2008-05-18BST06:22:01Check out Canterbury Whole Foods while you still canThe cafe above Canterbury Whole Foods is going to be under new management in a couple of weeks, so if you want to try the existing vegetarian + vegan cafe as it is now, you'd better hurry.We visited on Saturday for the first time in an age; on our la... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11274/Check+out+Canterbury+Whole+Foods+while+you+still+can">Rated 4.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-15BST01:39:36So was that the summer then?In the interest of being able to read back on this in years to come and reminisce about what was going on, I should have said something about the weather recently I think. But, I blinked, and it's gone now. Got a barbecue lined up for this Saturday, ... 2008-05-09BST07:41:57Our actual first day in Key WestI realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar... 2008-03-24GMT11:57:27Mighty Easter weekender, with The CureHope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ... 2008-01-06GMT07:18:44Where we walked yesterdayNot very far, but if you click through you can track me yesterday. We got the bus to Canterbury and the GPS was turned off on the bus so the whole route isn't plotted, still playing about with my mapping. Just posted some photos of our walk to Capel ... 2007-11-23GMT08:54:57Captain JackI got a ticketmaster email today to tell me John Barrowman is playing Portsmouth Guildhall... doing what? Acting out scenes from Doctor Who, or a medley of songs from his West End showdays? Intriguing, I might go if it was local. And if it wasn £27. ... 2007-11-18GMT06:21:59Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.Splendid weekend, a bit different this time, starting off with a half day on Friday. I headed to Winchester to meet up with some friends, and really needed the extra time to make the most of the night. Clare stayed home watching Children in Need afte... 2007-11-12GMT02:27:28Fullsome weekenderWell I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c... 2007-10-16BST07:28:10Rugby, RESULTWhat a great game and result on Saturday! we started off as usual with a trip to Canterbury, where there was a local food fair on, with stalls and demonstrations and things, and lots of local food producers in attendance. Got some bread and some plan... 2007-10-03BST03:22:30Folkestone bullet train trialA micro-writeup and picture here in the Evening SubStandard on the high speed rail link. Yeah baby, we'll soon be only 63 minutes away from the stinking metropolis.yourshepway.co.uk also has the story here, The site of the Hitachi High Speed Rail dep... 2007-09-21BST06:16:52Site's been away for a few hoursMaybe it's still away now, maybe you can't read this, maybe no-one reads this anyway, whatever, the site has been away for a few hours because the hosting company have moved me onto another machine because I was getting too many hits and that.Funny o... 2007-08-14BST07:27:17Party weekendBah, I wrote this out once already and closed the browser by mistake... had kind of a busy week at work, that's got to be a good thing, but it's meant not really any time for writing here in the day time, and some days have seen me concentrating on s... 2007-07-22BST08:30:00Reporting from the Lake District (being the fourth part of my two week holiday write up)More photos up now, but here's a bit of video we did.We were originally going to go for a proper cottage for our stay in the Lake District, but I'm so glad we settled on the apartment in Keswick we originally went for. It was nice, all the mod cons, ... 2007-06-06BST01:39:13Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?)First off, huge trouble at the quiz at The Ship last night - the wife and I were on different teams, as we had friends with us. It was looking like Clare's team was going to walk the mini quiz with a straight ten out of ten, and we'd got one wrong, s... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10279/Up+to+our+HIPs+%28geddit%3F%21%3F%21%3F%29"><img alt="Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?)" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2725960762_8a049d3d31_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10279/Up+to+our+HIPs+%28geddit%3F%21%3F%21%3F%29">Rated 6.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-05-15BST01:06:21Canterbury weekenderHad such a great weekend, it's taken me days to recover, and I've not fully gathered my thoughts. I'm in danger of forgetting everything though, so It's time to blat out a mini review.Friday started how all our Fridays used to start, with a trip to C... 2007-05-12BST10:19:03Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10212/Wagamama+today">Rated 7.45/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-04-28BST11:46:39Boom shake the room!Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and... 2007-04-25BST09:11:23Even I'm getting bored of the man with no face nowNo posting for five days, even though I'm sure I've had things to say, just been a bit busy. Interesting things that have happened include;* A suspicious fire near work in Hythe, a new development of flats was arsoned, not found this n the online new... 2007-03-12GMT12:36:20Beer: not badMy homebrew was not bad at all, not 100% clear, but brown and smelled and tasted of beer, so can't complain. Was a little bit malty for my taste, but I can fis that when I start on a proper recipe and really mess things up.All in all had a very nice ... 2007-01-03GMT05:09:04Back in blogReading: The Last Bus Home. Yes, we watched "This Life +10" last night, and it was a bit rubbish. I didn't watch all of This Life the first time round, I'd just moved to London and was really sharing a house on the south bank with some barristers, I ... 2006-12-01GMT10:51:40It's a dealBeen too busy with work, so missed if this was in the Herald or not, but according to ickent Mr DeHann and Mr Godden have done a deal for the seafront land! This is great! I think!ROGER De Haan and Jimmy Godden have done a deal for the seafront at Fo... 2006-09-12BST06:25:48One night in Paris*So we hit Paris at the weekend, and we'd only been there a matter of minutes before Paris hit me. Friday, very early morning Eurostar, but nice, as it was from Ashford, which is just up the road from us. So no need to head into London, or even to get... 2006-08-29BST07:35:28How am I letting this slip now I have *more* time on my hands..?Is that another week with nothing to say? Been a bit busy with all the eating and drinking and partying surrounding the wedding. Never mind the happy couple, let's have a picture of Clare and I looking all scrubbed up:Can I remember precisely what I'... 2006-07-24BST01:15:29Busy beeBit busy with things to update this week, sorry all. Had a lovely weekend, including a rare Friday night out to Harveys and Skuba, and then a fabulous spontaneous huge night out on Saturday too. Sunday went to Samphire Hoe and took a walk along Dover... 2006-06-12BST01:14:06Another action packed weekenderThe new computer est arrivé! Had no time to play with it yet as it's been such a busy weekend, and so had no time to get pictures off the camera yet, so my weekend diarisation and explanation is without illustration so far, sorry (see pictures by my ... 2006-06-01BST03:59:36Day of new technologyStill no joy from the little computer, so not seen the last episodes of Lost yet. Connected Clare's PSP up to the computer for the very first time yesterday, and converted the episodes to the right format (with thanks to this how to from Engadget) an... 2006-04-16BST05:41:24Tiring weekender...Knackered today, just had a great dinner at The Jackdaw (though with a slight service hiccup) and now we're spending the afternoon chilling before heading back to Chambers for more beer festival action.Started the weekend sedately enough, stayed in a... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8129/Tiring+weekender..."><img alt="Tiring weekender..." src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0001P1BOI.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8129/Tiring+weekender...">Rated 5.91/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-02-22GMT01:12:23What was I going to say?Was busy when I came in this morning so I have forgotten the things I had lined up for today's "entry". Perhaps it was a gripe about the quality of signal from our new sky freesat box - it was far worse than the signal we're getting via the inbuilt f... 2005-10-10BST02:31:06Lovely weekend, thanks for askingHad a few beers on Friday night in The Coal Hole on The Strand, a few more more than the one I intended, but great to see people. Was running late (having put the popex redesign mostly live), so had to get a cab there from work. It's stupid but I fel... 2005-10-03BST12:15:00Ace weekendTook a road trip to Fareham to visit the family this weekend, borrowing Clare's dad's car. No problems getting there, though it's not a drive I've done myself before, up the M20, round the M25 and then down the A3. The A3 near the Devil's Punchbowl w...