message query for today we went for a walk

Vegan lasagne

Who'd have thought you could make vegan lasagne? Went for a dinner party last night, very sophisticated, round at Dom and Jen's. Dom and Dean made lasagne for the main course for everybody, with a vegan friendly roast vegetable lasagne for me, and it...
Rated 3.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w...

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure

Hope 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 ...

Pasta and sauce confusion

Got some pasta and sauce to microwave for lunch, really had nothing else left. Instructions say:1 Place 400ml of cold water and the contents of the packet into a non metallic bowl and stir2 Cover and microwave on full power for 5 1/2 minutes3 Halfway...

That one's a bit small so we've not been to see it

We did go see a three bed place | Whitstable Road] right across the road from there that was nice, but also a bit small really. That's right on a really busy road and there's no other access to it, so [[http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10835/10835/Today%...

Flood-tastic

Here's today's walk to work:That's not a stream or anything, just rain water.Operation Stack still in effect, lots of people were held up on their way in here today....

Google Maps hacks

I'm sure you've checked out Saturday's walk around Canterbury by now, I've merged in the photos that I took along the way now too. Involved a bit of a hack really, Flickr offers a geocoded feed of my photos, and will let me narrow that down to say ju...

Today's walk around Canterbury

OK, not all walking, we got the bus to Canterbury, and the GPS kept the signal all the way as you can see... if you zoom in on Canterbury itself (which I'll try and do automatically I think) you can see where we walked. got some pictures to upload to...

Short weekend

Where did that go then? I'm sure I was only at work an hour or so ago and now it's time to go back again... Tired today, had quite an action packed weekend that just went too fast. Started off with work drinks in Trashford, a couple in the Phoenix (S...

What rugby?

You forgot to bless the boot didn't you... A good game anyway, and we did well to get to the final. Perhaps an iffy decision on that disallowed try, but perhaps not.A good day yesterday too, just for a change we had lunch in Wagamama in Canterbury, b...

Today we went for a walk

A bit of a nature ramble, looking for wild mushrooms. Didn't find any, but we did see this sign:We did not touch anything, so it neither exploded, nor killed us....

And now I'm aching

I have monster back pain today, I don't think it's the day-after-the-day-after effect from our walk to Hythe though, as I was fine when I got up. Possibly I've just twisted, though more likely it's sheer weight of work, I'm working on a big old redes...

Ooh lightning strike!

No trains from Folkestone for the forseeable, because of a lighting strike over night, we do get all the action here don't we. They can't put on any replacement busses until after the school run as they're all in use. I'm getting a lift in today so I...

Louise Daniels, by email:

I think the way the dolphin is being treated is absolutely disgraceful!!!! People have no consideration for the dolphin and are purely out for self gain to say �they swam with a dolphin!� I think it�s so selfish! The fate for solitary dolphins is alw...

Do these look poisonous or what?

I saw tonnes of them today.In other wildlife news, seeing lots and lots and lots of rabbits near work at the moment, because I'm walking by their field around dusk, when they are quite bold. Also I saw a massive massive rat in Folkestone, when Clare ...

Luncheon fiasco

Bah, forgot my lunch today, all I remembered was the fruit component. There are no shops within walking distance, and though there are vending machines here at work, one stole my money and failed to deliver my crisps the other day, so not sure about ...

It is all work work work

Really enjoyed my first week in the new job, it's a great place and a good crowd. And I'm not just writing this in case anyone there remembered the url from my CV and decides to investigate at some point. I even achieved something in my first week, I...

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Interesting pop chart changes afoot, now downloads are eligible for the chart even if there is no corresponding CD single available. As this is a relatively new technology, changes are happening all the time I'm sure, but this is quite a meaty one. W...

Happy actual new year

Ours was very good, all went according to plan.Back at work today, seemingly for a one off so got a regular day ticket, that's thirty seven pounds fifty I won't see again. Happy new price rises South Eastern Trains! Plus I needed two goes on the tube...

Did all my links break?

Bah, can anyone see any of the embedded videos below? What did I do? And then all the videos came back...What I did do today is walk up to the out of town Sainsbury's on a quest for Coke Zero, as no-one in town has it... also tried to sign up at a de...
Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Welcome to Miami!

Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M...

All mine all mine

James Herbertesque sort of weather today, very foggy at home, and all the way into London... makes things seem a bit quieter, I wonder if the fog is really absorbing sound...Great weekend, tiring though, I could do with being asleep right now. After ...

Rated 7.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Starbucks delayed until July

Further to my earlier comments about Starbucks, today's Herald has it that the store won't be opening until July now... do you think we put them off with the comments here? It also says in the paper that the Ciro Citterio store opposite Debenhams is ...
Rated 6.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Portentous

Strange air about the world today - it's a fabulous day here in London, but the light and atmosphere feel a bit WEIRD. Could be that I've headed into town half an hour later than normal, or an actual armageddon could be on the way. Came into Cannon S...

Boing Boing: Yahoo: if you use our ads, you have to block non-US visitors

Thanks to Pid for this odd piece about yahoo ads. Yahoo have their own "publisher network", like Google's adsense, bloggers can earn money by putting some ad space on their site. BUT, Yahoo say you must notdisplay all or part of the Ad Unit to any us...

What a day to stop getting the tube

OK I stopped getting the tube last week, but yesterday was travelcard renewal day, and I got just the train part and no tube, saving me fifty quid! But it's booting it down at rain, so I've hd to put my big coat on. Then at Cannon Street the rain had...

Weekend review

I did a massive amount of driving at the weekend, borrowed a car and went to Bluewater. We hit some insane rain on the M20 and had to pull over until we could see again. It feels like the sort of place I ought to go "oh no, we had to go to Bluewater"...

Does this look like a helicopter landing pad?

Smooth commute in today, and same as last night, I walked between the mainline station and the office. If I do this every day it'll save me 50 quid a month! And Clare's doing it too, so that's 100 quid a month. And we're getting a bit of exercise wit...

Someone spotted the pattern of Thursdays then

Every point of my journey through London was crawling with police today, nice one, I saw them ticketing someone for something at Cannon Street station too. Possibly not for suicide bombing though, it all appeared to be quite calm. Even the mountain b...

Mushroom Magic

Double bill of mushrooms today, a WHOPPER of a wild bracket mushroom spotted right outside our flat for starters. Not actually eating starters, it doesn't look like it's an edible one to me, but I will go off, look it up and come back and change this...