unrequited love, and some of my best days
    Dave Koz … my brief pop-jazz dabbling at uni
    The Verve … teenage years

    And there’s a whole other box somewhere! So exciting!