£2000 in old money

Having got back from holiday i've downloaded over 1000 photo's taken over the two weeks.

If i had used 35mm that would have cost me £2000 in film + D&P.

Amazing to think how technology lowers the cost in some areas.

Now i just have to sort through them (which is a time cost) and then print some out (some cost in ink and paper). Though i think i win out here as i have 1,000+ memories of our holidays.

and you think your commute's bad!

We just got back from 2 weeks in North Devon. We stayed on a farm, 1 mile down a country lane from the nearest "main road".

On the way home we found a £250,000 combine trying to get down the lane. Funniest bit of driving i have seen for a long time. Brings a new perspective on the commute to work.

No way to spend 2hrs

Thursday evening i just got home after a 11hr day at workand i hear "oh, i don't think i should have opened that!"

Yup - Virus uploaded on our XP machine at home. It downloaded what looked like its own Virus checker to the machine by backdoor as well. Managed to shutdown malicious processes fairly quickly.

I spent 2hrs with regedit, deleted programes and DLL's and generally being grumpy! I think i might look at a Mac for home!

Final 40th celebration!

The 40th birthday celebrations have been a long road (pun intended). From shooting in Gleneagles, shoot/support with Alan, , family weekend at centreparcs, the BMW offroad skills course and now last weekend I got to spend the 40th birthday vouchers from my mates - a morning at castle combe racing school! After some instruction in a ford focus we got let loose in a single seater formula ford. Castle combe is 1.85 miles long and bumpy. Overall a good circuit. Comments from the instructor assessment were - "a great drive, very good lines. remember - slow in and fast out. brake early @ quarry. Very good in all other braking zones". Seems being a biker helps hook up turn-in, apex and exit of corners. Obviously has never seen me on public roads! Seems i was trying to be fast in and fast out! Might try this single seater lark again. Top day out.