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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…
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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 Archived comments These comments are preserved from the original Blogger page. Only the times shown there are available; comment dates were not recorded on the page. sally in norfolk Original displayed time:…
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4 Everests in 22 days….
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…
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A long days walk…..
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…
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Ebay hot properties….
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! Labels: ebay peterborough house Archived comments These comments are preserved from the original Blogger page. Only the times…
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Silva Pedometer / Step counter Instruction Setup
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). I’m now on my third one. The internal pendelum seems to only last a million steps, which for me is about a years walking or…
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Bloggers Brunched
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…
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Bloggers Brunch at the MIPAA
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 a…
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Tesco in Arizona America – No British food here please!
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 &…
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Experimenting in Dubai
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…