Dan Champion has just tagged me for a meme. I wasn't going to write anything today so here's a quick one.
5 Things you did not know about Grant Broome:
- I didn't start University until I was 25. By then I was married, had a mortgage, a 2 year old and another on the way. Our generous government gave us a £4,500 to live on. Cheers. I got a first class honours and my mum was very proud.
- Years ago I nearly drowned while swimming off a Majorcan beach. I got caught in a current with my (then) girlfriend and we couldn't get back to shore. The people on the beach made a human chain and got us out of the water. As we sat on the sand, a body washed up on the beach 50 yards from where we were. It was as if the reaper had met his quota and had spared us.
- Before Uni, I owned a bike shop called Magnox Cycles in a little place called Glynneath in South Wales. It was a partnership with my very good friend Mike Peck. It was a small business and it didn't pay very well, but I have very fond memories of my time working there. The shop was 13 miles from my house and I rode to work nearly every day.
- I am born on the same day as my brother, but we are not twins.
- In another life I would be a carpenter. I've just finished building a dining table especially for Christmas. It's designed to seat 10 people and it's partially made from reclaimed pine. It's the first piece of furniture I have ever made and it's not too bad. I enjoyed the experience so much I'll probably make something else.
I was a meme virgin before today. Many thanks to Dan champion for popping my cherry.
I'm now going to tag the Pedleys: Mel and Rich, as well as Jon Gibbins , PixelDiva and Mike Davies.
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Scary swimming story, I had a similar one in Fuerteventura. The lad had a cheap boogie board and I instructed him to walk / swim directly to me (I was stood safely in my own depth) - but no, kids have to break the rules don't they? He came out a yard to my left and the current got him and me by the time I covered that distance. I'm a crap swimmer - see Dan's blog and on the verge of exhaustion I jumped on the back of the board too and kicked for all my life. That's the most scared I've ever been. I marched us out of the water and to the car very quickly after that.
You've got to watch those island tides, especially after bad weather.
About 10 years after that my wife went swimming, again in Majorca and went missing for about 30 minutes. Lucky for her someone drifted by on a lilo. Despite the fact that the woman didn't speak English, she figured Kath was in trouble and offered her a space on her inflatable. I was stuck on the beach with a baby and a toddler trying to figure out what I was supposed to do next. I couldn't leave them and no-one around me spoke English. I can tell you that experience was every bit as bad as being stuck out there myself. I was so relieved when I saw her walking up the beach, tired from her ordeal but all the wiser for it.
We went to France this year ;)
hmm Thanks Grant!
That was more difficult than I thought it would be, but in the end I managed 5 unknown'ish things about me.
5 things on permanent tangent
Can you explain the brother thing, Grant. That went straight over my head, unless you're talking about a half brother.
Sure Mike. My Brother and I are born on March 19th; 2 years apart ;)
Silly me. I should have known that's what was up. That a pretty neat coincidence.
Thanks Grant!
It's great to see that you've got a blog up and running Grant. I'm look forward to reading more from you.
Thanks Blair, that's much appreciated.
I was just looking at the links from your names. Are you guys having to create a blogger account just to post comments?
I think you can select "other" when you make a post and use any URL that you choose. It would be handy if someone could give me some feedback on that. I may need to make the jump to moveabletype (or similar) sooner than I intended.
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