Here's a few videos.....

Here's a few videos from the past few days.....

sprint finish on the final straight of the men's world series triathlon, hyde park, london.  filmed from the grandstand.  Listen out for the screaming Brownlee brothers fan!

Breakdance crew on Saturday night on the street in Leicester Square, London.  See if you can guess which one is me!

Video of brother Rob playing Pac-land on the xbox trying to relive the magic from 25 years ago playing the arcade coin-op.  Rob is back from Malta for a few days so we could go out and do something, catch up and discuss what we've both been up to or we could stay in, drink beer, watch tv and play 80's retro computer games all night.

LNDN

Tower Bridge. Covent Garden. Theatre. Matilda. Leicester Square. Hyde park. Triathlon. Triathlon. Camden Town. Camden rocks. Get cape wear cape fly. Hyde park. Serpentine. Swimming. Sunshine. Home.

Got into London midday Friday, staying at a studio apartment near Tower Bridge for couple of nights.  extremely tasty meal in Covent Garden and then went to see Matilda at the theatre which was really good.  I was going to moan about dick turpin in the theatre bar charging us £20 for two drinks but actually I don't think I'll mention it, don't want to take the edge off how good Matilda was.  Who'd have thought? Me enjoying a west end musical?! although I probablypartly have Roald Dahl to thank. Wandered about Leicester Square watching the break dancers in the street and had some drinks.  Next morning it was off out for a 10k run in the sunshine along the Thames, past Big Ben, houses of Parlament, London Eye, Tower Bridge etc. A vibrant run to wake up whilst taking in all the sights, or at least that's how Bec described it to me when she got back and I was crawling out of bed.  Off out to Hyde park to watch how the pros do it.  Had tickets in the grandstand for the London world triathlon.  Watched all the Brits get beaten, thought the Brownlees were gonna be back on top in the men's but not quite today, good races though.  Got a sunburnt nose.  Out to Camden Rocks festival at night, really busy, Camden's a bit of a crazy place, think we stood out a bit with our alternative looking appearance, probably drew a lot of attention due to having not a single tattoo and no face piercings, haven't even got blue hair.  Planned to see Nine Black Alps and the Virgin Marys but first we couldn't find Dingwalls, the venue and then there was a big queue to get in so instead we got into The Cuban in time to see Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly which was brilliant so it all turned out well.  Only saw a couple of bands as we didn't get down there until about 9.  The tube changes at night, just as busy but the people are drunk, falling about laughing instead of silently staring anywhere that guarantees no eye contact with any other human beings.  This morning it seemed a good idea to go open water swimming in the Serpentine before we travel home, so off to Hyde Park again for some refreshing exercise in the searing sunshine..... No, of course I didn't get in! I was quite happy waiting in the sun for an hour with my headphones on.  Tackle the tube one last time which is a bit of a pain with all your bags but I think the rule is that as long as you don't interact with anybody everything will be fine.  All in all a decent weekend, quite an eclectic mix of activities.  Good Fun.  I have no money left but it was worth it, thanks London.

SuperBec

Look who's got a write up in the local paper!  It's the triathlon world championships in London in a weeks time and although she wants it keeping quiet to take the pressure off I'm sure Bec secretly appreciates the recognition for all her dedicated training and ever improving race successes.  Qualifying is a big enough achievement but with the world championships being in London this year the added excitement of being able to race the same course as the Olympic triathlon means Bec's life right now is swim, bike, run, eat, sleep...... oh and somewhere inbetween winning races and a hard training regime she finds time to be a full time nurse!

olympian?

Since Bec had her photo shoot sporting her GB kit last week I've posted a few up on twitter and facebook, this has prompted several friends to text me asking if Bec is competing in the Olympics.  Obviously being me I find it difficult to pass up the opportunity of a wind up.  "She's going to the Olympics, yes" is not actually quite a lie because its true, she is going and so am I.  Olympics start in 3 weeks and we're going down to London town for a few days to watch the triathlons and soak up some olympic spirit while its all going on.  We're camping at a rugby club a short trip on the tube from the action.  Should be fun.....

"I don't think it makes sense to give more importance to a mountain than to an ant" - Joan Miró

got the train to london yesterday with the main purpose being to see the Joan Miró exhibition at the tate modern.  navigating the tube seems easier than i remember and got to the tate only with a slight detour.  worth the effort.  thought £15 was a bit expensive at first but came away feeling i'd got moneys worth from a well thought out exhibition.  there were some good pieces, some fascinatingly brilliant pieces and as always with these exhibitions a few nonsense scribblings which have only been deemed worthy to exhibit because...well....its a Miró.    so with Miró installed as my new favourite artist i took my geeky face for a bit of a mooch around some of the rest of the tate galleries and then set out to explore london town...

Blue II - part of a triptych with all 3 painted on a 4 metre wide canvas!

didnt really know where i was going but wandered about fairly aimlessly around london bridge until i got  thirsty for a pint.  walked away from the river and the touristy areas to try and find a proper pub, surprised but not too surprised to pay £4.15 for a pint, probably normal.  to test if beer always costs this much in london i obviously had to investigate further.  got the tube to camden and found a pub called 'the worlds end', sounds like constant happy hour time in there i thought so in i went.  £3.80 in this one.  supped my pint and got tube to kings cross, for no reason really, just wandered about before getting back to euston for train home.

i like london, i'll be back sometime soon, like the feel of the place.