I’ve updated the cricket site at www.cardiffnorthern.co.uk for the new season and resurrected the fantasy cricket league.
Liam is making the early running and Steve Palmer is off to a good start in the quest for the duck cup. I spent most of yesterdays game against Talygarn stewing over a terrible decision where I took [...]

We’ve finalized our New Zealand itinerary, funnily enough only just before we go to Sardinia for a week.
The list is as follows

Arrive Auckland via Hong Kong
Kerikeri (Bay of Islands)
Coopers Bay
Auckland
Waitomo Caves
Taupo
Taupo (go to Rotorua)
Palmerstone North
Wellington
Interislander Ferry to Picton
Kaikoura
Christchurch
Greymouth
Franz Josef
Wanaka
Te Anau
Te Anau (go to Milford Sound)
Queenstown (2 nights)
Dunedin
Oamaru
Christchurch
Fly home via L.A.

Total trip clocks in at around [...]

[thumb:921:l]Since I’ve been away I’ve been doing various things including building some new lighting units for my fish tank.
Ordinarily fish tank lighting can be very expensive and I had a need for lights that I could mount to my opening lids. Home made units consisting of 3W Luxeon bulbs mounted on various peices of [...]