old news	may 2003 news matrix reloaded 25 may 2003 matrix 2. not as good as the first. gets better after a bit. worth it in the end. third one will be excellent! birthday 25 may 2003 happy birthday martha birthday 23 may 2003 happy birthday mum/sandie huts and booze 22 may 2003 simon re-lives his youth and goes to ravenshead for the grand opening of the new lottery funded scout hut. alison and heather have a long overdue girlie catch up. many many birthdays 18 may 2003 happy birthday tash. happy birthday hannah. happy birthday leon. cara louise 10 may 2003 congratulations tim and carolyn….and welcome to cara louise! 32hours trying to get into this world - it's worth it! oh my brother 10 may 2003 happy birthday ian dublin 8 - 12 may 2003 finally after 3 years of promising, we finally sort our lives out to a weekend away to dublin and visit our friend, mr gethin jenkins. a quick flight from ema, landing at dublin an hour later - welcome to ireland. friday is tourist day part one: quick stroll into town, admiring all the georgian buildings, before getting on the fun bus round all the major sites. hop off at the imma for a bit of culture and modern art, and then onto the collins street museum avoiding all the rain showers. saturday is guinness day and the museum and then a very long and sedate a pub crawl, taking in cocktails at the clarence. sunday we watch gethin recover and go to the beach. somehow we make it back on the plane for 7.30am having eaten too much; drunk too much; spent too much but had too much fun. swansea 3, 4, 5 may 2003 a quick bank holiday road trip to swansea to see lindsey and carrie. then back to newport in the evening for a surprise 30th party for duncan. good organisation by karen, and excellent to say hello to lots of old faces. then back to swansea for kite flying on the beach, lazing in the sunshine and simon taking too many photos with his lomo. ricardo 2 may 2003 happy birthday richard