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Name: Iain Girdwood
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Photos

Not been playing much poker since I moved in, in fact I've done about 90 hours in the last 2 months and only 25 this month so some major slacking going on. This has been due to moving in obviously but World of Warcraft has its fair share of blame also =). To be fair we have also been out a lot checking stuff out in the area and been on a few trips also as can be seen in the photos below.

You can click on the photos for a larger picture!


This is a shot of part of the living room area, clearly the most important part! Guess who sits where =) Oh wait, I'm sitting there, guess it wasn't so hard.


This is the less important area, leading off into the kitchen and hallway. The TV area with a couple of couches is to the right of this picture, we forgot to take one.


This is a very cool set of steps just right beside my house, this guy was in the middle of riding down them all when I took the shot. I run to the top of the steps Rocky style from 6AM to 7AM every morning to get me ready for the daily poker grind.


This is my buddy IceGod, he is renting a room from me in my new flat. He is currently a $200/$400 NL grinding machine but by the end of the year he will be killing the $2000 games =)


This is part of Glasgow University which is quite close to my house. Pretty cool photo opportunity.


This is the same place as the photo above taken from the opposite side.


The steeple of Glasgow University.


Me at some random memorial on the way to the North of Scotland.


The road to Glen Coe, a famous stopping off point for tourists. We only got as far as Fort William/Loch Ness and headed back. That is only a 1/3 of the way up and took all day =)


Tom admiring the view around Glen Coe.


I got in the way of this cool mountain shot.


Steve, he was doing all the driving on these trips =) He's my personal chauffeur these days =)!


This is one of the hundreds of random Loch's in Scotland we passed through on our trip North.


This is actually Loch Ness. No monster unfortunately in this one. This is right at the start of Loch Ness. We started heading back about now and avoided going to the touristy area. Loch Ness is huge, this is only a tiny part of it, it goes on for about 23 miles. The loch contains more fresh water than all that in England and Wales combined.


We stopped off for a few days here once we arrived back, Tom is on the left =). I am now a Level 55 Mage.


This is the biggest Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow, it has just recently been refurbished after being closed for a few years whilst the work was done. It is really impressive and absolutely massive inside.


The main entrance area which leads off to Dinosaurs, Aeroplanes, Mummies, Fine Art and other various goodies.


Me showing Steve and Tom whats up.


Tom trying to copy the master.


A combined shot of the Musem and the University and a lawn bowls spot.


This is Tom walking through Kelvingrove Park which is 20 metres from my house.


This is a shot of the River Kelvin which runs through Glasgow and the park.


A random pond within Kelvingrove Park.


Another shot somewhere in the park on the way back from the museum I believe.


A shot of our flat buildings from the distance near the Museum.


A pretty pathway through the park and about 100 metres from my house.


A shot from the park of our house.


And finally a slighty closer one.

Well that is all the photos I have so far. The weather has been intense for the past few weeks in Scotland. Broken some records in fact. Crazy stuff. Blog will start getting updated a bit more now that I have settled in more. We had no internet for a few weeks bar a crappy rarely used modem connection.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Moved in

Moved in. Major hassle fest =)

I got my computer set up but DSL won't be activated until the 20th so I am struggling on modem until then. This of course is very painful for me so I am trying to avoid all computer activity in the meantime. I played some poker today and although it was playable it was still a little laggy and annoying.

Flat is pretty much all set up. Just need to get an HDTV for the main room. Not sure which one but probably the 56" JVC LCOS. Going to see it tomorrow. Also need to get a car but that will hopefully be sorted out in a week or two. Weather has been good so not been missing the Internet too much =)

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Still Busy

Don't move in until Thursday now. Delayed again! Everything packed apart from the computer. Just got back from the Scottish Championships too.

I got 11th in the £250 rebuy, skipped the £100 and got 20th or 21st in the £1000 main event. No money!

My good Scottish buddy Rory Matthews(Mafews) got 1st place in the £1000 main event in a three way deal at the final table. It was an equal split of money but the trophy went to Mafews as he was the chip leader. Congrats Rory! I believe he got around £24,000 but more importantly the Trophy =)