365, Formula One
Day 299: A Good Beginning To A Holiday
Today has been all about cleaning. I’ve cleaned the house (with Mrs Pitts) and begun cleaning the computer downstairs. That computer, and the job of sorting it out, has been something I’ve needed to do for absolutely ages now. I’ve made a start but it’s a huge job. The rest of the day was grabbing […]
365, Blogging, Geocaching, Personal
Day 240: Swimming & Work
Most of today was spent in school, dithering over small decisions. Most of my classroom is back how I want it to be. Tables are ready with new pencils, whiteboard markers, rubbers, rulers and glue. My desk is tidier than it will ever be in the next year. Generally, it’s all starting to become a […]
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 […]
Formula One, History, Sport
Dan Gurney
Today is Dan Gurney‘s 80th birthday. Normally I wouldn’t blog about such an event. – but to me it is significant. Not only is Dan a key figure in motor racing history – after all, he is credited with being the first driver to wear a full face helmet and he was the first person to […]
History, Photographs, Sport
1948 London Olympics
A lovely story. Scouring through a car boot sale 20 years ago, Lucy Bull spent £2 on a box of negatives and old snaps. Lucy, who was studying A level photography at the time, didn’t look at all the pictures and eventually stored them in her attic. She was having a clear-out recently when she found […]