It’s been two years since our epic trip to Peru. We’ve been following our journal again retracing our steps through Cusco, Machu Picchu, Puno, Arequipa, Nazca and Pisco. We posted all the Peru trip photos online but never got around to writing up the journal. Memories of the crazy old man in Puno, the over [...]
Kiva is an amazing organisation which allows me to loan money to entrepreneurs on the other side of the world. And I love it. And I want to tell people about it. Using services like Foursquare and Gowalla I cannot do anything without my social network hearing about it through updates to Facebook, Twitter and [...]
We chose our hotel for the weekend very carefully. It could be said that we exercised more care than the hotel. We were given a room from the 70′s. Then got the room we had paid for as seen on the web site. The shower overflowed. The food in the restaurant was great. The service [...]
Glastonbury Festival 2010 was amazing! Not even a rubbish performance from our football team could dampen the heated spirits of 180,000 revellers in a field. And my god was it hot! With Glastonbury, but not other festivals, the best bits are not the bands, but the sights and sounds you see on your travels. And [...]
At a loose end in Nottingham this weekend? Don’t be. Live Music at Jam Cafe on Good Friday Short films at Nottingham Contemporary on Good Friday and Saturday nights. Music from Ed Lamps on Saturday. Rest of the weekend look around Star City before it finishes. Local real ale on sale in cafe. Afternoon Tea [...]
2009 turned out to be pretty remarkable year that charted a path unexpected 12 months ago. Being involved with Twestival by arranging the Nottingham Twestival in February was the trigger for much of the rest of the year. The event was a modest success and introduced me to people who would become friends over the [...]
