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Links to my friends:
Céline's
parents have a bed
and breakfast in Bourgogne in Meursault near Dijon, a major
wine-growing area.
DJ
DJ's Home Page
Chris Leuty
via The World of Christopher Leuty
Jonny Wineberg
Jonny's home page
Amandeep Madra
Sikh Heritage Page
Alex & Tina
Alex and Tina Jeanes' home page (my brother and sister-in-law).
Guy & Ingrid's wedding
photo page.
Jonny
and Anne O'Brien
Their cycle trip around
Central and South America for charity. I also have their mail
address.
Dennis & Angela
Their home page with
new links - see where they have been on their travels.
Bernard et Bernadette
Ecobichon
Les parents de
Céline ont une chambre d'hôte en Bourgogne à
Meursault près de Dijon.
Evelyne and Alex Newton
Evelyne runs NabissoDesign,
which is an online shop of stylish furniture made in Indonesia. They
sell quality furniture for the bedroom, living room and dining room.
Their range of furniture is made with rattan and solid wood and will
suit any house, modern or traditional.
Flash Headlines
Dilbert and the Mac
Larry has met
Prince Charles (again). You can see his picture and an article in the
Friends section of the photo album.
Had a new suit
arrive from Ravis in Thailand
(see my links page). It is really
good, great fit, and has dry-cleaned OK. I sent an old suit as a
pattern, but they take measurements over the Internet. Give it a go!
Been on holiday to
Courchevel with Silver Ski
who were really good. Pictures are in the photo
album under Vacations.
Done mountain bike
trips to Wales and Dartmoor; my first proper off-road trips. Lots of
sun in Wales with rain, just sun in Devon. Pictures are in the Photo Album.
Exchanged
contracts on a house in Crowthorne near Bracknell. Completion was 24
August 2000. Pictures in the photo album
under the new house section. The estate agent's description is here. Photos are from before I moved
in, and hopefully the place will get demolished in 2002.
Completed my first
sprint triathlon on 21 May 2000. 400m swim, 22km bike, 5km run in 1
hour 19 minutes 17 seconds. Came in 21st place, though it was only a
novice one, so the times were generally quite slow.
Second triathlon
completed on 25 June 2000. 400m swim, 32km bike ride and 8km run,
though it was a lot more hilly than the last one. It was around
Marlborough, near Swindon, at the end of the Ridgeway. Time was 1 hour
53 minutes 55 seconds, and I was in 101st place. My best part
(surprisingly) was the swim with a 7 minutes 7 seconds time. Bike ride
was 1:11:18 and the run was 35:30. Next one is an olympic length one in
Milton Keynes at the end of July.
Third triathlon
completed (photos in the album under sport) and it was my first Olympic
length one (1.5km swim - in a lake, 40km bike ride and 10km run). Time
was 2 hours 35 minutes 26 seconds, though Jonny lent me his road bike
instead of my mountain bike, which improved my time somewhat. First two
places were Andrew Johns & Tim Don off the Olympic team. Split
times: Swim 32:16 Cycle 1:17:22 Run 45:48.
Moved in to my new
house on 23 September 2000. The topographical survey is here including hatching to
show the relative position of the new build.
Last vacation was
in the Picos de Europa and some pictures are in the Photo Album. I did manage to get stitches
in my knee due to going over my handlebars on a descent, but they are
out now and the knee is healing pretty well (all the other scars from
the scrape along the floor have disappeared, too). I am back in
training again now, given Libby has encouraged me to do a last
triathlon (short one) this season.
See my latest news
in the Christmas news letter (disponible
aussi en français)
Did a week's
skiing in Les Arcs 2000 in France in March 2001 and the photos are in
the Photo Album.
First cut plans of
the new house are now in the Photo Album,
under House at the bottom (only text links to the plans at the moment).
New designs have not yet been put up - sorry.
Realised I missed
out some triathlon results. Brighton (full Olympic length) was 358th in
2h47m05s (swim 32:18, bike 1:21:56, run 53:31) in September 2000. Bath
(another Olympic length) was 134th in 2h52m17s (swim 30:54, bike
1:29:26, run 51:57) in May 2001.
Went diving in the
Rea Sea from Hurghada with a bunch of mates (not a liveaboard, though)
and saw four sharks, two octopi, two turtles (with mating ritual in
progress) and loads of other stuff - really good fun. As usual, the
photos are in the Photo Album.
Planning
permission was refused on the new house plans, since the plans are not
in keeping with the rest of the area. Discussions have taken place with
the planners to ensure I can get permission. New plans have now been
submitted and more discussions are under way.
Windsor triathlon
result from 17 June 2001 (olympic length starting in the Thames, mainly
upstream) was 2:40:25 (swim 31:17, bike 1:22:34, run 46:34). It was a
fun event with 1600 people taking part, so there were loads of people
around throughout the course. A couple of photos are in the Photo Album.
Did the Crowthorne
Duathlon at the Transport Research Lab (off-road for most of it) and it
was very muddy (called the Summer Mudman). I was very surprised when I
came in sixth in the fun race, and realised I would have been tenth in
the main race. I was under two minutes off the winning time!
Unfortunately no photos since the water damage to my camera from Egypt
means it is irreperable, so time for a new camera. Times (with the
winning times in brackets) were run 3.5km 13:51 (12:33), cycle 8km
29:35 (30:28), run 1.5km 6:27 (5:14).
I have added a
link for Bank Holiday software
(England and Wales only, I'm afraid) for the Palm and Handspring
devices since sites were starting to send people here and they were not
finding it.
Did the Windsor
Half Marathon in under 1 hour 40 minutes (time on the web site didn't
allow for time to cross the line, which I did over 5 minutes after the
start, but even with electronic timing, they didn't note this). Also
did the Crowthorne Sam Run (10k) in 43:30 (approx.)
Did a vacation in
the Maldives on a liveaboard with Scuba Discovery on the Discovery. The
photos are now in the photo album. Also
went on Concorde to New York for Christmas, then down to Philadelphia
& visited Xavier & Justine, then on to Washington DC to do the
tourist bit and back up for New Year with Charlie & Mary Pat in
Wilmington. Got my first Euros on 2 January when I got to the
Netherlands.
Christmas letter
for 2001 is here. Plus une version française.
Did the Wellington
College 10k run in Crowthorne. I'll put my time up when I find it. Also
did the Goring 10k (44:25) and the Wimbledon 10k (42:45 - thanks to
chasing Jonny).
Visited Lapland
Easter 2002, with husky dog sleds, snowmobiles and a bit of downhill
skiing, then a quick visit to Helsinki on the way back.
Did the Bracknell
half marathon in 1:37:40, a personal best, though driven on by the
Fitness Warehouse running club.
Photos now up in
the album from dive trips to Indonesia
& Egypt. I skipped my trip to Turkey from the photo album due to
lack of time to set it up.
Christmas letter for 2002 is now
online. Et aussi en français.
I was in South
Africa in January 2003 to do community work via Exel: setting up a
market garden for The Oaks Community Group, near Hoedspruit in the
north east of the country. After that, I went diving near Durban in
Kwazulu Natal, including the famous Protea Banks, diving with giant
hammerheads and bull sharks with no cages.
I haven't been
able to do triathlons in 2003 due to an injury from an operation on my
leg near the end of 2002, didn't get through the lottery for the New
York Marathon in November 2003 but have applied for the London Marathon
Lottery for April 2004.
Planning
permission was received on the house in Crowthorne on 29 May 2003.
Amanda & Kevin
got married on 16 June 2003.
Visited Kazakhstan
summer 2003, around the Almaty area, part of the time in the city, part
in the mountains to the south.
Last vacations
were a liveaboard in the Red Sea (VIP One) sailing from Sharm El Sheikh
and Hyderabad in India for Kiran & Suchitra's wedding.
Christmas letter for 2003 is
here, plus une version francaise.
Christmas Letter 2004 is here et la lettre de Noël en français
We went cycling
with Anne & Johnny in Bulgaria and Romania in summer 2005.
They are cycling
from Ireland to Mongolia. The route we took with
them can be viewed on Google Earth.
We skied in Les
Deux Alpes in 2006, though Céline damaged her cartilage on the
first day and had to spend time on crutches. You can see the route
skied on Google Earth here.
Completed the
Windsor Triathlon 2006 in 2:35:29 according to official timing (swim
28:55, transition 1 03:00, bike 1:11:27, transition 2 02:36, run 49:31)
and Céline, still recovering from her injury, managed 2:59:33
(30:13, 02:47, 1:25:00, 02:22, 59:01) which was an excellent result. I
realised afterwards I was 3 seconds of a personal best compared to
Milton Keynes in 2000 - not bad for 6 years older, and I would count
Windsor as being more difficult, certainly with longer transitions.
There was much less current in the Thames than last time I did it,
though.
See some of our trips in Every Trail:
Here's our 2008
Christmas Newsletter et notre lettre de Noël 2008.
Here are our skiing trip GPS tracks from Val d'Isère
in January 2009.
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Here's our 2009
Christmas Newsletter et notre lettre de Noël 2009.
Here's our 2010
Christmas Newsletter et notre lettre de Noël 2010. The files are about 12MB, so if you want smaller versions (with lower quality photos), here they are: 2010 Christmas Letter compressed; une version avec des photos moins nettes mais plus petite est ici : Lettre de Noël 2010 comprimée
Recordings of our memorial concert for Neil Tysoe in which Nic sang (in MP3 format):
Ave Verum Corpus
Sanctus Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei
The Heavens are Telling
Hallellujah Chorus
Photo Zak Francheska India
Céline now has her own blog site.
Céline is hosting a web site for Bedford Home Births,
a support group for women (in fact, couples) who are interested in
having a home birth rather than a hospital birth and want to get advice
and hear experiences from those who have done it before (supported by
local midwives).
Here is our Christmas Letter for 2011.
Voici notre lettre de Noël 2011.
