19 October 2008
Holiday Pictures
I’ve added some pictures from my recent holiday in Poole. There are some landscape pictures but the vast most are from a day trip to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. As a motor car fan, this was the highlight of the holiday for me – getting up close to …
9 September 2008
Formula 1 and the FIA
Sometimes I am left wondering just what sport is coming to, with an ever increasing political nature – both in politicians trying to get into the ‘feel good’ factor created by sport (and as witnessed recently at the Olympics after TeamGB’s record medal haul) and also with the increasingly political …
11 August 2008
Karting and the Saxo
Well after a manic week after the decision was taken to prepare a new Saxo for racing this year, everything seemed to cold slowly and we got no further than stripping out the donor car. As yet no clear route for racing next year has been decided which is a …
28 March 2008
Long days and late nights again….
After two hard years helping a local racing team (MVRacing) running a race prepared Citroen Saxo VTR in the Saxmax junior racing championship, the team took the decision to not race this year as there was no budget available. This wasn’t helped by a very difficult year last year when …
13 March 2008
Joy Across America – a road trip in a 1904 Oldsmobile
I’ve nearly finished creating a new website for a friend and local motor sport enthusiast Joy Rainey. This time it is to promote her latest ‘mad’ adventure of driving from San Francisco to New York in a 1904 Oldsmobile. The website is built around the excellent WordPress blogging software with a …
12 February 2008
When does 2 for £2 really mean 2 for £3
The answer is when you are Tesco.
Whilst shopping at my local Tesco yesterday, I saw what was an excellent offer on the shelf-edge labels and barkers (the larger shelf edge point of sale) - 2 boxes of Quaker Oats Granola (including premium) for £2 when 1 box of Premium Granola usually …
25 January 2008
Credit to Warner Bros
The movie business is cut-throat so at sad times like the recent death of Heath Ledger, credit is due to Warner Brothers who have made their Batman: The Dark Knight website a simple tribute to Heath (who plays the Joker). This at a time when the studio would normally be …
22 January 2008
Whats up with Actors and Drugs?
Last week was the sad news that promising young actor Brad Renfro (The Client, Sleepers, The Bully) had been found dead with many websites highlighting his battles with drink and drugs. Today we get more bad news that Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I hate about You, Knights Tale) has been found …