Republishing
Have now disconnected the ftp publishing of this blog to geoffjones.com/blogger.html and made it publish to geoffsnewnewold.blogspot.com, with the intention that I can import all the last 4 years of entries to my new wordpress blog.
The journal
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The end is nigh..
At last I might be getting this site sorted out so that I can update it easier and improve the navigation. I have posted a request on rentacoder to upgrade the site to wordpress so the site will be in php rather than html. This will enable me to have a much bigger website (well […]
My coming of age parties…
On Saturday July 28th I finally come off age. That is the age when you get free bus tickets, 30% of rail travel and 10% of ski passes. Everyone is welcome to join me at one or more of the following places on the big day. 09:00 In line at Cambridge railway station to collect […]
Jesus Green swimming.
I have been a regular swimmer at Jesus Green outdoor pool for several years. This year, for me, it is turning into a real social club with our small group of hard core swimmers. I was first in at the official opening but not for long with the water temperature at 12 degrees I could […]
Sony Handycam to Compaq Presario
Having spent a good while trying to sort out how to connect Tony’s camera up. Here is the way we chose. Tony had a Sony DCR-HC37E Handycam and a Compaq Presario V5000 we bought a 2port Firewire express Card ModelX2200 from DirectUSB store and a 4pin to 6pin firewire cable part UE5B1. The card cost […]
On our way to Corsica
Now at Stansted airport waiting for the flight to Nice where Ifinished the GR5 nine months ago.This evening Sally and I will get the 6.30 ferry to Calvi and then ataxi to the start of the GR20 in Calenzana. Will be very interesting to see how 5miles of walking can take allday! & whether it […]
A trip around Cambridge and me….
After receiving a 10,000 word missive from some anonymous plonker with no name I have now turned off anonymous comments. Especially for the plonker and maybe other more enlightened readers who may not know me. I can offer the following:- After visiting the oldest museum in Cambridge The Sedgewick, yesterday I am a reaffirmed total […]
Indian head Masasge
Just had my first Indian Head Massage the VideoJug way :- Adblock VideoJug: How To Do An Indian Head Massage Many thanks Sally
60 year old walks across the Alps on the GR5 trail
More interesting statistics from my GR5 walk across The Alps last year:- GR5 Data from Memory Map Date Place Ascent (m) Descent (m) Distance (km) Time Av.Gradient 02/09/06 Saint Gingolph 03/09/06 La Chapelle 1929 1306 14.9 05:53 22% 04/09/06 De Chesery 1750 764 17.5 06:04 14% 05/09/06 Samoen 500 1700 19.8 11% 06/09/06 Les Gets […]