Back on land

Hi all,

I have now been back on land for just over a week. Surprisingly I didn't have hardly any wobbles being back on terra firma. I did think the bed was tipping over once but apart from that nothing. Last time after only 1 week offshore I felt like the whole world was moving. Maybe it was something to do with the Bouncing Bergen we were on that made it a bit different. Anyway, office life is the same as it was although new projects and new challenges.

Emma and I went to her company's (Laerdal Medical) cabin on an island called Randøy last weekend. It was very relaxing. Went for some walks through the forest, drives around the island, speeding around in the motor boat with coobs on an amazing clear and still day (for this time of year), and did a lot of fine food and drink tasting! I will post some pics soon.

For now however I thought it is worthwhile showing you what sort of weather we have at the moment. All the oil companies evacuated all of the platforms (except for essential personnel) in the southern part of the North Sea. There have been storm warnings of Force 10 winds (10 is maximum!). We had all our bins knocked over by the wind this morning (and they are in a reasonably protected spot) and I found a kiddies pool in our hedge this morning! Would be interesting to be out there. The current forecast for Stavanger looks like this (click on it to get it in big and clear text).



Emma comes back from a business trip to London tonight. The weather doesn't look too promising for the weekend so not too sure what we will do - the beach perhaps! Then she is off again next week to Belgium (bring on the imported beer!) and Germany.

I promise to post some pics of Randøy soon.

Cheers

Joel