Archive for January, 2010
Togo nonsense and Taiwanese malt
January 31st, 2010You know we live in a crazy world when you are shot at and then fined and banned for your resultinginability to continue life normally. The Togo football team were ambushed on January 10th by gunmen in Angolo before the start of the African cup of nations. As a result thy decided to step away […]
signs of …
January 29th, 2010Matthew Parris in Times has recently been grinding on one of my biggest bug bears - street furniture. Particularly as a cyclist the amount of ’stuff’ placed in the street with the intentionof protecting pedestrians is shabby. I was looking through some photos of Cheam through the years and the place is so improved by […]
Mud and twigs 2
January 26th, 2010Rode some of the rides in my local woods again the other day and it again it was like riding through porridge. The trails are thick with mud. I spent much of the time feeling as though i was traveling sideways. This has its moments but when usual fly trails are more of a thigh […]
Recent stumblings
January 24th, 2010Amongst my recent stumblings while wandering the highways has been Llewtube - car pool. The basic tenet here is that Robert Llewellyn (of Red dwarf fame) has someone in his car and interviews (talks to) them while making a journey. The result can at time be most amusing, while at others more humdrum. The guests […]
Thom Yorke and Gilles Peterson
January 21st, 2010I know Gilles Peterson has had a radio show on radio One for years and i used to be a regular listener, but it has only been the last few months that i have returned to listen each week. This weeks show is a great listen as Thom Yorke is co-hosting. Now i am no […]
Mud and branches
January 19th, 2010I rode to work for the first time since before Christmas yesterday and nearly died. No dooubt the Christmas excess has something to do with the feeling of choking my lungs up. Give me some oxygen the cried as i clung to a tree wheezing like an elderly asthmatic. Little did i know that the […]
MEDICI - OFF MY RADAR
January 16th, 2010Until recently the MEDICI were completely off my radar, that was at least until Andrew Graham-Dixon’s great programme ‘ The Medici: Makers of Modern Art’. I had not realised just how much impact the MEDICI have had on our every day life, let alone the art world. These are the original money men. They were […]
Terns as it turns out
January 14th, 2010Which animal can possibly claim to be the most amazing athlete. Well shockingly Arctic Terns have emerged as the leading contender with their 70000 km annual migration. Yes, seventy thousand kilonmitres. Scientists tracked their journey for the first time and were amazed at the extent of their travel. It was discovered that the birds RESTED […]
noticin.gs
January 11th, 2010I stumbled upon noticings in much the same way you stumble across the content of noticings. This is a website of strange and peculiar items, sights and visuals people have stumbled across in their wanderings. this is a treasure trove for people like me (whatever that may be). It is the chance encounters with random […]
Late night sledging.
January 9th, 2010Went late night sledging last night and it was a blast. Bouyed by the daylight experience on my sons sled i snaffled it along with a head torch and a stack of layers of clothes and headed to our nearest steep hill (end of the road - 10m away). Whereas we had had to dodge […]
Snow onions, pigs and elephants.
January 6th, 2010
I long for snow days. Theres a miriad of reasons why. Not least of these is the prospect of seeing the world completely different for a few days. The other is of some snow play time. I studied art at collecge and it is the one time of the year […]