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We now have over 1,140 hits on the promo video for “Lady Icarus” which is very encouraging. TG4 is showing an interest, but to get the film made, more than one TV station will need to get involved. Anything involving the filming of vintage planes is not going to come cheap.So thanks for your support […]

Now for ‘Lady Icarus – the Movie”, which will tell the story of Irish aviator Lady Mary Heath, who flew from Cape Town to London solo in 1928. To get backing at theSheffield Documentary Festival it needs LOTS of hits, so pass on the word (please!) and add your comments. We really need to get […]

Would you believe that the humble ukulele could produce music like this? Wonderful (off to buy a uke).

Would you believe that the humble ukulele could produce music like this? Wonderful (off to buy a uke).

As it hapens, this isn’t the cover for “Let’s Run” after all – booksellers don’t like this one, so Susan from Ashfield Press is currently designing one based on photographs. Whatever happens you will still be to buy the book by mid-October at the very latest. Buy a copy and I’ll sign it for you!

Where have I been for the last while? Mainly taking photographs and uploading them to my Flickr address which is (will add to my links):http://www.flickr.com/photos/62351605@N00/Just in case you want to look!

The guys who built this wall (part of an extension to a house near where I live) were PAID! This is the side of the wall the woman who employed them clearly didn’t see….and I thought Doha was bad!

Over the years, I have taken many approaches in the war against slugs. I have diligently watered and then collected them each evening. I have poured salt on them so they “melt” (to quote niece No 2).One summer, I decided to use beer traps, only to be woken at sunrise each morning by drunken magpies, […]