It’s been quite a busy year for me, at work and personally. I’m not one for writing letters, so I thought I’d make a video of it!
Biker Down!
This summer has been rather a pleasant one, lots of warm dry days with bright sunshine, just the type of days you like to ride your bike in.
Recently I’ve not ridden as much, a 2 mile commute with the effort of getting all the gear on, riding for 5 minutes to then take it all off again didn’t appeal as much, but as I was working at Brent Cross an 8 mile commute was more worth while when the sun came out to play.
Categories:Car & Bike
Onto the Property Ladder
I moved out of home and down to London to begin life on my own in June of 1996. I remember unpacking my car with the England v Germany Semi Final of the 1996 European Championships playing on my car stereo.
At that time I moved into a flat in Hurstwood Court, North Finchley, paying £230 rent a month for my double room on Woodhouse Road.
In my first 5 years in London, I had to move several times including , Holly Park, Grants Close (the one time I lived outside of Finchley, 10 months in Mill Hill), Petworth Avenue and Colman Court.
In 2001 we (Rob, Ady and Nurcan) moved in to Dukes Ave. Finally somewhere we could settle for some time. Four years we spent there until a ‘scare’ that the owners might need to move back in made us decide we should perhaps just find somewhere new. Continue reading Onto the Property Ladder
Categories:General
Motocross Madness
A few years back, I’d put myself down for a day of green laning, organised through works motorcycle club. I really hadn’t enjoyed it, in fact I only started it and straight away gave them all their gear back and went home!
This year, me and two others from work had plumped for a day of Motocross in Winchester, again organised through work. I was a little nervous following my poor experience of motocross bikes years before, but knowing my experience was tainted by the organisation and equipment, more than the event itself, I thought I should give it a go again.
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Categories:Car & Bike
Finally Fantasy Success
I’ve been running the FFLUK (our imaginatively titled Fantasy Football League UK) for around 12 years now. CBS have been keeping track of historical results since 2003, but I have some of my own records from the year 2000.
I’ve usually been quite competitive, I still hold some points scoring records from 2004 when I had Donovan McNabb, Terrell Owens, Corey Dillon, Reuben Droughns and Mushin Mohammed all score double digits each week. Up to last year though, I’d never won the big one. Continue reading Finally Fantasy Success
Categories:General
Donington Park Track Day
I hadn’t really thought a lot about this track day. I wasn’t counting down the days, things where too busy I guess. I had of course prepared. The hotel 10 minutes from the track was booked, I’d moved my shift forward to finish work at 7pm, but that was about it.
On Sunday, with the help of Robert, I loaded the bike onto the trailer. Monday morning I packed the car. As I arrived home, I should have been ready to set off up to Nottingham… Continue reading Donington Park Track Day
Categories:Car & Bike
HTC One vs Galaxy S3 Camera Test
I was very impressed by the camera on the HTC One X when I had it a year ago, but other features of the S3 meant the One X was sold on pretty quick. With the HTC One now as my day to day device, I assumed the camera would be far better than my now aging S3, but looking at some results, I’m not so sure.
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Categories:Technology
Suspension – Who knew!
Ever since my crash at Brands Hatch last year, I’ve had people telling me I must get the suspension set up properly for me on my bike. This weekend I finally got it sorted!
It wasn’t the best weather to ride down to Surrey to see Brian, but it was worth the trip. Continue reading Suspension – Who knew!
Categories:Car & Bike
Seconded…
I think it was September of 2010 when I first took on an Acting DM Role, when one of the Department Managers in my store was going in for knee surgery. It went well, I was kept in an acting role on her return.
Then in April of 2011 I went to, and passed, my Department Manager Assessment Centre. At the same time though, Waitrose was going through a management restructure called FBS and I was to head up the new Operations section at Marylebone.
Categories:Work
Tuff-Luv E-volve Expedition Camera Backpack Review
As I’ve mentioned, this year I’m looking to get more into photography, so I was over joyed when my good friends at Love-Cases offered me a camera backpack to try.
Ideally what I’d like is something I could use when on my motorbike that allows me to have storage space for cloths, gadgets, snacks and drinks as well as compartments for my camera equipment. I didn’t realise such a thing existed, but this Tuff Luv E-Volve backpack is exactly what I was looking for! Lets take a closer look.
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Categories:Car & Bike, Technology