It took some consideration but I decided to once again join some cheery people from YACFÂ 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 f...
Continue reading...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. Â I'm not the greatest passenger in the world, but I had my iPod hooked up to the stereo and hit shuffle, the somewhat random tune...
Continue reading...A few interesting things on the way home from work today, the first was a lovely old factory, a bit neglected and all but now on fire. Fire crews where there spraying water on it but it was still going when I stopped. 
And as if they where sent to bring some excitement to my afternoon, some baby...
Continue reading...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 S...
Continue reading...2 megawatts of electricity, 65 theatrical lanterns, 300 metres of TRS , 100 square metres of coloured gel, five people, and a week of limted sleeping. Put All that lot together and you get the Gloucester Gangshow lighting crew. It seems like it wasn't that long ago, (9 months in fact) when I packed...
Continue reading...Well it's finally starting to sink in, the enormity of what we let ourselves in for on the 13th September 2009 when a bunch of leaders arrived at Blackwell Court for the Jamboree Unit leadership selection day.
Recently we've discovered our travel plans, we fly from Birmingham to Munich to Copenhag...
Continue reading...On Saturday I was appointed as Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts) in Spitfire District. This is exciting in a number of ways, absolutely terrifying in others, and makes me a little bit sad.
I've now got the ability to organise any event I want to for the Scouts in the District, I can in theo...
Continue reading...So I was catching up with my twitter feed from today after eating a quite scrummy tea cooked by my sweetie and this tweet popped up from the UK Contingent twitter feed
Continue reading...6 months today, everyone will have spent their first night back home after their WSJ Experience... Start thinking now about what...
Well it's arrived already! The hotly anticipated (tongue firmly in cheek you understand) East Birmingham Gangshow. Today we spent what felt like an eternity transforming an unassuming school hall into the stage for the show. The caretaker actually commented that she never sees that much stuff in...
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