In one of the random email I get from my family I have been sent this. My Family live in Dorset near Bridport, there is a hill on outskirts Bridport called Colmers Hill. During WWI it was used as a firing range and you can still find spend rounds on it if you dig around….
Category: General
The Fires of Pompeii
Well I hate to admit that I was wrong, but it looks like Catherine Tate is not going to the be the next Bonnie Langford in Dr. Who. After that terrible Christmas Special that she was in it looks like she may shape up to be a good assistant for the Doctor. This weekend however…
Red Kites
Water heater woes
So as you may have read in my previous posting “A very British Earthquake” I have a bad sensor on my water heater, this is ment to detect leaks, but mine has an additional function of sensing Earthqukes. Now my water heater is right over my washing machine and this has ment for the last…
A very british Earthquke
Today I experienced my very first earthquake! I live around 30 miles NW of London in the foothills of the Chiltens a very green and pleasant arear. Nothing ever happens, no extreme weather or anything. So there I was lying in bed trying to get to sleep listening to an audio book (The 5th Elephant),…
Blue Monday
Ok, well it is here again. The most depressing day of the year. Like the sound of an elephant dedicating the bill plop through the letter box, the weather is dull and miserable, and there is less light than the glove box of an Austin Allegro. To top all of this off my normal 30…
A New Year, a new hope
Well another new year has begun, and this year I made 2 new years resolutions, first I will try and add more to my blog, who know I may even keep this one. The second is that I will not make silly new years resolutions that I will never keep. Whats happening in the world…
No really I am back!
Perhaps my last post was a bit premature, but from now on I will make an effort to keep this a little more up-to-date. Over the past few weeks I have been really busy with my work at Pipex Hosting. After years at 1&1 I had forgotten what it was like to be happy at…
The Speed of Time
Have you ever noticed that time goes faster when your enjoying your self! Also time seems to go faster when your really busy and have deadlines to meet. Well I have been in a rush to get some work done and the time has just flown by. I work for a large German Hosting company…
Fog
So it is Monday again! So the long Drive from Bridport to Slough beckons. Normally leaving at 04:30 in the morning is not a problem and will get me in to work before 8, not today though. The weather conspired to make my journey a dangerous and difficult drive, I am used to driving in…