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Holidays

Pics from my holidays.

Wedding Ceremony (31 Oct 2007)

Wedding morning & ceremony - Cheryl becomes Mrs Owen Parry!
Me and Owen in our lovely kilts! |
Owen tries to locate Cheryl's camera |
Brenda & Colette try to figure out how to tie Cheryl's dress. |
Cheryl in the Water Taxi |
Owen, the harpest and me, waiting for Cheryl's arrival |
Damian and Christine in their matching outfits |

Soccer in Suburbia (16 Jul 2007)

Me, Olds, Mike and Mr. Tate play Keepy Uppy in the suburbs of Cloverdale.
Me, Olds, Mike & Neil before playing Keepy Uppy |
Olds starts us off |
Neil playing some keepy uppy |
Mike playing keepy uppy |
Me playing keepy uppy. |

The Wedding of Rav and Sunny (15 Jul 2007)

The actual ceremonies for Rav and Sunny's wedding.
Rav and his family leaving the Toor family home |
Rav outside Sunny's Parents house, bartering for his new wife |

Wedding Reception (15 Jul 2007)

The wedding reception, held at the Mirage Reception Centre.
Catherine and I at the wedding reception. |
Neil hits the dance floor |

Football at Kits Beach (13 Jul 2007)

Football on Kits beach on our last full day in Vancouver.

Mayaan Ceremony (12 Jul 2007)

The Mayaan Ceremony
Rav surrounded by the female members of his family for the Mayaan Ceremon |
Sikh Band |

Grouse Mountain (11 Jul 2007)

Grouse Mountain ("The Peak of Vancouver") is a short cable car ride into The Rockies with a wildlife reserve, cafes and shows.
Cable car coming down from Grouse Mountain. |
Two Grizzly Bears on Grouse Mountain fighting each other. |
Grizzly bear taking a drink. |
Shot of Vancouver from the Ski Lift on Grouse Mountain |
Two lumberjacks sawing through a log. |

Kitsilano (Kits) Beach (10 Jul 2007)

Kits Beach is a 30 minute walk from our downtown pad and offered a nice relaxing Sun trap. They also have a great salt water swimming pool nearby.
A log on Kits Beach with the scenic mountains as a backdrop. |
Oldy and Catherine in the Salt Water Pool |

Stanley Park (09 Jul 2007)

We made it out to the famouse Stanley Park and took in some of the wildlife, sun traps and totem poles!
Neil, Gemma, Catherine, Me, Olds & Fi |
Mike on his way to Stanley Park |
Milton take a breather |
Gemma with her tongue out |
Ducks in Stanley Park |
Turtle on a rock |
Vancouver city line viewed from Stanley Park |
Swan, Duck and Turtle in "Lost Lagoon" |
Milton wandering through Stanley Park |
Turtle laying eggs near 'Lost Lagoon' |
Small bird in Stanley Park |
Otters in Stanley Park stream |
Heron perched in Stanley Park |
Mikey & Olds in Stanley Park |
Milton in the Stanley Park gardens |
Neil, Catherine & I at lunch |
Neil Tate was the resident photo-journalist for us in Vancouver |
Totems in Stanley Park |
Totems in Stanley Park, seen from the front |
Lighthouse in Stanley Park |
View of the Rocky Mountains |
Statue of a diver in the bay |
Surfer in the Sea at Stanley Park |
More ducks in Stanley Park |
Milton by a fallen tree |
Beaver Lake, Stanley Park |
Oldy on a tree on the way back from Stanley Park |
Olds, Mikey, Me and Neil after elaving Stanley Park |

Yaletown Brewery (08 Jul 2007)

Some present giving, beer drinking and the passing of the mantle.
Milton FC in Yaletown Brewery |
Ravi showing the love for Oldy |
Neil Tate doing a shot |
Ravi does a celebratory shot |
Neil with his creamy white beard |
Rav with his flat cap & Yorkshire Mixture. |
Rav with his Robbie Fowler shirt |
Rav and his MIlton FC mug |
Rav in his new Yorkshire Tea apron, flat cap and Milton FC cup |
Catherine & Fi in Yaletown Brewery |
Me (Rick), Mike, Neil & Olds in Yaletown Brewery |
Me & Catherine in Yaletown Brewery |
Mike with Malina (the waitress in Yaletown) |
Yippee IPA, Downtown Brown, Hills Special Whaet & of course Red Truck Lager |

Tenerife 2007 (09 Feb 2007 - 17 Feb 2007)

Every year the Sully's head to Tenerife with the Wally's - and this year I was able to make it for some Winter Sun.
View from our balcony on the first morning. |
Me and Catherine on the second night. |
The younger populace at the steak house. |
The rest of the Tenerife gang. |
Me and John on the Karaoke |
The guy running the karaoke wasn't impressed by my singing. |
Advertisement for the drag act we had seen the previous eveming. |
Me and Catherine on the balcony, with a beautiful sunset behind us. |
Me and the Sull's on a balcony. |
Beth and Catherine on the balcony with 'nibbles'. |
Rob carrying his 'manbag' after the Karaoke bar. |
Rolling mist over Los Cristianos one morning. |
Rob with beer in hand. |
Catherine and Beth at Tiffin Time |
Fiona and Mike at Tiffin Time |
Jan with a (large) glass or red wine. |
Lesley near the LA Showbar. |
The holiday posse head to the beach. |
Rob makes a point. |
Fiona drinking a beer. |
Jim & Kath out for lunch. |
John and Lesley at lunch. |
Fiona and Rob at lunch. |
Rob also gets beer on his face. |
Beth and her mocktail. |
My burning head on the walk. |
Rob starts the mingolf tournament. |
Beth on the second hole. |
Me on the second hole missing. |
Close up of the golf ball. |
Rob takes on the zig-zag minigolf challenge. |
Jim Sullivan takes a commanding lead. |
Catherine, Beth and Kath at the minigolf. |
Sunsetting over the sea. |
The Tenerife sky at night. |
Fishermen at the port. |
Catherine, Jan and Fiona on the boat. |
Catherine waits for the Dolphins and Whales. |
Whale near the boat. |
My second decent whale shot. |
Rob eating olives. |
Rob with his mouth stuffed with Olives. |
Rob starts dribbling. |
John, Lesley, Catherine, me, Beth and Fiona on the final night. |
The swimming pool. |
Catherine with liquidation letter |
Catherines's insolvency letter. |

Alicante with the Sulls (27 Aug 2005 - 03 Sep 2005)

The entire Sullivan clan (plus hangers on like me) head to Alicante to celebrate Catherines Grandparents wedding anniversary.
Catherine and me in the sea. |
Huge Palm Tree of some sort. |
Sullivan family members relaxing round the table. |
Beth in the Pool on the comedy inflatable dog. |
Nicky and Mike preparing the barbeque. |
A gruop of us getting ready to jump in the pool. |
A group of us causing a splash. |
Beth with snorkel and rubber ring. |
Me doing what is technically known as a running bomb. |
Me reading by the pool. |

Around the Cottage (12 Jun 2004 - 19 Jun 2004)

Larking about in the cottage in Llanfendigaid.
The front of Nanney-Wynn Cottage. |
Dave takes a picture of the rest of the gang. |
Dave looking gob smacked. |
Colette and V hugging. |
Me and my moneky feet/toes. |
Jay with the BBQ |
Rob looking a bit burnt. |
Milton play in the pool. |
Colin and Olds with beers in the pool. |
Milton tucks in at dinner time. |
Catherine in Mike's 118 vest and shorts. |
Jay, Catherine and Mike playing pool in the cottage. |
Colette and Dave fight for the white ball. |
Bonzo looking happy about something. |
Neil and Gemma at the 'dancing table'. |
Colin grimacing, trying to keep his tongue in his mouth. |
Oldy and Colin admire the art work. |
Bonzo looking ecstatic with beer! |
Olds tried to explain something via beer. |
Jay, Colin, Me and Catherine with 'Oldy'. |

Crete 2003 (22 Jul 2003 - 30 Jul 2003)

My first holiday with Catherine and a welcome rest from the stresses of University exams and projects.
Catherine enjoying a fancy cocktail. |
Me (Rick Huby) drinking Amstel. |
Fruit hanging from the ceiling. |
Catherine poses on the balcony. |
Scary restaurant guy in Crete with me. |
Me (Rick Huby) in the water during our cove hopping trip. |
A Poor attempt at a dive by me (Rick Huby). |
Crete sea. |
Barbeque on the beach during the cove hopping trip. |
Me (Rick Huby) with a bottle of wine. |
Me and Catherine on the boat. |
Boat Wreck on the rocks. |
Catherine with another cocktail. |
Me pretending to eat fish from the fish bowl. |
Me with a glass on my face. |
Catherine copies the dancing from the previous night. |
Catherine on the pedalo. |
Me (Rick Huby) at the end of the pedalo. |
View of the sea whilst we were out. |
Catherine in the pool on a lilo. |
The apartment we stayed in (from the swimming pool). |

Tackling Snowdon (13 Jun 2003)

Colin Hearn, Ravi Toor and Paul Oldfield conquer Snowdon.
Rav, Me, Colin and Olds prepare to tackle Mount Snowdon. |
Me and Rav ascend the beast. |
Rav half way up Snowdon |
Me (Rick Huby!) halfway to conquering Snowdon. |
Paul Oldfield arrives at the mid way point too. |
Ravi Toor on a knife edge. |
Me and Rav doing our best Lord of the Rings imperssions. |
Me, Olds, Colin Hearn and Ravi Toor |
Colin Hearn sliding down a waterfall. |
Me (Rick Huby) sliding down a waterfall. |
Colin, Olds (Paul Oldfield) and Me (Rick Huby) taking a break on the descent. |
Olds (Paul Oldfield), Me (Rick Huby) and Ravi Toor take another break. |
Olds (Paul Oldfield) points at Snowdon. |

Walking in Betws-y-Coed (12 Jun 2003)

A lovely walk to start our end of University Wales trip.
Beautiful scenery around a river. |
Olds, Colin H and Rav on a bridge. |
Colin crosses the mighty stream - what an adrenaline junkie! |
Me and Olds follow Colin across the stream. |
Olds on a rock. |
Another beautiful vista from our walk. |
Rav, Me, Olds and Colin on a fallen tree. |
Olds and Colin investigate a questionable 'natural formation'. |
Colin Hearn loves the sheep. |
Olds, Me and Colin in a tree. |
Colin Hearn bears his chest rug - or is it actually Bigfoot in the wild? |
Me and Colin on a rock next to a waterfall. |

Statue of Liberty & Staten Island (03 Jan 2002)

During our 'touristy' bit of New York we also visited the Statue of Liberty and Staten Island.
Lady liberty in my hand. |
Entrance to Statue of Liberty National Monument. |
Amanda Bell doing the Lady Liberty pose. |
Amanda and Tracey at the Statue of Liberty. |
Bonzo (Neil Underwood) with the Manhattan skyline behind him. |
Rob Kershaw with the Manhattan skylinebehind him. |
Me and Colin with the Manhattan skyline behind us. |

New Years Eve 2001 (31 Dec 2001 - 01 Jan 2002)

New Years Eve 2001 in Time Square - the coldest experience of my life!
People in time Square on new Year's Eve 2001. |
Banner advertisements in Time Square. |
Colin Hearn on New Years Eve feeling quite cold. |
Balloons and celebrations for midnight at New Year in Time Square. |

Just Hanging Out

General pitcures from our trip.
The guys and girls fromHuddersfield University in a New York deli. |
Neil looking fabulous. |
Colin Hearn, deadly serious. |
Me in a suspiciously Dr. Evil like chair. |
Rob drinking a carton of milk. |
Neil drinking, something icky. |
Amand and Tracey Bell at the Empire State Building. |
Christmas tree outside the Rockefeller Centre. |
Me and Rav with an awesome Jonny Knoxville tee |
Me in Time Square. |
Ravi looking tired. |
Me with a big ass red cube thing. |
Michelle in Scotland Yard bar, New York. |
Rob Kershaw finally with a proper place to sleep. |

Let Sleeping Robs Lie

Obviously Rob wasn't getting enough sleep on Neils floor since he fell asleep everywhere we went.
Rob Kershaw asleep |
Rob Kershaw asleep, again. |
Rob Kershaw asleep, yet again. |
Oh gosh - Rob Kershaw asleep. |