Last night the clocks went back (Dave and I were discussing this the other day, why do we even bother with this, keep it the same time all year round) which now means that the evenings are getting even lighter. It had such a lasting effect on me that I dusted off the lawn mower and hacked the grass back this afternoon. Roll on the warmer weather and some evening...
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I have upgraded my Canon 300D to a 30D. The other week end in France my existing Canon camera; a 300D (Digital Rebel) started having a bit of a flip out. It would not focus and the shutter was not firing. To which I started looking around at an upgrade, just in case the worse ever happened. The options on the table was obviously a Canon, I have a few Canon AF lenses now, but what body; the new kid...
Wow, what a glorious few days the East of England has had. Yesterday it read 18c and today was about 16c. It could not have come at a better time, I’ve finished my new stealth bike and managed to get a sneaky ride in this afternoon before the sun sank behind the horizon. I will be putting a run down of the bike together; honest the other window is open with a draft in there. Of course now that...
I think it was way back last month when I first heard the spec list for the new, revised Canon 1D camera. Engadget have finally got their hands on one. Whilst I can see the point of the Live Preview, for me it just shouts compact camera. The feature has got it’s benifits in the field but when you pay over £4,000 for a DSLR would you really use it the same way as the £30 Argos...
Just after Christmas I picked up one of the new Canon Selphy printers; well I have all these photo’s and nothing gets done with them. After the week end in France I decided to print out some of the better (well in my mind) snaps. But after sending 20 odd pictures to the printer I noticed that the colours looked rich, too rich. The blues were eye burning and the detail was lost in the lowlights and...
A major, unique event in the cyclosportive season, following the route of stage 1 of the Tour de France on its historic UK Grand Depart, the event will take up to 5000 riders on an epic 120 mile journey from beautiful and historic Greenwich out of London and through the Kent countryside to finish in Canterbury, in the shadow of the city’s ancient cathedral. A must-do, once-in-a-lifetime chance...
“je suis un poisson rouge” That is the limit of my French speaking skills. And I have no idea where I got that from! Yet I’ve just come back from a weekend in France and some how I managed to get food and water. Ok I was with people who have a better understanding on the language than I do. Around 4 years ago my parent’s bought a small converted barn/cottage in Northern France; just North of...
Today is my younger brother’s; Sean’s birthday. He turned 26. After all the usual stuff you get for birthday’s these days he was given the best possible news. His partner Sarah had her 20 week scan and it looks to be he will be having a little baby daughter later in the year. I guess congratulations are in order, on both accounts. Happy birthday bro and good luck with your new journey into...
Last night I had another quick trip round the block and so far it has tipped my total just over the 100km mark. I’m happy with my progress so far, I’ve not been out much in the last week or so but this is more to do with a busy schedule rather than a lack of...
You most probably remember track cycling from the days of Chris Boardman and that ’bike’. Things have moved on from since then but it is good to know that Great Britain is still able to put up a good fight in the UCI World standings and on Saturday I got the chance to watch the action live. Fellow cycle club members Robin and Roger organised the tickets and a couple of cars to take a group of...