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| 25th April 2010 |
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I finally got around to updating the
Home Page. Not sure if it's the finished result yet
but hey ho.
I also added another couple of new pages,
Panoramas and
Rooftop Fun in the
Photography section.I'm
beginning to wonder if I'm using too many fancy effects on my
site, effects which need Java installed, JavaScript enabled and
QuickTime installed. There's the old adage of KISS (Keep
It Simple, Stupid) but I like the effects. Besides, one
effect helps to show panoramas to the best advantage.
If you find any problems or have problems viewing my pages,
please do Contact Me and let me
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| 9th April 2010 |
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More work completed tonight. Several pages updated.
And finally, the Animations page
completed after months of showing "Under Construction".
A couple of new pages added to the
Photography section.
I've found some more images which I'll be adding soon but they
need some work first.
Check back soon! |
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| 8th April 2010 |
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First new page added, the most important page.
In Search Of.....
It near bought a tear to my eye creating it.Lets hope Google
indexes this page soon and someone out there can help.
One day. Some day. Maybe.... |
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| 7th April 2010 |
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Finally got around to revamping my website. Work still in
progress. More pages to add and hopefully more photography and
some different pages of interest.
And a special. Something I hope someone out there will be
able to help me with. |
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| 7th January 2010 |
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Well, we did get away for our New Year/Anniversary break to
Fir Tree Farm and we're now 100%
sure we're selling the caravan. The caravan and all
accessories are now sold!
In time, I'll probably revamp this website and archive the
caravanning pages. |
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| 27th December 2009 |
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How time flies! I can't believe we haven't been away
in our beloved caravan since the beginning of October.
We've been busy redecorating several rooms in the house so our
money has been used for the redecorating. However, we're
finally off in the caravan for our usual Anniversary/New Year
break tomorrow so I'll report on this trip away in the New Year.
However, it could be our last, or our last but one trip away!
Alas, we're now thinking of selling the caravan and the caravan
forum, giving up caravanning altogether. Our reasons are many
and personal with other ideas and ventures in the pipeline. At
the time of writing, we're 75% sure we will be selling the
caravan in the New Year of 2010. If anyone are interested in
registering their interest in the caravan and/or the forum, feel
free to contact me.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and wish you all a
Happy New Year. |
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| 23rd October 2009 |
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Yet another trip to Barn
Farm for my wife's birthday break. I'm rather late in
writing up this latest little report as I've had a million and
one other things to do. Must get away again soon! |
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| 28th September 2009 |
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Another trip away yet again to
Bramcote Mains, our
3rd time there but only our 1st this year. We must be slacking!
As before, a lovely break and a few new changes too. |
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| 6th September 2009 |
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We took a semi-planned 7 nights away in the Peak District
for a few reasons, coinciding with the August Bank Holiday,
something we normally try to avoid. This turned into
two trips. Topley Head Farm
being the first which we had originally booked for 7 nights,
ending in cutting our visit to 3 nights and spending another 5
nights at Windy Harbour instead. |
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| 25th August 2009 |
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And once more back to Lincs and
Barn Farm. As
mentioned in the review last time, we had already booked to
return for a reason. As before, a very enjoyable stay with
excellent weather. |
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| 15th August 2009 |
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Yet another trip to Lincs and once again,
Barn Farm. Well, I
did say it was one we'd certainly use again but we didn't expect
it to be quite so soon. Not complaining, mind! |
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| 8th August 2009 |
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I decided to update the website to include a continuation of
our Caravanning Labour of Love
which is linked to from the main
Caravanning page. This shows the further modifications
we have done in the 2 years (nearly) we have now had the
caravan. |
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| 26th July 2009 |
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Another trip to Lincs area to be close for a visit to the
in-laws as well as a nice relaxing break for my birthday.
Barn Farm, Sedgebrook near Grantham
is one I would recommend and would certainly use again. |
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| 11th July 2009 |
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After 20 months of caravanning, we finally make our 30th
trip away to Cardyke House.
Mixed feelings about this one but we did have a good time away. |
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| 21st June 2009 |
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A wee break was had this week at
Heathcote Lakes, Warwick.
It's a really nice lakeside site with a lovely Farm Shop. Next
trip away is already booked, second week in July for 6 nights in
Lincolnshire. This will be our 30th trip away in 20
months. But first, a few changes to the caravan to
relocate the TV and Satellite to the front of the van. |
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| 26th May 2009 |
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Bank Holiday Weekend and we went away?!? Ooer!!
We try not to do Bank Holiday weekends but this was a necessity
as it was our Nephew's wedding in Chepstow, Wales so we booked 3
nights at New House Farm, Aust,
Bristol. A lovely site and excellent weather, what more do
we need? No further trips booked or planned now so we need to
start looking. Can't wait 'til next time! |
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| 20th May 2009 |
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Another wee break with a purpose, a return to
Mound Lodge to be near
Ferry Meadows and meet up with some friends from the
The
Digital Site. (TDS) This may well be the last photo
shoot meet for a while because I no longer own TDS nor have the
same interest, inclination or inspiration in photography as I
used to. I handed TDS over to a good friend of mine who
will continue running it. I hope to put more of my efforts
into this site and my camping and caravanning forum,
Carry on
Camping. |
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| 29th April 2009 |
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Latest venture was a trip to
Blue Dolphin Holiday
Park near Filey for the Whitby Goth Festival weekend.
A lovely weekend it was too. Rather than do a separate
page for the Goth photography, I've added just a few in this
report. I didn't take all that many anyway. :-) |
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| 11th April 2009 |
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We hoped to go back to the Royal Oak
Public House with the caravan since we had to attend a
funeral in the area but ended up back at
Little Acres again, our
3rd time there. And yet again, there were a few new
changes! Good or bad? You decide. |
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| 27th March 2009 |
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Our first trip away in the caravan for 2009, a wee three
night break at Ashby Lane Farm.
We've been meaning to try and get away earlier but hey, better
late than never! Hopefully we'll be getting away more
often from here on. |
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| 3rd January 2009 |
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We spent 4 nights at Mound Lodge,
a CL just down the road from Ferry Meadows. This was for
our Wedding Anniversary and New Year break. Happy New Year
everyone! |
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| 17th December 2008 |
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Just back from a wee 2-nighter at
The Royal Oak Public House
(again!) our 22nd trip away. |
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| 29th November 2008 |
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Just a wee update to the site to report here. In a bid
to combat spam from Bots crawling my site, I have made two
changes which benefit us all. First, have have changed the
way your email addresses display on the
Guestbook. Instead
of being a clickable link which SpamBots can use, email
addresses are now displayed in text form with [at] instead of @
and [dot] instead of the decimal point. I have also added
the need for a verification code on the
Contact Me page to help deter SpamBots. Aren't I good to
you!! LOL |
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| 21st November 2008 |
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No time to go away again just yet as things have been hectic
just lately. Soon, we hope. Soon!
Meanwhile, for those of you who have read A
Heart-warming Request, my water animation story and been
interested in having a go yourself, you may be interested in
reading the small update I have placed at the bottom. |
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| 6th November 2008 |
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Just back from staying at
Littleover Farm for 3 nights. Not a place we would
personally visit again.
I also decided to modify the list of places we've been (Caravanning
Chronicles) to include the cost per night (at the time) and
the distance from home for each site. |
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| 23rd October 2008 |
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Just spent three nights at lovely
Kendeline Fields Farm,
our 17th trip away this year so far, bringing our total to 20
trips since we bought the caravan. |
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| 11th October 2008 |
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Just back from our latest caravan adventures. The
latest reports are Shamrock
Nurseries and Haven's Golden
Sands. I decided to stay with my current cameras for
now and have invested in a fast Intelligent Charger and new
batteries. They lasted well over the last week. More
photos will be added soon. |
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| 29th September 2008 |
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I think all the Photography pages are done - for now.
I was going to add some more tutorials of interest but decided
against it since they are already on TDS, my photo forum.
Why replicate them? So I changed that section to "Special
Interest" for now. One good thing has come out of creating
this site and that is it's reviving my interest in Photography
once again. I've decided to sell (or part ex.) my three
digital cameras for a DSLR. So until then, there won't be
anything new added to the site except caravanning adventures.
I don't even think I need the "Fun" link anymore so that might
change or be removed. |
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| 28th September 2008 |
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Well, I've started to get the Photography pages up and
running. I still couldn't decide on the gallery
presentation layout so I decided to stay with the same method
used for the caravanning pages. For now. More will
be added over the course of the day. I might decide to
change it later. |
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| 27th September 2008 |
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Still working on the Photography but decided to change the
way the links work. Also thought I'd add this page so
people can see at a glance any new additions to the site over
time. I WILL get the Photography section done soon. I
will, I will, I will! I just keep getting distracted and
spotting other things to improve upon. Hmmm... this is
turning into a Blog, isn't it? Maybe I should change the
name. |
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| 25th September 2008 |
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I started to look into ideas for presentation and layout for
the Photography but while trying to decide, I decided I didn't
like the way the photos were presented in the Caravanning
Chronicles so I've changed them. |
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| 23rd September 2008 |
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10 days later, the site officially went live. I
started linking to it from other sites. It's far from
finished though, I've only got the Caravanning Chronicles set up
and a few other main pages. It's time consuming but great
fun! We were supposed to have gone away in the caravan
again this week but my wife is poorly. |
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| 13th September 2008 |
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Decided to set up my own personal webspace again.
Bought yet another domain and hosting and started design the
site and lay out the basic pages. |
