Devil's Arse

Farms close to a cave called: Devil's Arse (http://www.peakcavern.co.uk/)

Daryl on Steep hills

Photo from Yves' Canon IXUS 900

steep hills...

Climbing up one of the steep hills was lots of fun (except for the stinging Nettle that Ben & I experienced, still hurt a bit the next day !); way better that Gym exercise :-)

Winnats Pass

A serious jogger, in the Winnats Pass... (I wouldn't even atempt this with a bike !)

Bakewell

Have you ever taisted Bakewell Pudding ?

Fresh meat !

Typical Peak-District village seanary (no Photoshop editing, the grass was really that lush !)

Picnic @ Chatsworth's Estate

Fantastic lawn for a picnic, thanks to the Duke of Devonshire !

Chatsworth Estate & Pride and Prejudice

Chatsworth has a long association with the book, which was published in 1813. Many readers and scholars believe that Jane Austen's description of Pemberley House is based on the appearance of Chatsworth as it was in the early 19th century. Check out http://www.visitprideandprejudice.com/ if you are interested in further info of the surroundings.

Chatsworth's Estate

Some Duke's castle in the East Midlands (see http://www.chatsworth.org/). This Estate was used for the latest movie rendition of Pride & Prejudice (http://www.chatsworth.org/news/news_pride&prejudice.htm

), staring the lovely Keira Knightley...

Crooked Spire of Chesterfield...

Church steeple @ Chesterfield, on the way to Sherwood forest (in the Midlands). Many Legends have spun out of the twisted spire, see a few at http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/spire.php. It sure gives Chesterfield its identity. Built, along with much of the rest of the church in the 14th century, it was straight for several centuries before it began to twist, probably as a result of unseasoned timber being used for its construction. It now leans nearly 9ft to the south and is still moving.

Tennyson...

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850. I don't remember much more from my Literature classes (i.e. Andrews Academy, '90).

Old Walls

Very well preserved Roman walls dating back from the 1st Century AD...

Bishop's Palace

Bishop's Palace entrance & the pub called Magna Carta (in Lincoln)

Cathedral in Lincoln

The Cathedral of Lincolnshire's capital is where they filmed some sections of the Davinci Code (as they couldn't do it in Westminster Abbey). (A few more pictures from Yves are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/yves.senty/Lincoln)

Robin, where are you ?

We're heading up to Sherwood forest this Easter weekend...

Switcher's Guide to the Galaxy...

Here's an irreverent look at switching: http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/a-switchers-guide-to-windows-and-mac-equivalents-and-differences/

finally arrived...

Although Steve Jobs didn't delivery it personally (why else would he be hanging around in London for), my new MacBook Pro has arrived. For those interested, it's the 15" 2.16 GHz version but I've had to up the RAM to 2 GB and the hard drive to 160 GB (for ample space for OS X and Vista and XP all singing together with either VMware or Parallels). I'm slightely disapointed at Macs as its graphical resolution is worst than my 4 year-old IBM Thinkpad).

Jobs in london

Hiya Steve, what'u doing in London ? Hand-delivering my MacBook Pro I ordered last week ? ...w.w.w.wwhat ? DRM-Free music ! It's not April fools is it ? See the press releases at: http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm and http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html

SCUBA + ISP ?

I new it that my SCUBA skills would one day benefit Internet installation: Google is launching "Dark Porcelain" TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider), today the 1st of April (wink wink), see the press release at http://www.google.com/tisp/press.html and the install procedures at http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html. For more April Fools IT news see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/01/apple_google_mobile/ and http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/lebedev.shtml, http://www.skypejournal.com/blog/2007/04/first_look_skype_for_cows_32.html, http://www.google.com/googlegulp/, among many ...