A thought I had today ( Read more... )

 And today I got to achieve one of my Daddy ambitions in which both Izzy and Al caught actual waves. Two full size bodyboards, and me in the sea to line them up and launch them and then yell 'LEAN FORWARD...' until they both face planted and then suddenly there are my kids zooming off, one then the other, on little foamy waves until they are out of ( Read more... )

That is the second time on the trot I have arranged to go on an ad-hoc surfing trip several days in advance and been greeted by flawless weather and nice clean small (therefore rideable and not scary) surf. It pissed with rain all across Exmoor and then magically turned into an almost windless summer day as I drove down the hill to Woolacombe. May ( Read more... )

 Not mine this time. Izzy has managed to ride her bike without stabilisers for the first time today, so I am very proud. By the end of half an hour she was tearing round Tesco's car park like she'd been doing it for, well, months at least.

Burnham Tri, 1:09:52.

Rather unexpected as that is about 2:30 quicker than last year when I was training for Wimbleball but it is nice to come in a few seconds inside a significant time rather than outside it for once

The latest pearl of wisdom from our glorious leaders in these times of trouble is this. Apparently after putting £15 Bn available to the banks to lend out, the government now feels qualified to comment on how they should be handling the interest rate setting policy. Never mind that the banks have some huge amount well over £1000 Bn out on loan to ( Read more... )

As I walked in to work yesterday I suddenly realised that about 70% of people I was walking past had earphones in their ears. None of them were doing anything stupid like blocking the path or anything like that, they were just isolating themselves from the world. I am sure there is something fundamental and profound that will come from most people ( Read more... )

My pet subject again, government and its dishonest approach to finances ( Read more... )

Have got heartily sick of facebook and its plethora of silly applications which all do the same thing. Am now going to stick to using it as a photo repository only unless I can find some other use for it

Don't often post web chuckles but this one was irresistable. Don't tell me someone at the Beeb didn't know what they were doing with the caption for the picture in this...