November 06, 2005

Cambridge Highlights 2004 & 2005

Volvo Highlights (working in Duxford, close to Cambridge)

  • The fantastic people from the Duxford Office, Europan dealers, Volvo IT North America Team, Volvo Group Web Council and CMS Services. I'll miss them all.
  • Mats - best boss I've had and great fun to work with too
  • Working with Caroline and becoming good friends
  • Great laughs with Andrew and Richard - even if our sense of humour is not always the cleanest
  • Work dinners at good old Nandos
  • Gothenberg (particularly summer meetings at Bokenas, winter meetings at Rastaried , Xmas outings at Liseberg )
  • Lunch time walks around Duxford with Dorothy, Katarina, Henrik and Anna - past the pink house and the pink car
  • Being able to see and touch what we sell - yellow machines - a nice change after the intangibleness of financial services
  • The work - it was fun and varied and almost entirely digital
  • The Volvo caffetaria in Duxford - especially the hot chili sauce and the roast on Thursdays
    Picnics on Jesus Green
  • The "joys" (not!) of Gothenberg City Airport and Stansted on a Monday morning
  • Punting with work friends in summer and getting dive bombed.
  • Dancing half naked at work parties - the forfeits one pays!
  • Martin's farewell presentation - a lot of fun
  • My farewell DVD presentation
  • The delicious Chololate biscuits served at the meetings at Volvo Headquarters (yes, food again!)
  • The whole Mr Andrew Titley saga
  • Visiting Sweden over 50 times - there was one time I knew Gothenberg better than Cambridge
  • Smaka in Gothenberg
  • Visiting Lisbon, Madrid, Salzberg, Brussels, Munich, Dublin, Amsterdam, Eskilstuna, Hannover, Copenhagan, Gothenberg, (many!) Stockholm, and Belley
  • Visiting Curitiba in Brazil and spending a weekend at Iguassu Falls
  • Visiting North Caroline in the US (particularly the beautiful scenery around Asheville)
  • Driving from Greensboro to Asheville (with Andrew) and ending up in Virginia by mistake
  • Driving around Greensboro with Caroline in the snow and getting lost
  • Getting locked out of my hotel room in Sweden half naked - and having to go to reception to get another
  • Volvo Wedding Fever
  • Spending time with Helen and Martin Jerresand and playing with little Carla
  • Usability testing in London
  • Ribs and shandy at the John Barleycorn (the local pub in Duxford)
  • Staying over at "Auntie Lynda's" Duxford B&B - home from home (not!)
  • Visiting every Head Quarters in the Volvo Group (Volvo Group HQ, Volvo CE, Volvo Penta, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Aero, Volvo Bus) and trying out their caffetarias
  • Singing of the "Swedish happy birthday" song at all major celebrations and farewells at Duxford, followed by champaign and tarts
  • Some great dinner parties with work friends
  • Mind mapping with Mindmanager - best software I've ever used
  • Test driving a dump truck and excavator in Eskilstuna
  • The launch of Volvo.com in September 2003
  • Abba Mania at Mats place and having serious competitions
  • White river rafting in Asheville including Andrew's rifle shot faart in the boat
  • Having to don an oxygen mask on a Ryan Air flight - nothing like a near death experience
  • The Volvo Xmas hamper and Xmas dinner
  • Barbecues at Mats and overdoing the garlic in the Tsatsiki just a tad. Then getting on
  • Erong train to Whittlesford and ending up in London.
  • Putting the Framfab logo the "right way round" at their office party
  • Volvo Xmas dinner at Christ's college 2003
  • Watching herons on the Volvo Lake around our Duxford offices

posted by Graeme @ 11/06/2005  

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