1000mph

That's the speed that the Bloodhound SSC is going to try to break in 2011, setting the world landspeed record. The bloobhound team is a client of my internship.

That's also the speed I feel like I've been going lately. Just got back from a long weekend, but an awesome one too. Went to Dublin, Ireland and Edinburgh, Scotland. In Dublin, took a tour of the Guinness Storehouse and stole some barley from the place (there was a huge mound, they had plenty) as a free souvenir. Also took a train 3 hours out into the Irish countryside (don't ask me where we went) to climb Croagh Patrick, a pretty famous mountain. It drizzled and the temperature was about 50 degrees. Doesn't sound bad, until you add in the 40-50 mile an hour winds that we had to deal with up there. We battled the elements for sure; there was a fleeting moment when I felt very cold and wet resting at the summit, and wondered if it would be worth enduring endless teasing for having been rescued on a mountain to call the chopper for a warm ride back to the bottom. We made it though, don't know how I didn't get hypothermia.

In Edinburgh only for a day, we went to bed early so we could get up early and get about 10 hours of tramping around the city in before our train took us back to London. Climbed a short bit to the top of Calton Hill, one of Britian's oldest parks and an excellent view of Edinburgh from all angles. Also saw the Edinburgh Castle, which is quite large and neat. I ate haggis, which will never happen again after learning what it's made of. Our second connecting train back to London apparently got lost somewhere, so we all sat confused in a Peterburgh (halfway there) train station until a coach bus came and got us, and got us into London around 0230. I got to bed at about 0315 last night, rather, this morning. Oh, the joys of the British rail system.