tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58042662011-04-22T04:38:36.236+01:00From country village to urban villageDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-63965491239151524082008-11-12T20:59:00.003Z2008-11-12T21:07:29.738Z

As you'll see it's been some time since I've been in the village and with quill in hand. Following a blogging hiatus that came with a change of location I am scribe once more. However this time it's from a village in a city; an odd state to be in but a fine one at that.As befits new circumstances there's a brand new blog to visit and much more to see.Visit The Inconvenient Mule blog for the

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Well having encountered my first English smoke free pub this evening, I've got to say that this is undoubtedly the way to go. Sat down for a good evening with mates. Sure the music was still too loud for a fairly quiet Sunday evening pub with no chance of dancing, but to be able to go in, have an evening out, and come home, not stinking of smoke and having to throw your clothes straight in the

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Talk about a day for reflection. Today marks a decade since hand over of Hong Kong back to China, the smoking ban came into force at 6am and there's the fortunately failed terrorist attempts to consider.

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... or this might just as well be what he's doing with his much talked about imminent conversion to Roman Catholicism. Choose your own flavour of make believe and largely archaic and pointless rules by which to lead your life. Whoopee. Perhaps this tells us a lot about our outgoing PM.

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What a difference a month makes. New job, flat and life more of less, although in some ways I'm picking up where I left off before my travels - back in the big smoke. I'm still in south-west London albeit in a different quarter, and my job is now in an area where I want to be. I'm only a few weeks in, in fact just a few days in if we're talking about the flat, so it's still early days with some

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During an afternoon of valley ramblings and photography I came upon a lady cyclist, pausing in a lay-by to check her map. Bound for John O'Groats, although not today I was assured, she had come from Slaidburn this morning and was heading as far as Penrith. Impressive going, considering I can hardly get up the road by bicycle, and it makes me wonder how many more interesting people are out there

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Completing something at a different point in life to everyone else makes for an odd experience. I've recently done that with finally getting my hands on a driving licence, about 10 years after I first gave it a shot and, in hindsight largely due to a useless instructor and perhaps also the nerves of youth, after several failed attempts gave it up as a bad job. Now not everyone I know drives.

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The music of Eurovision has long been criticised but the very basis on which much of the voting in the contest took place last week really had plunged the whole event to new depths. At least the camp and kitsch, pop and pap elements of it could be enjoyed. Now however the fragmentation of Eastern Europe and their membership to the EBU combined with the equal vote that each country receives has

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I've added a new page to the North Facing website providing an in-depth guide to travelling on the Vladivostok to Fushiki ferry. This ship takes you from the far side of Russia where the Trans-Siberian proper terminates, across the Sea of Japan to the land of the rising sun. Detailed practical information and photos about the ferry service are a bit thin of the ground online so this new feature

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Did you know there was such a thing as retrojets? I didn't until just now when I saw the term used in relations to the Lufthansa Airbus that is painted up in a classic livery for the airline. And that's largely what retrojets are; they're largely modern jets painted up in liveries of yesteryear. Some are quite striking, perhaps none so much as the Lufthansa A321 jet itself, although this sadly

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We've been fortunate to have a couple of big elections in the past week. Thursday saw elections across the UK but most notably that in Scotland where there pro-independence Scottish National Party were threatening to cause an upset over Labour's lead, and upset they did indeed achieve, clinching one more vote than Labour. Talk of independence is unlikely however as the other 3 big parties are all

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I announced a while ago that my travel website is now North Facing, or more specifically northfacing.com. The site specialises in travel to the more Northerly countries of the world, but also includes broader features including overland travel from the UK. This is a 3-part guide with illustrated maps guiding you from the British Isles to Europe and then beyond to popular international overland

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The government has classified cheese as junk food in relation to their campaign on childhood obesity and the restrictions that will be placed on advertising to children.Yes, cheese is composed of a high percentage of fat, but cheese is a fine natural product in which a great amount of time, effort skill and indeed art is applied. Junk food indeed! Ofcom have shown themselves up as being culinary

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Isn't April brilliant? I must admit that in the 24 months since I'd last fully experienced an April in the UK I had quite forgotten just what a sensationally fine month it is.Take for example its place in the year: It's early Spring, and as the month begins the trees are still largely bare and the weather cool. Suddenly though an explosion of green appears from nowhere, bright, fully saturated

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Today's Presidential Election in France is the first big test for the new kids of the media block, namely France24 and Aljazeera. Both are planning considerable coverage for tonight's results and it'll provide a good benchmark for judging these new channels in comparison to the established outlets of BBC's News24, Sky News and CNN.It is of course a chance for France24 to shine in particular as

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There are some truly awe inspiring websites out there which should be promoted as much as can be. My latest find is Panoramio. Not the most memorable of names perhaps but bear with me. This photo website is linked in with Google Earth. For each photo you upload you specify the location it was taken. Then you can browse a world map on the site, and for whichever area of the world you're looking at

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What to say about the terrible shooting that took place on Virginia Tech Uni campus this week. I've had several thoughts.Initially there were interviewees on the TV and radio with regard to the gun situation in the US, including an NRA spokesman who truly believed that having more arms on campus would have helped. I disagree. Here in the UK if someone isn't of sound mind and feel like taking

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Banner advertising is one thing, but the size of the ads on Hotmail are getting ridiculous, especially since there's no scroll option. How long until I can't see my e-mails at all??

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The navy personnel taken in Iran have finally be returned. I suspect the true story of their captivity will now come out. However I'd be interested to find out whatever happened the military procedure of only giving your captors name, rank and serial number? Perhaps there was a good reason but their actions undermined the forces, government and country they work for.

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The government is further rolling out a trial of speaking CCTV camera. These feature attached speakers so when ne'er do wells are spotted they can be shouted at to cease and desist. It's probably a good idea, in that perpetrators know they're being watched, but it does sound a great deal like 1984 and it's ilk - instructions being blared at the submissive workers to get on their way and stay on

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I have recently been dabbling with Linux. It's something I've been wanting to try for quite some years but never quite got around to doing. However having bought an external hard drive which allowed me to back up my windows installation in the events of general cock-up appearing I could make some space on my main drive (as my BIOS doesn't support booting from a USB device) and try my luck.On

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A traditional Cumbrian seatHincaster tunnel - a disused canal way, opened 1819Historic Low Levens farm

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Virgin Trains is now featuring the environmentally friendly credentials of their trains on its website. The Pendolino trains, which use a regenerative braking system which actually returns electricity to the grid, emits 76% less CO2 than cars or domestic flights, the website states. The trains return an amount of electricity equivalent to making 2.6 billion brews a year.

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The series 3 finale of Battlestar Galactica aired in the US on Sunday. Although Sky is a few weeks behind in its episodes the wonders of the internet mean that within hours of each US episode airing it is available to fans around the world.The story has progressed gradually over the three series. I caught some of the early episodes but thought it would be rather slow going, combined with the fact

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Although Manchester won the day in its bid for a super-casino, it's not out of the woods yet, as a coalition of Labour rebels, Tories and LibDems may scupper government plans by rejecting the proposals in the House of Commons later today.This, in its turn leaves a possible door open for Blackpool. It was mentioned on the news this evening that several MPs for North West England will be voting

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Normally having to listen to opposing sides in a protracted conflict such as that of Northern Ireland or Israel annoys me intensely as the speeches made by both sides give not an inch towards agreement, progress and future. Today, however, was not one of those days. Although power sharing has been put back until May, it was heartening to hear both DUP and Sinn Fein reading from the same page.

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With the rail crash the other week and the usual round of engineering works, there's been no shortage of rail replacement buses around here of late. Saturday saw some for First group on the A65, although I'm at a loss as to what train service they might be filling in for.Last week I saw a local bus I'd never seen before bound for Low Gill, up the valley from here. Given the the railway that used

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I'm currently selling batches of Cumbrian magazine from the 40s, 50s and 60s. Several of these are complete 12 issue sets and the starting price for each is only 99p.If you're interested in Cumbrian life from the middle of the twentieth century, these magazines are a real insight, covering the people, places and lifestyle of the timeClick here to view all of my ebay sales.

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The government seems hell-bent on ensuring that only the rich are able to travel - by any means. The latest report is that rail prices - specifically on the saver tickets - will increase, following hot on the heels of the annual above inflation increase in fares. This comes on top of proposed road charges which Labour seem determine to implement, although the validity of the petition against the

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Is anyone surprised that the cost of the 2012 London Olympics are spiralling ever upwards, now taking ever larger bites out of the Lottery good causes fund. It's not as if London does badly when it comes to funding, and now in excess of £600m that would have been distributed to projects across the country are now going to be swallowed by the capital.

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My brand new travel website is now online. Yes, this is the reason why the blog has been quiet of late, but now it's open for business (in a personal, non-commercial sort of way of course)NORTHFACING.COM celebrates the northern countries of the world. Tired of hot, humid and noisy countries I've decided it's high time to focus on those countries I love the best, and that's just what the North

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It's a sign of the times when the NME music awards is covered on Ken Bruce's Radio 2 show, as it was this morning. In the past this would have been purely the preserve of Radio 1, but now it's a toss-up between Radio 1, Radio 2, 6 Music, XFM and the various rock music DAB stations. Long let it continue.

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I've done remarkably little cinema-going in recent times. Well it might not be so remarkable when you look at it. Most of the countries I was in last year didn't offer much in the way of films that I could understand while being back in deepest Cumbria again necessitates something of a trek to either Kendal, Morecambe, Lancaster or Ambleside for the silver screen.The last weekend however was the

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Sadly there's been a derailment of a Virgin Pendolino train not far north of here, between Oxenholme and Tebay, which as of now has resulted in one fatality at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.It's far too early for reports of a cause but something related to the rails or a collision with an object are possibilities.On the plus side it appears that the coordination of the rescue has been done

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I first heard this song while doing a listen again of Radio 2's recent 2007 Folk Awards. Fantastic lyrics about the loss of musical heritage in England

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We received an Orange Livebox this week. For a couple of quid more than our existing package we get up to 8Mb broadband speed, unlimited usage and a livebox which offers free national and international calls when you plug a phone into it. Not bad in theory, and a big step up from our current service of a paltry 1Mb with 2Gig limit. There's not much fun to be had from that arrangement, but in

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Over the past week I've been considering what to say about the state of British society. Is it really as bad as the UNICEF report and recent spate of gangland murders in London would have us believe?It's fair to say that not all is right. If the Thatcher years taught us materialism, the Blair years are undoubtedly preaching from the same hymn-book. Both Premierships have followed in the footsteps

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The sabre rattling by the US administration towards Iran over their alleged support of insurgents in Iraq is reaching a new high. However have we not all become deaf to the cries of wolf by the White House. Not only is the credibility of their intelligence wafer thin and their provocations tired but it all smacks of hypocrisy of the highest order. America's history of support rebels, insurgents

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Lune ValleySunset at homeMorecambe BayCartmel Priory (today)Cartmel Village Shop - Home of Sticky Toffee Pudding! (today)

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Again it's been one of those weeks where I've not felt so compelled to put virtual pen to blogging paper and jot down my thoughts.This is not to say nothing's been happening in the world. The news has been less than "bootiful" for Bernard Matthews and after today's news coverage I can only expect a near collapse in their sales as the media all but made out that the food sold could spread avian

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Well here's something you don't see every day; a weather map for here with wall to wall sunshine. After what was more or less daily rainfall from October into the New Year, things seem to have picked up at last. Warm it isn't, but sunny it is, and it will do very nicely, thank you. It's good to know that even this damp corner of the British Isles can hold it's own with decent weather from time to

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Well it's the first time since Channel 4 lost NFL in '98 that we've been able to get NFL regularly at home. Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. Given that it was the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl in '86 it seems quite fitting that they're in the end game this year.It took me a while to track down this old Channel 4 NFL ident. I'm sure TV Ark used to have a clip of it but since their archive is being

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While using my gmail e-mail account this evening I noticed for the first time a text advert at the top of the e-mail pane. It read "Ginger Spam Salad - Serves 1, refrigerate overnight". I'm rather perplexed as the site doesn't immediately look commercial or try to sell you anything. Have google tracked my online movement and thus got me down on their files as a habitual spam eater, or is this

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Two days in a row now I've found myself in the trendy, well let's face it, only trendy cafe cum bar in town. It's unheard of; before I know it I'll be Lunesdale Valley barfly association. No, perhaps not, however it's remarkable that the coffee culture has pervaded even the deepest darkest recesses of Cumbria. £2 a cup for a mocha. Jolly fine stuff I'll admit, but around here that's like a King's

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Once again a muslim community in Britain is feeling divided by arrests in its midst. I have two feelings on this matter based on what I've seen of the news coverage.Firstly, the protestations of relatives and neighbours that the men are absolutely innocent. Cast your mind back to when the arrests of the attempted London bombers took place. The exact same happened there. Outrage in the community.

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The super-casino decision came in today and to the surprise of everyone; the media and winning council included; Manchester took the prize. There have been congratulations all round of course but underlying this has been disquiet that Blackpool would have made the more sensible choice for location being a failing seaside town in desperate need for a big pull. The super-casino could have been it,

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The internet is strewn with potential pitfalls and scams for the unwarey, but this week I discovered one that was new even to me.I've been spending the past week or two racking my brains for a good website address. I've generally used the website bb-online.co.uk as this shows the availability of all domains on a page at once. What I began to realise, however, is that a day or so after I'd looked

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I've not been doing a good job of maintaining my daily posts to the blog. For one thing my writing energies have been channelled elsewhere and in many ways there's not been a great deal that's leapt out at me to write about. However let's have a quick scan of the day's news....I'm undecided whether I should be concerned about so many British Muslims in favour of having Shariah law in this country

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A new weapon devised by the US military was on the news this evening. As far as I can tell it fires microwaves at targets - like a microwave oven. "Coming soon! Al dente evil doing Al Qaeda terrorists!"

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-33465124716642593272007-01-23T23:50:00.000Z2007-01-23T23:54:29.946Z

It's been yonks since I last posted a website update to the blog, so here we are. I'm in the midst of a major update to the travel section of the site which is certainly due since my return from the big trip. Although it'll take more time before I get the trip written up itself I'll be featuring guides to selected journey on the site plus a new big feature. The travel section's also going to be

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-86851418782455492072007-01-22T20:39:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:11.664Z

I'm currently selling several bundles of magazines on ebay.First off, finishing on Friday are issues of the Dalesman magazine grouped by year for 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 respectively. Each is complete set from that year (12 issues) except for 1960 for which is August edition is missing.The Dalesman covers life in the Yorkshire Dales and these issues cover changing times with the introduction of

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-90263319994329903922007-01-21T22:42:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:11.958Z

Today's been a quiet day spent writing on the whole interspersed only with a walk into town where we managed to encounter to end of familiar faces. Here are a couple of images from the walk by the river:

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-5320790374832481082007-01-20T22:08:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:12.346Z

Although no longer at damaging speeds the wind continues unabated, seen here lashing the promenade at Morecambe today:

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-49586714894171698162007-01-19T23:55:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:12.461Z

For a limited period only I'm the proud owner of three (count 'em) mobile phones. Somewhat excessive you might criticise, and indeed you'd be right. Due to various shenanigans with Carphone Warehouse I was offer a good deal to change my network to Orange and then an event better deal to stay put with O2. This does provide the opportunity to compare three Sony Ericsson phones.K800i (left), W810i (

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-49418184462156034262007-01-18T19:44:00.000Z2007-01-18T22:22:58.761Z

Celebrity Big Brother has been in the media today for what it has to be said somewhat different reasons than normal, but at the end of the day it's all the same sort of celebrity orientated nonsense we could likely do without.Is this all an issue? As a society we suffer from a huge grey area in free speech where we're on uncertain ground as to what is acceptable or not. What is a joke to one

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-66102984443475054252007-01-17T22:52:00.000Z2007-01-20T22:29:32.313Z

While tracking down a book on google I was presented a link to the 'Out of Oblivion' website, which as the electronic version of the 'Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Historic Environment Record' charts all facets of the area's history.Some random browsing reveals all manner of historical nuggets. I never knew for instance that the Sedbergh Trust Turnpike was set up in 1761 to establish

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-73328936976298074692007-01-16T22:58:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:12.689Z

Apache Longbow helicopter spotted heading down the valleyVarious shots of Tornado aircraft and Apache Longbow helicopter

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-20418942867586074582007-01-16T19:30:00.000Z2007-01-20T22:28:35.042Z

Sunny again today. Readers not from the local area may be somewhat perplexed as to this apparent fascination of mine with the appearance of the glowing orb. I must admit the near perpetuity of rainfall recently has been perplexing me as even in this much watered corner of the UK is receiving a good deal more in the way of rainfall than normal.As normal my late-night writing shift meant a late

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There have been no blog entries in the past few days as I've been down south in the big smoke catching up with old friends during a long weekend. It's proven an odd experience. Having lived in London for two years before setting off travelling I return to find myself like a complete stranger there. Although I know all the places there's no sense of homeliness or familiarity with what I associate

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-61778444762630158792007-01-10T16:27:00.000Z2008-12-09T08:40:13.505Z

For the first time in what seems like weeks we've had a full on day of sunshine. Being pestered to go for a walk, not that I had any intention of missing this rare spell of good weather, I headed into town. Foolishly I didn't take my camera as sunny days are like a magnet the RAF. I had only been gone a few minutes when the roar of jet engines saw a BAE Hawk fly over, chased in a dogfight by

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-44140598001656093562007-01-09T23:36:00.000Z2007-01-20T22:25:24.110Z

After very occasion forays into buying largely low value items on ebay, today has seen a turn up for the books and I made both my first big purchase and have started selling items to boot.Although at first I reckoned I'm cobbled together a few items worthy of flogging, on looking around what's on offer there's invariably other people trying to rid their attics of the same old tat and expecting

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-58026671654341822712007-01-09T21:18:00.000Z2007-01-20T22:24:45.989Z

I've hardly heard anything from the RAF since I returned a month ago but today they're back in the Lune Valley, or rather briefly *over* the valley. One Hawk earlier today and a couple of larger sounding jets just now. In the past I could have pretty much guaranteed that they were Tornadoes, but these days it might even be Eurofighter Typhoons. Here's to spotting one of those guys soon.

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-41772180577928215372007-01-04T23:55:00.000Z2007-01-05T00:05:41.345Z

Following up from yesterday's comparison of rail fares; today's Guardian ran an article on finding cheap fares. This mentioned that Megatrain covers both South West and Virgin routes. I thought maybe this was where routes merge south of London but had a look anyway. To my amazement I discovered that Oxenholme is covered on a route that runs from Manchester to Glasgow and Edinburgh. I could travel

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-71289773373287040142007-01-04T00:21:00.000Z2007-01-04T02:07:32.717Z

The start of the working year brought with it the seasonal hikes in train fares. Over the past few years a return from my local mainline station Oxenholme to London Euston on the Virgin West Coast mainline has been rising through the 60s of pounds and as of Tuesday has broken through the £70 mark for a saver return. It's a 400 km journey taking 3 hours.This struck me as a touch steep, so I set

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-56062835850266079192007-01-02T13:17:00.000Z2007-01-02T13:30:47.597Z

After I glimpsed a story about an alliance between Virgin and other airlines on one of the news channels last night I thought I'd try to get some more information about it. At first details were thin on the ground but as of this morning the story seems to be making many of the nationals and regional papers.Details are unconfirmed to say the least. The initial story wrote of an alliance between

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-7793395359166781732007-01-01T03:12:00.000Z2007-01-01T04:01:57.383Z

Happy New Year.Out with old, in with the new. Whatever. A new year passes in to being with very little celebration in this household. I suppose after seeing the valley lit by fireworks on the millennium, one Hogmany in Edinburgh and seeing in 2006 in Vienna it all seems a bit tame now. Despite forecasts of gales and lashing rain nothing really transpired, here at least, although rather

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One of the Christmas additions to the array of gadgets hooked up to my laptop's several but now clearly inadequate number of USB ports is a webcam; a gadget I've fancied having for quite some time. Although I've not yet looked in to setting up an automatically refreshing cam, I can easily take stills with it and share the local weather with the world from outside my window. Here's my first such

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-2161458486377256862006-12-28T21:23:00.000Z2007-01-01T04:00:37.890Z

Tragic news strikes us from Morecambe Bay again with the gas-rig bound helicopter ditching in the sea with we assume the loss on all on board. Television news reports are oddly timed at this time of year but the one I caught on the Beeb featured a particularly slap-dash looking map which would have been hilarious if it wasn't for the circumstances. Morecambe Bay was placed vaguely off the coast

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-14393085471676080412006-12-25T23:57:00.000Z2007-01-01T04:03:52.149Z

Another Christmas Day passes into memory. The pessimistic could say it's another Christmas over but at the very least Boxing Day should be counted as part of the season melee, and really anything within the reach of the Christmas Radio Times is fair game in my opinion.During the past few days I've been trying to catch up with the Dr Who episodes I missed in order to be fully prepared for the

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-14042514273058136852006-12-23T17:26:00.000Z2006-12-24T02:50:17.523Z

Arriving back in the UK in early December and not having any sort of routine to keep to has allowed Christmas to all but creep up on me. Christmas has been something that's been mentioned on the radio but I'd not really Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and it's only been today that I've got around to the present wrapping. It's one of those tasks that never appeal on paper but once stuck in it's a

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-45055952613881689372006-12-22T02:51:00.000Z2006-12-22T02:54:05.732Z

We've just passed the Winter Solstice for 2006; the point where, in the Northern hemisphere, we are tilted furthest away from the sun. It's all uphill from here, even if it is slow progress for the first few weeks.If, like me, you're up late tinkering on the web, why not follow this link to learn all manner of interesting facts about the Winter Solstice.

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-134587138453077502006-12-21T17:27:00.000Z2006-12-22T01:41:53.802Z

I first brought this matter up in an internet forum around these time of year three years ago. My question to the group: why, when seemingly every other country in Europe runs rail services at Christmas do we not here in the UK? We must be one of the more secular countries of the EU and there are surely plenty of people who would travel if they could, but no services are provided. At that time I

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-66714049935334914322006-12-20T22:38:00.000Z2007-01-01T04:08:17.543Z

Religiously funded American media can often be heard reminding viewers or listeners of 'the reason for the season'. I know perfectly well what they're referring to but it doesn't mean I can't gleefully ignore it outright and instead focus on the original 'reason for the season' that is the winter solstice taking place at 0:20 on the morning of 22nd December. Yes, I always thought the solstice

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-59577135675938779252006-12-19T22:17:00.000Z2006-12-22T02:03:00.776Z

This is no doubt terribly old hat for many people but here in the wilds of Cumbria where we like things simple it's quite a turn up for the books. The SKY man has been and gone, the digibox card has arrived and we are now officially a multi-channel household.For the time being there's an element of 'new toy' excitement about it all. The rest test will be in the longer term to see how we come to

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-43877118842543730982006-12-17T20:04:00.000Z2006-12-18T01:15:05.539Z

Back in April I began my big trip by taking a DFDS ferry from Newcastle to Gothenburg in Sweden as part of an overland route that would take me from the UK across Russia into Asia without flying. During some web surfing this evening I was dismayed to learn that this ferry service ceased in October; just the latest in a recent stream of ferry services to be cut.The latest edition of the New

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-32027477908611255722006-12-17T10:58:00.000Z2006-12-17T20:03:49.453Z

They seem to receive a lot of stick but personally speaking I don't have many complaints with Virgin Trains. I took the train home from London when I arrived back from my trip and it was absolutely fine. Near enough on time and comfortable enough aside from facing backwards as did most of the seating in the carriage. Only the alarm from one of the toilets caused by someone pressing the

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-60877922036264192422006-12-16T18:43:00.000Z2007-01-01T04:06:51.466Z

Returning to my PC after several months means that inevitably half the software on it will be out of date and insisting on being updated on pain of death or incessant pop-ups (it's a toss up as to which is worse).One of the updates has been the latest version of Firefox which supports even better tabbing than previously. However for the likes of me who likes to have loads of windows open it's

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-9851850456750217512006-12-16T08:51:00.001Z2007-01-01T04:07:20.594Z

A fine example of being able to enjoy seldom seen bands on Youtube

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-46894919840183134382006-12-15T17:27:00.000Z2006-12-16T09:07:48.349Z

Being largely out of touch with the movements of the online world for seven months leaving a good deal of catching up to do on return. One of the major names to have dominated 2006 has been Youtube. This is a site I'd heard of prior to my trip but only briefly glanced upon. Throughout the year the media have continually giving mention to Youtube in relation to content, the buy-out by Google and

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-90160896820345688112006-12-14T14:34:00.000Z2006-12-14T23:35:26.248Z

Now here's a story I can relate to. LibDem MP Sandra Gidley calls for a change to the mandatory practice of competitive team-based PE lessons in schools which so often leaves the less able with a lifelong disdain for sport and instead offer a wider variety of options for keeping pupils fit.Being dyspraxic, although unaware of it during secondary school, I was forever picked last for teams and had

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1532332728707103552006-12-14T07:58:00.001Z2006-12-14T15:08:19.488Z

My return to the green and pleasant land has necessitated a shake up of the internet connection in the house. Having just the one PC connected to a fixed connection wasn't going to cut it, so following the delivery of a rather fine Netgear router yesterday we're now a fully wireless household.I have yet to test the full range of the router, which intelligently uses a number of antennae to provide

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-58098324988541239882006-12-13T22:23:00.000Z2006-12-14T15:09:02.008Z

...because once again the local TV transmitter has gone belly up by today's wind and rain. It's not atypical weather for this part of the world but every year without fail our televisions will be reduced to snow and white noise, normally just in time to interrupt festive television. It rubs salt in to the wound that in addition to having only 4 channels which are grainy at the best of times we

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-42949382327389178862006-12-13T09:04:00.000Z2006-12-14T15:10:09.734Z

It wasn't so long ago that all this talk of going digital was wholly ignored around here, being something limited to the high-density living rat-racers in the cities. Internet was dial-up and there was no expectation of receiving digital radio or TV within the foreseeable future, if at all. Times are changing, although the move to digital is often thwarted by the geography of the area. Internet

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-32027011779762710702006-12-12T01:45:00.000Z2006-12-14T15:12:13.793Z

In order to cause the maximum confusion, as part of getting the blog back up and running I've been spending some time giving it all a thorough overhaul; a new style and now even a new name with a URL to match. It was a bit of a spur of the moment decision, but that's often the source of my best work, and also my biggest mistakes. We'll see which one this transpires to be. Thus 'The Village Scribe

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-7148402446119697952006-12-11T10:20:00.000Z2006-12-14T15:12:58.992Z

If my big trip around Asia and Oz taught me something is that for much of the time a lot of the world seems to be a pretty dry place. I encountered precipitation so seldom in fact that when I did it was something of a novelty; a tropical downpour in Bangkok flooding the streets within minutes or an infrequent shower during Japan's so called wet season. No doubt most places do get their fair share

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-6510088812627259332006-12-11T07:20:00.000Z2006-12-14T15:13:43.871Z

The attention all shipping blog has been in a hiatus for the past seven months while I'll been gallivanting across Europe, Asia and Australia (details of which could be followed on my travel blog). I returned to the UK on Thursday and having had a few days to get over the jet lag and caught up on seven months of news from friends, family and wider world it's about time the show got back on the

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1146089315487465242006-04-26T22:47:00.000+01:002006-04-26T23:08:35.563+01:00

As of tomorrow I'll be on my way on what will hopefully be a fantastic trip across Europe and Russia into Asia. Although this is very exciting it will mean that updates to the website will come to the grinding halt until I return.Fear not though as new content to the site will come in the form of my travel blog which I'll be updating as I go on my way and hopefully I'll be able to share some

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1145747642841279372006-04-23T00:08:00.000+01:002006-04-23T00:14:02.853+01:00

I was browsing a web forum when I noticed the following:You last visited on Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:00 pmThe time now is Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:04 pmand that made me think. Isn't it odd that although (going by the 12-hour clock at least) the time is numerically lower the actually chronological position is later? Why not use a system whereby 1 o'clock represents the start of the new 12 hour period, and

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1145669136712091152006-04-22T02:22:00.000+01:002006-04-22T02:25:36.733+01:00

In advance of my travels I thought I'd better check that I can blog from my PDA should I want to. Well it looks good!

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For a couple of weeks I'm enjoying the comforts of my parents' house before I swan off around the world. I get on with them fine, so there's not a problem in that sense but whenever you move from somewhere you're used to into another person's domain it proves to be something of a disorientating experience.Take this evening for example. Despite having a dishwasher (which my father uses only when

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I’m writing this on Easter Weekend, the time of the year when Christianity is at its most prominent. As many will spend this weekend thinking about the events that are said to have happened two thousand years ago, I thought now would be as good as time as any to pen to paper on the wider subject of religion.Despite having attended a Church of England Primary School in my youth, today I hold a

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1144278327300659752006-04-05T22:33:00.000+01:002006-04-06T00:05:32.393+01:00

Twice I have lived in London, twice I have departed. I wonder if I'll live their a third time? It has to be said on this second occasion London has worked out pretty well for me. Not fantastically, but well enough, and I feel that life has been going pretty favourably. As a result I'm not leaving the city on bad terms this time, yet I do wonder whether I would live there in the future, as

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1142200101903427952006-03-12T21:26:00.000Z2006-03-12T21:48:22.033Z

There's an unfortunate trend around London which I suspect will have already spread to other cities of estate agents driving around in new Minis or Beetles in some gaudy company livery. I don't know if this slick image impresses some but for many, myself included, it portrays these estate agents as pretentious in the exteme and lets face us it's not as if their line of work has a particularly

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The winter months are generally a quiet time for photography; short days and typically overcast if not inclement weather severely curtail the opportunities for getting out and about with the camera. Nevertheless it's been a time to catch up with processing photos taken in the last couple of months and finally the pick of the crop from November and December have now been put online on my Fotopic

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Awakening to streams of sunlight shining through my bedroom this morning (albeit rather late morning) reinforced my resolve that today would be the day for another of my random walks. Clearly the rather chilly temperatures of early March don't offer the same attraction as a summer walk might, yet after a week stuck in the office an opportunity to stretch the legs was more than welcome.I was

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1140313987032062482006-02-19T01:08:00.000Z2006-02-19T01:53:07.103Z

The days pass so incredibly quickly. I thought it was only a few days since my last post when in fact it's been over a week. My time in any case has been focused on my upcoming trip. You can read more about it in the travel section. It requires a lot of planning, and it's not as if I'm planning everything in detail; rather it's more a case of trying to get an idea of the main highlights available

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03952145446411534725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804266.post-1139595052842261112006-02-10T18:04:00.000Z2006-02-10T18:10:52.856Z

Before you ask, no, I am not paying homage to Nick Kershaw, rather I am being descriptive about the contents of today. It being a Friday is naturally a fine start to any day, but it turned into something more special. For whatever reason, and somewhat annoyingly the reason is unbenownst to me, I have been gripped with writing inspiration today. I hammered out 500 words in 20 minutes over

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In something of an oversight, given that I generally try to announce new content on the website as soon as it is freshly uploaded, it is my rather overdue pleasure to give mention to the travel section of the website, which has been given a bit of a face lift.Returning to the www.eurobahn.co.uk address, which I only recently noticed had been so neglected, the travel section of the site is now in

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