Archives for the 'life' Category
a brief trip away
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
The weekend before last I took myself on a brief excurtion to the Isle of Arran. I cycled around the perimeter of the island – easily done in only a few hours. The results are here:
England fever
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
After a 6 week gap, I visited Bristol at the weekend. I suffered hay fever for the first time this season I suffered a lot of people displaying flags featuring St George’s Cross Both have cleared up since returning to Edinburgh.
Hebridean spring
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
After a mammoth few months of non-stop working, last week brought a brief but incredible trip to the Outer Hebrides. After a rail journey to Oban, we caught a ferry to Lochboisdale (South Uist). We then cycled up through Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, South Harris, Scalpay and back via Skye. Photos are now available, highlights [...]
it’s a wrap
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
In preparation for a forthcoming short trip to the Hebrides, Dawes 2 got a makeover at the weekend. At last, the red and black marbled handlebar tape was replaced (in a team effort style with sarah) with plain black. And it looks great. Dawes 2 seemed happy with a clean and miniservice too.
comes from a smoke-free home
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Last night I had my first taste of the smoking ban in public places which started in Scotland on Sunday. It was odd to actually be able to smell a pub, rather than the smoke contained within it. Waking up this morning and not stinking of smoke was also quite odd. Summary: I think the [...]
a word of confusion
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Earlier in the year, a number of people thought i was on the radio, on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Word of Mouth. In fact, it was my namesake, who happened to be speaking about something which I might feasibly have known about (in fact I know little about the subject of speech synthesis..). For [...]
we were saving it all up
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
yesterday was magical. i was in a windowless room for just 50 minutes, and during that time the weather turned from bright sunshine (and very cold) to heavy snow (and very cold). what was amazing was walking outside, after just 50 minutes since i last saw the outside world, and there being inches of snow [...]
nairngorm
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
2 weeks overdue, there are now some pictures of a recent trip to cairngorm, aviemore and nairn with sarah. a preview:
impaled plank
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
This morning I heard a large bang outside my window. What was it? A plank fell out of the sky, of course. As illustrated in the picture – the plank is suspended in mid air after becoming impaled on the fence outside my bedroom window. It turns out a neighbour 2 doors down has scaffolding [...]
valentine
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
i didn’t receive any valentines cards yesterday. all i got was a link to this rather funny news story.