Pictures of Stourbridge

Some happy snaps from Stourbridge.

The Flat

Kitchen

Wanted: Kitchen. Must be pokey and impossible to keep tidy.

Living Room

The magnificent shelving.

Junk

This crap was listed as chattels. Meaning Stephen would forfiet bond if any of it dissapeared.

The flat exterior

The front door at 7:30 in the morning.

The Gym

Universal Fitness in Halesowen is a great gym, with some of the friendliest people behind the counter and in the gym. Going here was probably the single most enjoyable part of my time in England - something to look forward to when not much else was.

Debbie at Universal Fitness
Debbie, with an overexposed Maire. A friendly lady with a flair for spinning a yarn.

Egg

Ahh, yes. egg itself. Situated in Dudley, the Venice of the West Midlands.

Stephen and I used to theorise that the Aztec stepped pyramid design was intended to warn people that failure would result in summary heart removal at the peak of the pyramid.

egg in the morning

egg in the morning.

egg main entrance

The egg main entrance.

Office

Up the length of the office. Paul Duran, an Aussie StoryServer god, is on the right.

egg offices

Colin Smith and Shrikanth Murthi, both of who sat in the same desk cluster.

egg offices

Mark Broad and Dave Layland. Dave gave me an enjoyable last week or so by piling work on me.

Dudley No 1 Canal

The Dudley Number One Canal, running outside egg. This, incidentaly, was the "Marina" described in the recruiteing outfit's blurb.

Swans on the canal.

The sawns who showed up in the last few weeks of my time at egg. Friendly wee beasties. They like pork scratchings and disliked the Canada geese that also appeared from time to time.

egg on the canal

egg's building from the canal.