First photo of the year, and New Year's Resolutions

Date: 03 January 2007 18:45:11

As promised, here is one of my pictures of York Minster, whilst we were waiting outside for the New Year to be rung in. We got there at about 11.30, when there weren't too many people around, but by the time it came to just a few minutes still to go it was absolutely heaving outside. I just about heard the first "bong!" of midnight, but with the cheering I didn't hear the other 11 bongs, and could hardly hear the frenzied bell-ringing which was apparently going on.

There were also fireworks going on to the left of the picture. I did try to take pictures of them too, but it transpired that I was a bit of a firework nemesis - every time I switched on my camera the fireworks stopped. As soon as I switched it off they would start again. I didn't get a single picture!

In other news, I shall follow the herd and think a bit about resolutions for 2007. They're basically the same as usual, and boil down to tackling the two areas of my life which are expanding most alarmingly. Namely, my waistline and my overdraft. Argh. However, with left-over Christmas stuff needing to be consumed and being away for quite a bit of next week at a meeting and a conference, the foody one will be postponed for a couple of weeks. I'm hoping that this will mean that I'm less likely to fail, as I'm not actually starting it on New Year's Day. Sigh. However, unlike other years, this year I do have a great incentive to succeed - I just need to picture paying for, and fitting into, a wedding dress whenever I'm tempted to overindulge. I hope it works :)