I've had a long summer holiday, and Year 3 of Uni is almost upon me. But along the way there's been highlights. One of them was a trip to the Lake District for one week with family. I've never seen a place look so foreign in Britain, especially since the weather was unusually hot. There were 2 long walks during the week, and the first one was overgrown with bracken. (shortly followed by jokes about swimming in the sea of bracken) The second one was much more stunning and I took some pictures with my camera.

Another highlight was the canoeing down a creek between Hullbridge and Battlesbridge with one of my long-time friends. It was one of those crazy ideas, and I managed to tip myself over once. After drying off we managed the rest of the journey, with aches and pains all over. It was much better on the way back with the tide behind us.

Finally, I found some new music. After Ray (solarconquest) gave me some Sabaton music, I found more Scandinavian rock/metal bands. One of them is Turisas (Viking metal), which is a new take on epic music. I'm still not bored of the songs even after 30 times listening. The other one is a bit darker and is called Amon Amarth. Still pretty epic.