Absolutely mate, been thinking about that for a while now. 
I love winter but I need daylight.
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Saw the Northern lights.
Lovely stuff.
Quite faint compared to some snaps I seen, but hey still rad.
Especially considering every time every jammy buggerās gotten to see them in their own garden and I was away or inside at a gig haha. Itās sick I got to see em.
Had a rad spot just outside Hafnarfjƶrưur, which was only a 20 min drive from our gaff.
Double stoked.
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In contrast, I moved house last week and Iāve cooked dinner on the bbq 3 days in a row and swam at the beach every day. 20 mins away. Only wish I had air conditioning!
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Could you see much with your eyes at all or was it mostly only through the camera? The northern lights tours are such a good money making scheme. When we went there was a lady whoād gone on the tour every night of her two week holiday and hadnāt seen anything decent. We saw a bit but not as good as yours
Yes, not super strong but you could see them sound to be like āfuck aye, swnd thaā. The camera definitely did pick them up stronger though, aye.
Iām glad we shifted our arses and got to the spot after the sightings on the app starting pinging through. We were only in the town near the spot, meaning a little drive through a country road and up onto a parking spot for a lake/park.
As soon as it really got clear an hour later, they had died down. I was almost going to go later, but we killed time going around HellisgerĆ°i (a local park that was lit up and decorated with these wooden stick deer things). Otherwise if I went for 11 instead of 10, Iād have missed them.
EDIT: I had free tea downstairs at hotel and I remembered more post caffeine.
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Finally had a full medical this week - work offer them off Bupa. Been putting it off for years. They do the full works, bloods, BMI, cancer checks, mental resilience, etc. To my surprise I passed that shit with flying colours! Apparently Iām in pretty good shape. The doctor was hyped, I was hyped, and so was my wife. Good going into Christmas knowing I can probably have a few more mince pies.
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Hell yes! I had my 6 monthly bloods the other day, still cancer free and now 8 years in remission since the olā thyroid cancer.
Iām not a fan of mince pies, but Iāll go to town on chocolate!
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Thatās amazing. 8 years, fair play. If youād have asked me last week if I was bothered about having cancer checks Iād have probably said no, but to have some proactively and get clear results feels pretty good. Going to try and make it an annual thing. Think you deserve a fucking family bar of dairy milk for that one.
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It feels great doesnāt it, especially with a full MOT in your case!
Iāve gone through a fair amount of Guylians over the past couple of days with the wife. Iāll head out to the shop later for the family size bar as per your orders!
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Treated myself to an upgrade to first class for the journey up north. Got to Euston, saw the over capacity train and the 2 1/2 hours Iād likely have to spend standing by the loos with a suitcase and bag of presents and thought fuck that. Christmas treat.
Iāve never been in first class before. Iāll be sipping my free G&T while the shit munchers fight to get their seat.
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Not really free though, is it? My usual train wants Ā£150 extra for First Class, but Standard Premium is the same seats, just without the food and booze, and costs an extra Ā£35. M&S in the station takes care of that
Ok fine, my Ā£60 G&T.
Tbh, every Avanti train Iāve got in the last 5 years has either been delayed, cancelled or has terminated at Preston, and getting a train at Christmas always feels like the last chopper out of Saigon, and Iām so over it.
Now if youāll excuse me, Iām going to go peruse the ācomplimentaryā lunch menu.
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Totally. Best of luck. Hope it doesnāt descend into a Christmas movie-level farce.
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American Airlines says flights are resuming after all services were grounded - BBC News
Surely everybody stuck at the airports will join together in song, and remember the true meaning of Christmas.
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Just got this pup today! Heās half English bulldog half chihuahua haha. His mam is the bulldog n all and he wasnāt bred it was an accident 
never had a dog before so buzzing
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From the 1986 banger āgive me a home among the gumtreesā:
āAnd a Woolies down the street
And a brand new place theyāve opened up
Where they regulate the heatā
Youāve just got to go to the shops when you get too hot.
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Was a stepladder involved?