So the weekend (in a flash) went like this:

Friday -- Cambridge during the day. What an awesome city. With Cambridge University buildings dating back 600+ years, it would be my second choice for post-secondary studies... after SFU. [ahem] That evening Krista took me and her friends June and John to Northampton to meet up with some other friends, Trigger and Nigel and go for a little outting in town (details excluded). We went to a pub, met more people, played a bit of foosball with Nigel, went to a club, then crashed at Nigel's place.

Saturday -- was a slower day. Krista and I came back to Islip, got showered up, changed, and headed back out to Northampton where Trigger, Michelle, Krista, and I did a bit of shopping for their (the three of them, plus a big group of people) costumes for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which sounds like a really good time. Came back to Krista's, where Trigger crashed for the night.

Sunday -- I went for a walk around Thrapston/Islip in the public pathways, took some pictures, and returned "home". Then Krista and I went back to Northampton and met with Trigger (again!) and Brent for some biking. It was this evening that I realized how sad I am as a cyclist. This won't do. I'm going to have to do something about that... hmmmm... maybe in a couple years. Then we went back to Trigger's (which is really Nigel's) where he cooked dinner. Krista and I stayed over on a whim and came back this morning.

Monday -- I drove plenty today. First went out to Warwick to see the Warwick Castle (went there first because I missed the exit for Kenilworth Castle, but I figured I could drive back later). Spent a couple of hours there, then went to Stratford-upon-Avon (home of William Shakespeare) and walked around there. Then a little further down to Stow-on-the-Wold, where I spent all of 15 minutes or so walking around. It was getting dark, so I quickly left and headed back to Kenilworth to see their Castle. By the time I got there, it was dark... and closed. So I took some long exposure pictures, and managed to make out the general feel of the ruins. Then, all hell broke loose on the drive home. I kept taking wrong turns and backtracking. I got onto a major motorway ... but in the wrong direction, and the next offramp ended up being some 10 miles down the road... But alas, I'm back home, safe and sound.

I am heading to France tomorrow afternoon, so no update from me for a short while. I'll be going down to Windsor in the morning to see the Windsor Castle, then over to Richmond (which I believe has a castle as well), and finally to return my car and tube over to Stansted Airport. I'll be in France around 9pm (local time).

Cheers.