Month: April 2007

  • 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…

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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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  • 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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  • 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!

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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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  • 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). 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,…

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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 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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