2010 Seasons Greetings

Roll out the red carpet for a Happy New Year 2010

 

A Birthday Shared

Another year has passed and 16th November 2009 marks this site's 11th birthday.  Coincidentally, it also marks Diana Krall's %@th birthday.  As we are big fans of Canadian singer Diana, we will politely omit to reveal her age.  If you really have to know, you can find out from her page on Wikipedia, but strangely you won't find it on the 'Bio' page of her official site).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Goodwood Revival

The best classic motor racing event in the World took place for the 12th time on 18th to 20th September.  Despite the fact that this was rather late for the event, the weather was good with rain arriving late on Saturday after a rather hot and sunny day.

Both the cars and the aviation were fantastic and the place was packed out.  In fact the heaving crowds were the only real problem.  Happy crowds though and in their midst, a team of actors, dressed in period (50s to 60s) costumes mingled.  The sight of a spy peering over a copy of the Times was distinctly odd, but then I don't remember the 60s, having been there, so perhaps spies were everywhere in those days.

The air displays included the Battle of Britain flight, the only flying Vulcan  'V' bomber and the l...

Free iPlate from BT

You may be able to greatly increase the speed of your BT Broadband by using an iPlate to supress interference that can greatly slow it down.

You can buy them for 'under a tenner', but if you are a BT Broadband customer, they will let you have one for the postage £1.20) that they will charge to your next bill.

To get one, just go to this link and run the wizard to check your socket type.  The iPlate will accelerate your broadband if you have one of the sockets on the far right of the image above.

Festival of Speed 2009

The 2009 Festival of Speed was held at Goodwood on 3rd, 4th and 5th of July this year.

The theme was True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance.   To quote their web site "The theme celebrates the drive and determination of motor racing’s heroes, who overcame huge physical, mental and mechanical barriers in their quest for glory.  From Jackie Stewart’s enduring victory at the 1968 German Grand Prix, despite his broken wrist, to Mick Doohan’s courageous return to motorcycle racing in 1992, without full use of his right leg, there are countless amazing tales of performances far beyond what was thought possible for any human being."