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After doing my warming up exercises for the GR20 at the weekend with Sally. I thought it might be interesting to have another look at my GR5 walk last year. Day 7 was one of my longer days. I left the excellent Chalet de Nant Borrant (1460m) at 07.45. By 10.43 I was atop Col […]
Some people sell their private islands on ebay. Others, like my son, try and sell their house in Peterborough on ebay. Thanks to Loic for the link to the island and Nick for the link to the house!
For those that are like me and can never find instruction manuals. Here is the setup sheet for the Silva Step Counter (56012) , Pedometer (56013) and Pedometer Plus (56014). Click on the image to get the full size. I’m now on my third one. The internal pendulum seems to only last a million steps, […]
I managed to present my little talk at the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association. About 28 folks there split 50/50 so no sex bias in PR. It was well received although I don’t think many of those present were totally convinced! Heather had set up the meeting well, initially in a horseshoe format then dividing […]
Tomorrow I will be on a panel with Ellee and Simon at the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association “Our first ever Bloggers’ Brunch brings together a number of bloggers from the world of PR and journalism to help you discover the potential – and pitfalls – of this innovative new communications technique” I have made […]
Here is the latest on Tesco’s bid to make the USA a healthy country. Text courtesy of The Arizona Republic “The minisupermarkets, dubbed Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, will begin to open late this year in the Phoenix area and other Western cities. Tim Mason, Tesco USA chief executive officer, officially announced the Fresh & […]
Now in Dubai for a week staying with Nick. Nick was showing me his latest blog using the multi user version of WordPress. Here is a link to my first post on a blog that I created on his domain. In fact you can have thousands of blogs hanging of that domain. This could be […]
A most amazing dynamic map showing the spread of major religions over past 5000 years in 90secs of video . its interesting to see how religions always appear to start at the fringe of an existing religions zone of influence.
Here is a really neat product:- “Never worry about changing batteries again. This unique smoke detector screws into any ceiling light fixture and operates off your home electricity. Reinstall the light bulb into the alarm, and now you’ve got a light source and smoke alarm in one! Recharges itself every time you turn the light […]
Today French Telecom finally fixed my line in the Les Gets exchange. So after around 20 days, endless phone calls and employing the services of Bernard at Kankoo Informatique in Morzine to pester France Telecom into submission I now have a 1MB ADSL line working in the apartment. And more good news – the snow […]