BBC Olympic Trailer
I think I prefer this shorter version than the longer one aired last night; it packs more of a punch!
The Olympics v. Andrew Gilligan
So, the Olympic flame has arrived. And so, it seems, have the sceptics. Or at least they have crawled from out of their hiding places to appear in the columns of newspapers, on our TV screens & through our radios, on Twitter, Facebook and every other possible orifice […]
BBC Olympic Torch Relay
I do like this music… I hope they use it for the Olympics when they start in July.
Huddersfield Town 2, Yorkshire Air Ambulance 1,000 (ยฃ)
Well, actually it was Huddersfield Town 2, Yeovil 0. But fear not; I’m not about to start giving a classified check of the League 1 results every Sunday morning, ย As mentioned a few posts ago, my brother (and several hundred other people) cycled from Yeovil to Huddersfield in […]
Wet Weather: A Tale Of Two Months
On the BBC’s Countryfile yesterday afternoon, the weatherman shown here explained how April 2012 had been very wet indeed. He used this graph to explain that in southern England since January 2010, there hadย only been three months that had received above average levels of rainfall. Of those, August […]
Old London Town: Looking Good!
Earlier today I made my way back down south after having spent the weekend in Yorkshire. Arriving by train in the capital I passed through Kings Cross station. I used to be a frequent visitor to Kings Cross when I worked in London about twenty years ago but […]
On Your Marks, Get Set… Go! Go! Go soon!
I suppose it’s the time of year that long-distance cyclists worth their salt come out of relative hibernation and start setting off on great adventures. Apart from me… And that’s a fact that makes me a bit jealous of the three people who I am about to mention […]
London 2012: Volunteer Update (Shhhh!)
I finally received an email from the London 2012 Olympics this week about whether or not I had been successful in my application to be a ‘Games Maker’ (or volunteer). It was good news; “Congratulations! Following your interview to be a London 2012 Games Maker, we are delighted […]
