Thomas Heatherwick is the designer of the Olympic Cauldron, the new “Boris buses” the Rolling bridge at Paddington Basin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cThlVT62_E and he is now working on a Garden Bridge for pedestrians crossing the Thames near Waterloo. “With a structure that widens and narrows across its span, the elevated garden will not only be a safe… Continue reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYyYvjghmvs Fargo – the TV Series is starting on FX in April and Channel 4 will be broadcasting after. Looks good! Continue reading

Really sweet film shot by Tatia Pillieva, of twenty strangers kissing for the first time. Continue reading

K & I finished the first season of House of Cards last night. We both really enjoyed it, its a bit of a slow burner but once it gets going it really good. Kevin Spacey is fantastic as the devious, manipulative congressman Frank Underwood and Robyn wright is fantastic as his cold, Conflicted wife. Well… Continue reading

Look at Emma’s frisbee throwing face! The weather has been lovely this weekend. Sun was out and the temperature rose to a balmy 15°. We went for a little poodle on the bikes (knee was ok!) and had a game of frisbee. Spring is here!! Continue reading

I have seen the Consultant today, the fracture is healed and apart from some physio I am now discharged! In further Knee News I had a letter from the solicitor this week which enclosed a copy of a letter from the insurers whose client is the lady who hit me. In which she had stated… Continue reading

Booked tickets with the Stobbarts to see Jimi Goodwin playing the Arts Centre in Colchester on May 22nd whoop whoop! Album is out March 24th – double whoop whoop! Continue reading

Brian Egan Fantastic shot of last nights Aurora Borealis at Cley windmill in Norfolk where we stayed last year. The solar storm which was apparently the most spectacular display for 20 years, reached as far south as Essex (so wish I’d seen it!). Continue reading

I was hoping to go to back to work next week as my knee, although still stiff and a bit sore, feels much improved. However, I had an appointment with the Orthopedic Consultant this week to see the results of the CT scan I had a couple of weeks ago. Firstly, he asked where my… Continue reading

Had a great weekend in London with the Corkys. First, we went to the Thames Barrier Park. Where the Girls had a runaround and a play in the park. Emma took this pic of Liane and Livvy in the cafe. Next we went to West India Quay to the Museum of London Which I can… Continue reading

Fascinating Animation of the storms coming across the Atlantic Ocean and hitting the UK, Spain, France and Portugal. Continue reading

Came across this link from Kottke pointing to a collection of photos showing how the previous Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg and his team changed some of the streets in the City. As Kottke quite rightly says “Constructing our cities around cars is one of the biggest mistakes of the 20th century and we’re… Continue reading

Came across this link from Kottke pointing to a collection of photos showing how the previous Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg and his team changed some of the streets in the City. As Kottke quite rightly says “Constructing our cities around cars is one of the biggest mistakes of the 20th century and we’re… Continue reading

K Put unleaded in our diesel car yesterday.I phoned The AA and they quoted me £224 to drain the tank and change the filter! I phoned our usual mechanic and he said he could do it for less than half that. So we opted for a tow. 3½ hours later they turned up I was… Continue reading

K & I have been “The Following” obsessed. We are currently working our way through Season 1 box set and season 2 has just started on Fox. The story centres on Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) and his attempts to recapture serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) following the his escape from prison. Hardy discovers that… Continue reading

So gutted to hear of Hoffmans death he was a fantastic actor, its a terrible shame. Although he was known and rewarded for serious film roles such as Capote. One of my strongest memories of him is when he played Sandy Lyle, friend to Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) in Along Came Polly. It just shows… Continue reading

10 years old – but I do love it! Continue reading

An Orthopedic Consultant had a good look at my knee and it turns out I’ve got a non-displaced fracture of the tibia which explains why its still swollen and sore. So, I’m not in plaster or anything and he’s reccomended I go back to using crutches so I’m not bearing too much weight on it.… Continue reading

Off to hospital now for a scan of my knee – I’m a bit scared! 🙁 Continue reading

I’ve been signed off work for another week so its been a moochy weekend. We watched Oliver! the musical on DVD on Saturday. Emma really enjoyed it and so did I, I used to love watching that when I was a kid. Yesterday we went to see a panto, “little red Riding Hood” at the… Continue reading

Seeing as I’ve been off I’ve been giving the blog a rub down and a coat of paint. Let me know what you think. Continue reading

Seeing as I’ve been off I’ve been giving the blog a rub down and a coat of paint. Let me know what you think. Continue reading

STILL off work, knee still swollen although it has gone down a bit. I went to see a physiotherapist on Wednesday and she has referred me for an appointment with an Orthopedist to have an MRI scan to see if I’ve got any ligament damage. I can walk (hobble) without the crutches now but I… Continue reading

Booked up a couple of trips for this year. We’ve booked ten days in Austria in May staying at Haus Hepi in Obertraun and also a couple of nights in Salzburg for us and dad and we’ve also booked a weeks camping at the Aberafon campsite which is right on the beach of the Llyn… Continue reading

Cycling home on Thursday night, the second time I had been out on my bike since my last accident. I was going through the mini-roundabout just down the road from our house when a car having slowed down for the roundabout drove straight into me knocking me off and then just for good measure drove… Continue reading

At last! I cycled to work yesterday taking the non hilly route through the back roads and my knee wasnt too bad. Still a bit sore and pretty tight but its slowly improving. Continue reading

I’m so glad we were able to meet up with the Lavery’s last week. It was great to see you guys. Hope you enjoyed you last few days and that you had a good flight back X Continue reading

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