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 Charlie Knox26, m, resident of spa, northern ireland, a thinker, who tries to be real, enjoys the company of nala(left), indebted to jesus for his grace and instruction in life and whose, amongst other things, studying sports science at UUJ. enjoy rugby a whole lot! |
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Monday, January 05, 2009 Exciting Days at the Hinch  It was a momentus occasion on Saturday at Ballymacarn where Ballynahinch won the First Trust Ulster Senior League for the first time after a 38-9 bonus point home victory over Queen's University.The boys really are on fine form these days!! More here. posted by charlie | 4:29 PM | Sunday, January 04, 2009 Christmas Holidays 2008 The holidays are drawing to a close and tomorrow I start back at school. I've really enjoyed the break this year. PGCE life is busy and so it was nice to have time on my hands to catch up with folks, take the odd dander, play a game or two, take in a few movies and relax in front of the fire plenty! Here's a few of the highlights of the holiday..... Around September time a friend in the rugby club told me about an activity he had taken part in during a summer holiday in Canada called Geocaching - I was immediately interested. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, that are usually tucked away outdoors in proximity to points of scenic or historical interest before sharing your experiences online.  What excited me even more was that after a little research I found that lots of these hidden containers are stored away all around Co. Down! Immediately i was hooked on this idea but had a small problem in that i didn't have a GPS device! I was very tempted at the time to go an buy one on impulse but decided to wait until Christmas when it might be more affordable. Thankfully Melissa picked up on my eagerness for a device and did a great job in selecting one for me to unwrap on the 25th!! Since then we've got stuck into our new hobby and to date have located 11 geocaches in both familiar and surprising locations not far from home! I'm fairly sure this is only the beginning of geocaching and look forward to setting up a few more caches locally and uncovering a few more in places afar!! I'm also keen to see a few more friends on board!!During my last two years of school the bunch of lads that i knocked about with used to head  down the Ormeau Road every Friday lunchtime to the Hungry Hound II where we would get a BA-SA-SA (our affectionate term for a Battered Sausage Supper!!). Since this year marked 10 years since we left school a few of us decided to gather again at the Hungry Hound for old time's sake. It was great to see the boys and it reminded me of the special bond between us all. Despite having not seen some of them for almost three years now, we picked up right where we left off and it was just like we'd just been off on a school break for a while! It seems that inspite of the different experiences we've had since school, the relationships we formed during those influential years remain constant. On the morning of New Year's Eve a crowd of us began the day  with a cooked breakfast in Spa before heading into the Dromara hills where we ventured up Slieve Croob before turning down the Pass Loanin pathway towards Finnis. It was great just to get out into the fresh air for a few hours with friends! Such a dander could become an annual fixture if not more often!! (Incidentaly, when we were in Finnis the google streetview car drove past us. Maybe we'll feature sometime in the future!) Later on that night Mel and I enjoyed a chinese in Ardglass before returning up to Slieve Croob where we welcomed in the new year over some craic in the Inn! For now I'm back to Shimna College for 3 weeks before a return to Jordanstown in February. Good times! posted by charlie | 11:22 PM | |
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