All downhill after the first climb

Posted on Sun 21 March 2010 in general • Tagged with 6nations, bike, cycling, manchester, rugby

Today I'm quite achey after Saturday morning's excursion to the top of Alderley Edge . Although the ride to the base of the climb was fairly easy the actual mile of steep ascent defeated me as well as the chain on Fliss' bike. By the time we got up to the …


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Review: Noises Off

Posted on Wed 17 March 2010 in general • Tagged with comedy, film, play, review

Last night Fliss and I watched the film version of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. Fliss explained to me that it is a film beloved of theatre technicians due to it's setting, following the goings on behind stage of a dysfunctional group of actors performing a classic English farce. The …


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Here comes the Sun

Posted on Mon 15 March 2010 in general • Tagged with life, weather, wedding

The weather this weekend was a lot nicer, not only sunny but also well on the right side of the thermometer. Fliss and I spent Sunday in front of the Grand Prix going through the wedding spreadsheet and started mailing out the wedding invites. However it's already become apparent that …


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Shout out to my bro

Posted on Wed 10 March 2010 in general • Tagged with family, photos, webpimp

Please join me in wishing my brother a happy birthday. I'll take the oppertunity to pimp his photo blog which people with an interest in photography and photoshop might find quite interesting.


Start of Spring?

Posted on Mon 01 March 2010 in general • Tagged with bike, life

Giant Talon 1 Mountain BikeIn many ways February has been a bit of bumpy month, the sort when your never quite sure if your going to hit take-off speed for the year. Luckily it's a short month and this morning I cycled out into bright sunshine on my new …


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