07 Hewlett-Packard New Year party (but a bit later, for a decent venue).

08 Computer build and fixing at Chris and Kirsty's place. Chris puzzling something out.

09 Kasjusz, fast asleep.

10 Pictures around the Hewlett-Packard Pinewood campus, near Bracknell.

23 HP office, and a dinner at a local restaurant.

24 HP project celebration.

27 HP Pinewood in the early morning frost.

09 The decrepit Chalton House flat that Agnieszka and Nelson moved into. With a bit of money and a lot of work, it was greatly improved, but no great shakes. However, it was good enough to swap for a better flat in Walker House.

08 Agnieszka, taken for a bus pass. Looking rather too thin and worn. Made a project of feeding her up a bit in the weekends.

10 Another HP celebration. I really need to get all the names together again!

16 Elaine and Susan? from Hewlett-Packard in São Paulo, where I was sorting out some of the local customisation for the ILS (International Leasing System).

18 A day out with Ana Frias, her husband and son.

19 Susan? and her boyfriend take me to one of the local markets. Interesting furniture. I also bought some very nice heavy textured cotton curtains.

31 Another HP Pinewood dinner.

10 Aleksandra was taking care of various little ones. Zainab came to visit at Perivale one evening.

17 Lineup of bikes at HP Pinewood. On a not-too-nice day.

19 Aleksandra pulls a face in a restaurant.

21 Perivale gets a tarmac paving with "white gravel". That was a bit of a cheat! Kasjusz shows off standing up with Agnieszka.

22 My workstation in the computer room, under the loft bed.

23 Kasjusz with favorite people-carrier, Paul. Agnieszka and Tadeusz.

24 ?

04 Perivale bathroom, before rebuilding.

07 Another day out at Greenwich, this time to see Cutty Sark.

16 A walk around the HP Pinewood campus on a fine spring day.

02 Interesting flow swirl in the Perivale bath tub.

08 Kasjusz visits Perivale again.

27 Kasjusz, Aleksandra, Agnieszka in the Chinese restaurant.

02 Air New Zealand flight over Greenland, on the way home.

03 Mum and Dad (Felice and Walter Langford) with Snowy.

04 Flight to Wellington.

05 Shopping with Malcolm in Porirua.

06 Dinner with Malcolm, Guy and Kieran in the Genghis Khan Mongolian Restaurant in Wellington.

07 Flight back to Auckland. Pictures at IHUG. Jean's place being tidied up for sale after she died.

08 Pictures on Great Barrier Island, N.Z. Mostly taken by Bruce.

09 At the Crossroads Lodge. Kahu, Susannah and Shane. Paul feeling rather worn and tired. Calico, making out the same ...

10 Katie, Bruce, Vanessa, Paul and Susannah. Calico in characteristic pose. Pictures of Kaitoke and Medlands, in the Claris Club, and the lodge.

11 Bruce goes to town, takes the camera with him.

12 Return to paradise, using Great Barrier Airlines.

13 Dinner at the Curragh.

14 More pictures at the lodge. We get the satellite link to the Internet going at last.

31 Shane with dinner. Another good-sized crayfish.

05 At Perivale, Paul, Aleksandra, Kasjusz and Nelson. Playing in the park. Walk along the canal.

09 TransAlp. Walk around HP Pinewood.

12 Kasjusz and Paul. Playing in the park in Perivale, with Agnieszka.

13 Visit to Kew Gardens. Aleksandra, Agnieszka Kasjusz. Grzegorsz and girlfriend.

15 HP Pinewood.

22 Bruce takes shots of the new generator set-up at the Crossroads Lodge. Medlands Beach.

24 More HP Pinewood.

26 Walk from Chris and Kirsty's White Cottage in Hanging Langford, to the pub restaurant in Steeple Langford. Kasjusz makes friends with a four-legged furry as tall as he is. I nearly got a really good picture of him petting the dog's nose, but the owner called the dog away just before I could snap it.

27 Longleat. All the bunch.

28 Kasjusz crashed out in Perivale. More pictures from the Crossroads Lodge.

29 Memory Rock, middle of Medlands Beach, Oruawharo Bay, Aotea (Great Barrier Island), Aotearoa (New Zealand).

03 Blurry Branislav.

10 Day trip to Paris on Eurostar. Paul and Aleksandra.

02 Picture of south Kaitoke by Bruce.

07 The main hall in the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. With the full-size cast of a Diplodocus Carnegii facing the entrance.

08 Kasjusz in the park near Perivale, with Agnieszka.

16 Around the Crossroads Lodge, with some bare patches still showing. Pipes put in to enclose what would otherwise be an open drain from under the road. A view of the kitchen.

21 Another go at getting a good, working server. This time with an ABit motherboard.

26 A lunchtime walk around the campus at Hewlett-Packard's Pinewood establishment. Definitely showing "autumn" ...

12 Nitwit driver cut across in front of me: I missed the car, but dropped the 230 kg of TransAlp on my foot. I didn't realise until the Sunday that I'd broken the fibula with a "butterfly" fracture, and also cracked the malleolus.

16 Shane and friend at the lodge.

28 More of the leg: date?

29 My flight to Poland was already booked, so no way was I going to cancel! Warsaw in winter ...

30 Paul's first trip to Poland.

02 Dinner at Poznan. Pictures with Aleksandra actually smiling!

03 Dad (Walter Langford) in front the lodge. Still the post-construction bombsite around it.

11 Passport-style portraits of Aleksandra, for a bus pass.

13 The Hewlett-Packard Christmas Dinner. Quite a good show.

14 The ILS (International Leasing System) team lunch in the cafeteria.

19 The Crossroads Lodge, hole-in-the-wall Pitokoku, Pohutukawa, Medlands Beach, Oruawharo Bay, Medlands Valley.

20 Kasjusz, somewhat doubtful about the Santa clothing and photo session!

24 Christmas Eve party in Chalton House, Somers Town, London. Agnieszka and Nelson's flat.

25 Last of the party, very early in the morning.

28 Marcin and Maciej out on the town.

29 Marcin, Kasjusz, Agnieszka. Maciej, Agnieszka, Marcin.