It is done!  I have completed the challenge 400 sit-ups each day for 400 days.  I have lost 20kg, (3stone 2lbs or 44lbs for my American friends) and have reduced my waist by 10.16cm or 4 inches! The result is that I have almost got a 6 pack, however I suspect that my lack of [...]

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Having had some decent snow in the last couple of days we are looking forward to it staying until tomorrow so that we can have a white Christmas.  At the moment it looks like that will be the case.  Fingers crossed! Yesterday morning we were treated to some fascinating winter scenes and some interesting ice [...]

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How is it in England that we have collective amnesia every time it snows.  It would appear that drivers suffer this more than most.  We forget the basics of the road, the simple maneuvers and how to park. Last night we had some really sticky snow and cold conditions, nothing out of the ordinary for [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I was saying how much I love the mornings in winter when you wake up to bright blue skies and a crisp cold morning.  It was one of those days.  The view from the window looked like this: Roll forward a few days and this was the view from the [...]

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It was announced yesterday that the £6 per year per land line tax to fund rural super fast broadband would be going ahead. The idea is that this tax is spent on providing broadband for the 30% of homes that experts think will be by-passed by commercial fast broadband plans. Interestingly this appears to relate [...]

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I love the mornings in winter when you wake up to bright blue skies and a crisp cold morning.  Today is one of those days.  What could be better than having a view from your desk that looks like this?

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A list of the schools one might expect to see, however it is topped by a school that I had not heard of…. 1) The Purcell School – Fees per year £29,577 Based in Bushey, in Hertfordshire, this is Britain’s oldest specialist music school. 2) Tonbridge School – £28,140 3) Eton College – £28,080 4=) [...]

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Thanks to Mother for this cute link

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This is a really interesting use of Facebook. The story can be found at Creativity Forsman & Bodenfors came up with another innovative digital campaign for Ikea by turning one of Facebook’s basic functions into a promotional tool, to promote the opening of the brand’s Malmo outpost, its most modern store to date. Armed with [...]

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