Venice of the North

Morning

A very quiet weekend all round. I took a sleeping pill after a night out with the boys on Friday night and woke up at 2pm on Saturday!

The team had a convincing 3-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday and I'm hoping they will beat them again on Wednesday night when they play them again, this time in the league.

Harriet and I both have a weeks leave booked in February so I booked a break in Amsterdam yesterday. We went a couple of years ago but that time we only had a day in Amsterdam with two nights on the ship. This time I've booked a night on the ship over, a night in a hotel in the city and then another night on the ship back. So we arrive in Amsterdam at 9am on Valentines day, spend Valentines night in the city and leave at tea time the next day which Harriet is over the moon with. All for £169 too, which I think is a bargain.

Last time we travelled on the Queen of Scandinavia but that ship is now on the Norway route. This time we'll be travelling on the Princess of Norway and returning on the King of Scandinavia.
I only discovered last night that my local was burgled on Wednesday night. They broke in through the cellar doors and triggered the alarm, which is linked to the police, but the the manager reset the alarm after 50 seconds. The alarm doesn't alert the police until 90 seconds. The alarm went off another half dozen times but the manager thought it was the wind and kept resetting it, until he decided just to leave it switched off, without investigating downstairs.

They have a state of the art safe which has all sorts of security devices attached including ink jets if it is forced, But the manager helpfully left the key in the safe and left the lights on so they could see where they were going. Early estimates are around £10,000 and obviously they aren't insured as the safe was left unlocked.

The manager has been suspended for a month pending investigations, but he is off to India for a months holiday next week anyway...

Today's blog is brought to you by 36 year old Denise Richards. I first saw her in the classic Starship Troopers.

On this day: Derek Bentley is hanged for a murder carried out by Christopher Craig (1953)

On the car iPod: Del Amitri - Waking Hours

Talk hard!
H.