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Scouting & Guiding

Christmas Dinner

A few days ago the official announcement that I was to succeed Katy Sara as County Commissioner of Solihull was made (more on that later). And apart from some admin and paperwork I pretty much thought nothing would happen until after Christmas. So when the invite to join the 1st Solihull Nelson Sea Scouts for their […]

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Lifeblog

Dolgellau

With the afternoon sun shining on a lovely (3pm finish) Friday afternoon my good lady Bob picked me up in our lovely little car and we zoomed off for a weekend in Wales.  I’m not the greatest passenger in the world, but I had my iPod hooked up to the stereo and hit shuffle, the […]

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Adventure & Outdoors

N+1 Tunnels Ride

It took some consideration but I decided to once again join some cheery people from YACF on a group ride. This one a nice 70 km around the West Midlands including such highlights as the Clent Hills and Netherton canal tunnel. The plan was to meet at the ranger station cafe in Cannon Hill park for […]

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Lifeblog Scouting & Guiding

Preparing For BrumVenture

It’s BrumVenture this weekend and I’m hauling the tents for the kids from the 141st Birmingham to Pikes Pool. Thankfully I’d planned to take Friday off so I’m not trying to cycle there in the rush hour traffic with 5 tents and my kit. The photo was taken after a test run from picking the tents […]

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Scouting & Guiding Technology

To GPL or Not To GPL

I’ve been working on a reasonably exciting project of late. Sort of an extension in the work i’ve been doing for various Scouting events using Wordpress over the years. I’ve been building a booking system. Not just any booking system, this is a purpose for the event booking system, i’m hoping to expand into a fully fledged […]