365, Blogging, Sport
Day 206: Swimming
These past few weeks have been full of things that I haven’t done in my adult life. First, it’s the surprising addition of shorts to my wardrobe, which I’m loving, and now it’s a trip to a swimming pool for recreational floating about. Morley Leisure Centre in the sixth form was the last time I […]
365, Banding, Formula One, Geocaching, Sport
Day 188: Putting The ‘Sun’ In Sunday
A long day today. The majority of the morning – because I’m lazy and didn’t get up – was taken up by playing at Kirkwood Hospice with Grange Moor Band. Some photos below. The performances went down well but it was unbelievably hot. Once home, I watched the German Grand Prix delayed – and managed […]
Formula One
German Grand Prix 2013: Race Result
Due to a band job, is was unable to watch this race live, so this post is just to complete the records for the season. Retirements: Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso–Ferrari, 22 laps, Hydraulics Jules Bianchi, Marussia-Cosworth, 21 laps, Engine Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 3 laps, Accident Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m33.468s
Formula One
German Grand Prix 2013: Qualifying
Yet again, I didn’t watch this live – this post is to fill the gaps in the data for the year so far. 107% time: 1m36.885s * Gap to quickest in Q2 ** Gap to quickest in Q1 *** Charles Pic receives a five-place penalty for a gearbox change.
365, Formula One, Geocaching, Sport, Work
Day 186: The End Of Another Week
What a busy, draining week. So much has happened at work that it’s been hard to keep up or summarise it all. We received the final Ofsted report, which reads very well overall and is fair. There was sports day, during which the sun shone upon my skin – my neck is ridiculously red. We […]
365, Formula One
Day 181: British Grand Prix, Sunday
Today was the British Grand Prix! I’ve been excited about it for so long! Qualifying had set up an interesting grid, the weather was fabulous and all was good. Unlike Friday and Saturday, we were confined to one seat today in Village – part of the of new Loop section. This was a good place […]
Formula One
British Grand Prix 2013: Race Result
I was at this race, so this post is just to complete the records for the season. This is being written on the following Saturday, with the publication date altered to reflect the actual session date. Fastest lap: Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, 1m33.401s Not classified/retirements: Sergio Perez, McLaren-Mercedes, 47 laps Sebastien Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 42 […]