Year: 2007

  • Try-a-Tri 2007

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    OK, so I wasn’t really lazing around on the sofa on Sunday. I was up at 5.30am to get to Cardiff and take photos for the Cardiff Triathletes’ novice Try-a-Tri triathlon. I took almost 600 snaps, thanks to a new SanDisk II Ultra 4GB memory card. Most of those photos have gone up on the…

  • Bank Holidays

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    The Swansea medicine students have all been sitting exams and submitting coursework over the last couple of weeks, so it has been a period of marking and stress for them and us. The second year marks aren’t finalised yet, but it’s nice to have a bank holiday weekend to break it all up a bit.…

  • NHS ‘wastes millions on asthma’

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    Reported by the BBC: “Three-quarters of emergency admissions for asthma in England could have been avoided, a report argues. “The charity Asthma UK said better guidance to help patients manage their conditions could save the NHS in England £43.7 million a year. “Its study found the rate of emergency admissions for asthma patients varies hugely…

  • Park

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    Chasing Jack around the climbing frame.

  • London Marathon 2007

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    My brother and his girlfriend both ran the London Marathon on Sunday, after probably more than 5 years of trying to get a place. They both ran great times, particularly considering the warmth of the day: – Nick’s times – Vicki’s times I know Nick would have liked to get under 4 hours, but the…

  • Sun

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    It’s been a tough week this week, so I’m posting these sunny images from the beach (from a recent weekend) to show an update and to cheer myself up. The sun is coming back!

  • Jack Snaps

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    Riding the escalator. Lazy biker. No more walking. Zzzzzzz.

  • Boy Locked Up For School’s Error

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    Another example of stupidity in the world at large today: “A Hempfield Area High School sophomore spent 12 days in juvenile detention after authorities in Westmoreland County mistakenly charged him with making a March 11 bomb threat, in part because the district had not changed its clocks to reflect daylight-saving time. “Cody Webb, 15, of…

  • Spring is the New Summer

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    The BBC report today that the Woodland Trust are declaring “spring is the new summer”. “Dr Kate Lewthwaite of the Woodland Trust said: “Thanks to the exceptionally mild start to the year we are experiencing, this summer signal is arriving three weeks earlier than the 11 May average.” “Swifts usually return from migration around 10…

  • Car wash

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    We went back to see family over Easter, and since my mum and dad have an excellent huge driveway on their new estate I at last got to wash and wax the car (some idiot scraped the corner of it so I had to polish that out). Check out Jack’s attention to detail. He did…