Return To Ingrebourne Hill

Return To Ingrebourne Hill

Today I took my bike to Ingrebourne Hill, an open area to the north of Rainham Village. Paths galore, a lake full of birds and a mountain bike course with great views of Central London, Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster & the Dartford Crossings. A perfect place to take my bike for a spin and test my new 10MP digital camera.

Getting there was a breeze. After taking a few shots of the ducks and swans on the lake. I pedaled up to the summit with the intention of taking some landscape pics. Surprise, surprise, my camera is telling me the 512MB memory card is full. Yes, taking 10MP pictures with a 512MB SD card only allows 20 pics. Hmm..... Maybe I need a bigger SD card for this camera, possibly at least 4GB.

Having deleted a few snaps, I decided to take on the MTB course. One of my best memories of Beijing 2008 was the MTB tournament. Watching the professionals riding to glory only hints at the adrenaline rush that they experience. From the outset the rush that I felt was unbelievable. I was only taking it easy, resisting the temptation of taking on the many jumps, but despite the shortness of breath and aching limbs, I literally felt "On Top Of The World" {sic. Apologies to Leo Di Caprio). MTB course completed and several deletions later I took a series of sunset pics. Not quite in the David Bailey, or Lord Litchfield mould but I hope you like them
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Breaking in

Breaking in.

Lovely day today Temp approaching 25C with a slight breeze. Perfect opportunity to break in my new trainers. Interesting bunch, the new neighbours. 2 cats, a dog and 12 rabbits. Am particularly interested in the cats, they look the perfect candidates for new Coolcat profile pics.

Why coolcat? One might ask. First, I love cats and I believe they're the coolest species on this planet, even cooler than humans. Felis Felix v Homo Sapiens Sapiens, no contest. Second I consider myself to be a Cool Cat, no matter what anyone else might think. So there!

Heared that NZ All Blacks lost this morning to France in Dunedin. Already the reciminations are being voiced in NZ. A defeat for The All Blacks is a rarity, defeat at home, even more so. With Rugby World Cup only 2 years away, a home defeat can only increase the nervousness of a Host Nation still looking back at the glory days of 1987. 22 years of hurt, ouch! The words ALL BLACKS & LOSER in the same sentence don't appear very often so as a proud Brit. I salute La France for their achievment and long may it continue.
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Euro Elections

Euro Elections

I know this sounds a bit boring, but today I'll be exercising my democratic right to elect representatives for London to the European Parliament. It pains me to admit that this lifelong Labour voter will not be voting Labour this time round, in the light of the expenses scandal at Westminster. Cameron's Tories won't be getting my vote either because no amount of spin can disguise their lack of ideas, or their devotion to the same Neo-Con ideology that characterised their brothers and sisters in the Republican party.

Fewer Brittons voted in the last Euro Elections in 2004 than those who voted in the final of Big Brother later that year. This time over 16m people voted in the final of Britain's Got Talent. It would be a shame if fewer people voted in this election. If you want to give the government a kicking over recent events, by all means vote Tory, LibDems, Green, SNP, Plaid Cymru or UKip. The option of staying at home is not an option as a low turnout only benefits the BNP.

In 2 days time we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the noble sacrifices made by Allied Forces to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. It would be an insult to the memory of those veterans if a low turnout resulted in the heirs of Hitler and Mussolini sending MEP to the European Parliament
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