The Clifton Suspension Bridge celebrates 150 years!

Whilst not on the main tourists routes, the Clifton Suspension Bridge is an incredible sight and this weekend reached its 150th birthday since it was opened in 1864. The bridge spans the Avon Gorge near Briston and is a remarkable sight either from on the bridge itself or from the river or road that runs… Continue reading The Clifton Suspension Bridge celebrates 150 years!

Kajaki: A True Story – Movie Review

Until a few weeks ago I thought 2014 was turning out to be pretty weak for films but recently having watched the excellent movies The Imitation Game and Mr Turner I became intrigued by a trailer I had seen detailing a true story from the war in Afghanistan. The events depicted in Kajaki are based… Continue reading Kajaki: A True Story – Movie Review

Doors open and opportunities knock thanks to blogging.

The more enthusiastic of my valuable readers may have noticed that I had one of those very rare occurrences this Saturday when I didn’t make a posting.  It’s all been down to a very busy month or so which I thought might be of interest. I know there are lots of people who wonder about… Continue reading Doors open and opportunities knock thanks to blogging.

Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas

Saturday 29th November is Buy Nothing Day, a day or rather movement that started in the United States in protest of the over-commercialisation of our holidays and life in general. One of my earliest blog posts was on the reversing the commercialisation of holidays, Sundays and Christmas.  It is hard to avoid spending money and… Continue reading Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas

Mr Turner, the movie and the man.

I’m always a big fan of the longer movie.  I enjoy getting into a story I can get my teeth into and that doesn’t necessarily revolve around car chases and fast cutting shooting and fighting.  A small part of me also thinks that with the high prices at the cinema, that longer films give me… Continue reading Mr Turner, the movie and the man.

Band Aid 30

There are many problems with the world at the moment and certainly with our country but one thing that we can be proud of is our record of charity and giving to countries that are poorer than our own.  In fact we are the only G8 country and one of only 5 in the world… Continue reading Band Aid 30

Once you go Mac, you never go back!

There is a saying in the Apple community, that once you go Mac, you never go back.  Three weeks ago I went Mac and I thought that I would write a little about my experiences. It was probably the longest switch over in history as I had been slowly but surely dabbling in Apple products… Continue reading Once you go Mac, you never go back!

PS. Thanks for being my hero

As long-time and regular readers will be aware, I have been for some time been interested in a particular family relation of mine, Serjeant Reuel Dunn who served in the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF.  He was an experience flyer himself and had a number of kills to his name before bad… Continue reading PS. Thanks for being my hero

Sights of the WW1 battlefields

This my penultimate post for now on WW1 and my recent tour to the battlefields of France and Belgium.  There are simply so many places to see and despite being out all day, every day for a week, we only scratched the surface. One of the first places that we visited was Vimy Ridge.  This… Continue reading Sights of the WW1 battlefields