  Hello my pseudo-geordie friends. I am sure that despite the tight security that i have tried to maintain word will of by now got out that i am indeed coming to visit this weekend, i know i know that could be considered favouritism but i can't visit everyone now can I?
the rest of you will just have to take vicarious enjoyment of my house good visit via the medium of blog. I would like to offer many thanks to steelez for his Sperm whale worthy facto-file, although he forgot to mention the extensive use of whales sperm as an early wood preservative, hence the common slogan: "does eaxctly what it says on the fin", bad joke but true fact. For those of you who know and love my dear friend warren (the car- not the cats, the computer or our toaster) may we just bow our heads for a minutes silence and mourn the passing of his exhaust pipe and catalytic converter, which had to be replaced in chesterfield (I know!
) on sunday at a cost of 290, may we also mourn the passing of my wallet which fainted, hit its head and then had a heart attack. Dan and josh (or Josh and Dan) have you yet seen a fabled Numbat or a Waratah? - heidi once sent me a picture of a Numbat but i am suspicious that like Hannahs friend Maya this creature does not exist and the picture was of an imposter paid to pretend to be the aforementioned marsupial.
Tommo-went climbing to stanage this weekend and lead up a really nice high HVS (which although easy enough to climb is good enough to give me something to think about while leading) + Al said all my gear placement was "bomber" which i hope means good. you getting the chance to clamber in chile? Ho hum, best be back to work- peace to all the exiled children of newcastle and will see the rest of you on friday. p.s Steely is right about the capitalism, i am suprised however since Housegood has always been the single example of a functioning comunist state. is this the beginning of the end? Poor Ivan. 
