Apparently Clarins are going to be opening up a huge beauty centre / skin spa adjacent to John Lewis in Cambridge in about 6 weeks. The showers alone cost £26,000 each.
Today they were offering free massages in exchange for your address etc. Pretty enjoyable few minutes although not a patch on one off Sallys ones sallyinnorfolk.com
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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 I have 60 years of data to add 🙂 ), better navigation, higher google ranking and with all the cool features that I have added to Sally’s site for a much lower cost.
My biggest concern is that we can maintain all the existing links to the blog archives and my Les Gets page.
Hopefully by the end of October it will be sorted………
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 my pass 🙂
10:30 Swimming at Jesus Green followed by celebratory drink.
11:30 Walk to Grantchester and lunch at The Orchard
15:00 Punting on upper river (weather permitting).
19:30 See Taming of the Shrew in the gardens of St Johns College (Queens Road entrance).
22.30 Drinks at my place.
I’m not sure when THE cake will appear 🙂
No presents please only your presence..
Please leave a comment here or text/call me on 0797 1428715 if you might be coming to any of the events.
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nothing will stop me from being at all of the events x x x
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Geoff, I’d love to join you for the walk, lunch, punt etc. What is the situation regarding car parking outside your house for the day?
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Ellee, on Saturday you can park in the office car park at the back of the house. Turn into Cambridge Place by Domino’s Pizza place – or let the train take the strain..
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Wow, I am starting to love this country more and more! They hand out free bus passes when you turn 40??!!!! Fantastic! I look forward to seeing you at one of the stages of that great day. Caren xx
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Geoff, thanks for the invitation. I’d love to join you for the swimming (unless its horribly cold) and maybe for the Shakespeare (I’ll investigate) and party afterwards. I’ll try to get Hephzibah to come to either or both.
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I’d love to, Geoff but sadly must decline due to geographical location. Have a wonderful time and many happy returns.
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Geoff, definitely count Stephen and I in for the Shakespeare.
Don’t forget it’s his 50th the night before and we would so love it if you and Sally could come to his party. His band will be playing so you can dance the night away, I know you’ll have heaps of fun.
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Over 60 – then when do we get to play bingo – only joking. Would love to join you for the walk and lunch.
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I would of loved to have been there to meet you but unfortunately not possible…but I hope you have a fantastic birthday. I’m sure you will. :-). Of all the weekends for you to disappear to Malta it had to be this one. I am in Cambridge tomorrow for my nieces 21st birthday. But a great country you have gone to and one very close to my heart…my father and his family came from Malta, Hamrun near Valetta.
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All looks good – apart from the swim which I think I’ll miss.
I’ll get my own Shakespeare ticket – hmm – I saw that fairly recently… –
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I thought you had published a new post, oh well, one day soon…
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 only manage half a length (50 yards) Bernard however managed a stunning 13 lengths and lived to tell the tale. Since then the water temperature has been slowly increasing with my fingers progressively getting less frozen. Today at 20 degrees I managed my 10 lengths without any white finger at all.
Yesterday one of the of duty lifeguards offered to do my timings for me. So today with their stopwatch they timed my 10 lengths. In true geek fashion here is the result:-
Total time was 27mins 9secs for 1000 yards. Will be interesting to see how this varies during the next couple of months.
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…hard core swimmers…
Mind boggles. You’re a machine, Geoff, with those sorts of times.
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Well Geoff is a superman, nothing he does surprises me 😉
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 £19.95 + VAT and the cable was 4.50 + VAT
All is working fine. No doubt we will get some youtube video’s in due course……
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Did the Presario have firewire ports on the front and back of the machine?
I’m trying to hook my Sony DV cam up to the Compaq and I’m getting nothing.
Oh, found your blog through Google, searching on Presario, Firewire and Sony
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Hi daz71. The Presario didn’t have firewire that is why we had to purchase the plugin card as I detailed in the post.
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The ONLY way of getting video in from the camera is through the firewire. The USB on the camcorder is a fraud in that respect.
Now at Stansted airport waiting for the flight to Nice where I
finished the GR5 nine months ago.
This evening Sally and I will get the 6.30 ferry to Calvi and then a
taxi to the start of the GR20 in Calenzana.
Will be very interesting to see how 5miles of walking can take all
day! & whether it is a lot more difficult than the GR5.
My bag at Stansted weighed 8kg which included the terra nova laser
tent and some food. Well pleased with that.
Not sure if this 3 phone will get a data connection in France but
hopefully Sally will be moblogging the walk on
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Geoff Jones
http://www.geoffjones.com
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Geoff, it’s wet and grey here today, hope you are both having a great time.
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sally in norfolk
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It will be sorted… 🙂 🙂
Then you will be blogging again…
Michael
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Yes, I expect it can be done more easily than you think. Will you go for a change of design too? M