Took the family to Paris earlier in the week and didn't enjoy it is much as I expected to. The family seemed to though and it was good to show the kids around the sights but Paris is not the city I remember from previous visits. We booked through Eurostar for a two night break. …
Having a clearout – some items for disposal
Am having a clearout of some stuff and following someone elses lead I thought I'd try and dispose of them locally via blog and twitter. Three items here. Girls Moutain Bike, Boys Action Man Bike and Roof Bars for Mk5 Vauxhall Astra. All items are for collection from Westcliff, Essex although if nearby and/or winning …
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Kielder Water Time Lapse Videos
Whilst on a recent family holiday to Kielder Water & Forest Park I 'filmed' some more time lapse sequences using an android app called Timelapse! by ExplorerDC running on my HTC Desire HD. This app takes the photos and creates video in one go based on your pre-selected choices of image size, time interval, and …
Southend Great Pier Swim 2011
I ventured down to Southend Seafront with the family late this morning to watch the start of the Great Pier Swim 2011. The event is essentially a 3,ooom open water swim from the Jubilee Beach near the Pier to Thorpe Bay near the Yacht Club. This is an annual event which includes a race for ASA swimmers and a fun …
London to Southend Bike Ride 17th July 2011 – Photos
It was the London to Southend Bike Ride today and as I was not taking part this year I decided to go down and take a whole load of photographs of those people who were taking part and in doing so raising funds for a variety of causes and for the British Heart Foundation. I was taking photographs …
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Southend Half Marathon
The Southend Half Marathon in aid of Havens Hospices was held today. Whilst I have started running for fitnerss and to lose weight I am not fit enough to take on a half marathon just yet and so was not running myself. I did however go down to take a few photos of the runners …
Things haven’t changed all that much really….
A few years ago our office in Tilbury closed and lots of old stuff was thrown out and some was archived into various shipping containers which can still be found on various of our sites. When we moved out I rescued a number of old books of photographs from one of the previous containers …
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Exercise is supposed to make you happy?
Having a bit of a go at getting fit and losing a few lbs. Its going okay - helped on by a static bike at home, a decent-ish (but rather squeaky at the moment) road bike and my new smartphone using a runkeeper app. Having done some cycling for the last few weeks and as …
Mobiles saga update
Okay. So when I got back from golf this morning I gave Phones4u a call and got the answer I anticipated 'no sir, it is not possible for any of the texts of the o2 account upgrade could have affected your old phone' so there we go. They did say it should be repairable under the warranty …
Bother with mobiles
So here's the thing. Daughter has an LG Cookie touch screen phone. Very nice and does the job. Not looked after well (she is 12 after all) and screen bit scratched. Phone is on an O2 simplicity monthly contract for £20 a month. Daughters birthday next month. Has been saying she wanted a decent digital …
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