The Decade in Review....................2005

The highlight of 2005 was going to be our wedding at Monk Fryston Hall. Nikki had been organising the day for the pretty much for the last year with me moaning about the cost of everything but think that was me been a typical bloke and as usual I shut up as I knew what was good for me!

We found the venue for the wedding whilst out on the motorbike when we stopped off for coffee. The place is relatively small and has that internate, warm and welcoming feeling every time we walk through the door. The day really was perfect, Nikki looked stunning, the weather was spot on and we had all our family and closest friends their on the day. Everyone who was staying for the day was staying for the night so it really made it feel like a long weekend party!

My Stagg Doo was mental and really enjoyable. 12 of us headed out via plane to the IOM for the TT Races. Shame about the weather but nevertheless you come to expect that from the IOM.

I guess the pictures speak a thousand words.............

I guess no wedding is complete without a honeymoon so we had booked a 5star resort on the island of Gozo of the main island of Malta. We had helicopter transfers to the island and resort was just out of this world. Our rooms where not the best in world but for the time we spent in them it didnt really matter. The place had an indoor and outdoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, gym, massage rooms and every evening we ate outside alfresco as the weather was just amazing. We would sit during the day reading and looking out over the island of Malta as Gozo and where we where was set on the top of a very large hill, amazing. The best thing of all was that we had the place to ourselves.

We spent some great times with friends in 2005 which I have put the pictures in below.

Me, Baz and Grant outside our favourite Thai restaurant in Leeds

Me and Ben also did a ride in 2005 for the British Heart Foundation down in Rugby. The day was so well organised that every corner we seemed to go around there where locals giving us food and warm drinks. It was a great circuit and really sent the benchmark for our charity rides that we would do in the furture.

2005 also saw my mum and das 30th Wedding anniversary in which we celebrated in style by booking the family on the north yorkshire railway. We camped in a little village just outside of Pickering then headed on the evening to the railway in which we had a 5 course meal as it took its way through the moors up to Goathland.