Nearly there. Just one more day until the second biggest reason to be a teacher starts; the Easter holidays. I know that sounds a bit cynical so apologies to those educational purists who want us all to be teachers because it is our “calling”, but we all have […]
There is a certain irony that my previous post – Banned at Last! – appears to be having some problems getting published on this site. It doesn’t appear unless you are logged in, which means that only I can see it! Very strange. Let’s hope the censors at […]
Click on the picture to watch the first episode of Mark Beaumont’s American cycle. From the BBC i-Player site: Mark Beaumont, who broke the record for pedalling around the world is back on the road. This time the adventure promises to be more exhilarating and agonising – Mark’s […]
He might have a better chance of not falling off his bilke if he weren’t holding a camera at the same time but I suppose that is what you have to do for the sake of gripping television… Looking forward to Mark Beaumont’s documentary starting on Tuesday 23rd […]
Click on the image to see the trailer to Mark Beaumont’s new three-part series about his cycle from Alaska to Argentina via two very big mountains; Mount McKinley in North America and Mount Aconcagua in South America (no, I’d never heard of that one either). Some stunning images […]
This is a comical tale from the late 1930s, but the more you think about it, the more sensible it is. As the following article from the BBC websiteย explains, in the days before satellites, it was actually not a bad idea: Summer 1937. What could be more fitting […]
Quoted from theย BBC website: Mark Beaumont, the record-breaking cyclist, today had a final spin on the bike that he pedaledย 13,000 miles down the Americas. Mark, 27, from Perthshire, was back on the bike outside the BBC Scotland headquarters, where the finishing touches are being added to a three-part […]
