Chris and I today completed our entries for the 2007 Warwick Triathlon so there is certainly no backing out now. Fund raising is at £70 at the moment and big thanks to those who have put money in already but there are loads of you out there who, I’m hoping, haven’t gotten round to it […]
Like many other stores Maplin sell a connector to allow you to plug a legacy PS/2 keyboard and mouse into a USB port. Someone asking a question on their faq has taken its meaning slightly incorrectly Q) Does this allow me to play ps2 on the pc as im not sure? – Paul A) No,
Well I’ve gone and bought my bike – it’s a Specialized Allez road bike and I got it from local store, Don Skene, who were as good as any online store I looked at. They threw in a helmet, gloves, computer and water bottle in the total price and also throw in a free service
Just over a week into training and I’ve clocked up 3 5K runs at a decent pace, the last of which I managed to do without walking at all. Need to build up my aerobic capacity but its coming quite quickly.[newline] Have done plenty of swimming – yesterdays session was 22 lengths albeit fragmented into
The training continues albeit limited by a blister I picked up on my first proper run – which was a 27 minute 5K which is not bad for a start. Have also managed to swim 500metres but taking too many breathers. Chris and I have probably decided to compete in the Warwick Triathlon as it
Well not so much gold, more completion in a reasonable time. In a fit of stupidity I have agreed to do a Triathlon – not the full Olympic distance and certainly not Iron Man but either way its a 400m swim, 20K bike ride and a 5K run. The event I’m looking to enter is
We’ve just returned from our first holiday of the year… Sunny Sardinia. The Hopkins family (+1) invaded the Italian island for a week, and had a great time. We stayed in a lovely set of villas, with a great pool (which for some reason we managed to empty within 30 mins everytime we descended upon
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
[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