Entries from September 2007

29 September 2007: I come from Hyde. Does this mean I’m in a coma?

I know, I know. I’m about twenty years behind everyone else. For whatever reason, I didn’t watch Life On Mars when it was first broadcast. In fact it completely passed me by until series two started being promoted. And it looked tempting, but I didn’t want to come into it mid way through.

27 September 2007: Beaming signals into your home

The last few days at work have been a bit frantic, as I’ve been busy rushing around trying to get up to speed with a great big huge monster of a project, whilst at the same time trying to ease the handover of another great big huge monster of a project onto someone else.

23 September 2007: Bonjourrrrr, yah cheese-eatin’ surrender monkeys!

In France, Catherine ate on average 3.2 different cheeses per day. That’s a lot of cheese.

18 September 2007: France 2007 Day 10: Up the Eiffel, and back to Blighty

Up a big tower, to a former hospital, walking the streets, sitting on a train, emerging bleary eyed on the other side of a tunnel.

16 September 2007: France 2007 Day 9: Around Paris

In which our intrepid tourists see everything in black and white, visit lots of churches, get wet, and drink a nice pint of English ale.

15 September 2007: Latest BBCi goings on

CBBC extra goes bright green, and cable-land gets a radio service

11 September 2007: Britain still imperial

Is a hundred years after it was first mooted, enough time to wait for us to finally go totally metric?

9 September 2007: France 2007 Day 8: To Paris

It was time to wave goodbye to the south of France, and head to the capital.

4 September 2007: France 2007 Day 7: Les Meyries to La Chalp

The final day of walking was upon us as we saw streams, hills and a popular lake.

< back | top ^ | next >