.........post-christmas trip to sheriff muir

.........not much company out here

.........just us and the locals

.........down to northamptonshire, where we meet up with the london crew

.........zoe gets new year's eve started

........a couple rounds of "name that whisky"

.........meringue time

.........kim loads up for midnight

.........happy 2011

.........new year's day walk through little wedgewood villages

.........english weather to match the landscape

.........turbo horsecart

.........boggle app madness

.........kerry dispenses fringe advice

.........goodbye horses

.........goodbye kerry

.........comet gain

.........chris and jools

.........chris (a different one) and sophie at wifey

.........peter coffin (no relation) exhibition at herald street

.........i wake up to discover the citizenship fairy has visited during the night

.........time for me to get bunted as a briton

.........after the ceremony my chauffeur picks me up

.........the change is subtle

.........celebration lunch at the eagle featuring lee and tony

.........at the old mitre we impersonate bankers for the afternoon

.........then back home with a mini-cask of english ale

.........a warm welcome from my new compatriots

.........dinner

.........britpop chris

.........my rebranding is complete

.........at jan's belgian bar (to celebrate my joining the EU)

.........fiona, jordy, fan, tony, aaron