Ma maison nouvelle

yep thats my new house...and I'm moving there on Thursday! Pretty nice eh?...once Iv moved I'll post some more photos, like the view from my window...its amazing!

The winds of change...

have been and now they are gone...so yeah new layout, new title...but Im still the same...Im just no longer a student so that title had to go...enjoy

Coffee...

Coffee is amazing...its the best...its like a faithful friend who is always by ur side...it really is incredable...

anyway....Im currently siting at my desk in a room which is getting emptier each day...and the reason why its getting emptier is that Im moving house. as u all probably know...and the packing thing is really moving on now...in fact I feel slightly guilty writing this instead of helping mother pack...however we're now getting to the stuff which can't be packed yet cos we still use it...and we have to ask awkward questions like "How long can I live with my amplifier and music for?" or "how many cups and bowls are we going to need?" (thats a mum question really, I jus pack stuff like that....we can eat with our fingers out the pan if necessary...soup could be a bit tricky tho...) I'll endevour to take a picture of my house sumtime soon and then I'll post that up and once Iv moved I'll put up a pic of my new house...and the view from my new bedroom window...which incidently is amazing...I'm currently asking myself another awkard question "What time is it?" now u may wonder why this is awkward, its awkward cos Iv already packed my clock...however I do still have my computer which says its 12:54 and my computer two minutes fast so its actually 12:52...which means in about 8 mins I'll go downstairs and make the lunch...u see once mum gets packing she often forgets about such important things like lunch...so I solve the problem by making lunch and then shouting "LUNCHTIME!!!" and it generally works...and of course being lunch time it also means more coffee...or tea...I surpose I ought to have tea...too much coffee isnt great for ones body...however it does make u lethal on a bike...really if u wanna go fast but havent got the guts...drink a really strong cup of brewed coffee and go for it...its amazing what it does...red bull does a similar thing...well it did for me...I downed a red bull in one got back on my bike and cycled up a 20% piece of road and then did 45.3mph...so yeah coffee works magic...anyway my computer now says its 13:02 so its 1 o'clock...therefore Im gonna leave u with a picture my brother took a little while ago in shropshire...so let me know what u think of it and I'll tell him...

The Marshall's rant....

Spectators...Somebody loves em but its not me...Ocassionally you'll get one or two who are proper rally spectators...get to 7 stages in 1 day and know what they're doing...but oh so often they dont have a clue about summat called common sense...and to illustrate this Iv collected a few photos Iv take over time...
The photographer in the bottom left of the corner for example...this rally was incredibly dusty...infact it was probably the dustiest Iv ever been on...so common sense says sit a bit back from the stage to aviod the dust....I was sitting on a rock about 10m back and I was still getting dusty...anyway the spectator came near the beginning...and stayed till the end...and this is what he looked like after all the 4-wheel drive cars had been round....
He's gone from blue to gray!!! and Id hate to see what his camera looked like after!!! and the guy standing beside the tree he's gone a bit funny coloured as well....I mean common jus take a step back and u'll save urself from half th dust...

Another example is this:
To get this car out of the ditch the easiest when to do it is by getting on the tow rope and pulling...hard....but check out the muppet on the far left....he's pushing down on the top of the car!!!!! what's that meant to do?!?!?! use ur brain boy!

And my final pictures are ones which I think are fine examples of the average rally spectator...
They stand where ever they can looking through their view finders trying to capture that perfect photograph (which incidently will never happen, I spend most of my time on rallies laughing at spectators who are trying to capture a picture of a rally car travelling at over 60mph on a compact digital camera which takes about a second to focus and another to actually take the picture).......Or sometimes they stand in groups on the outside of the bend all leaning forward to try and see past each other...eager to catch a glimpse of the car before it blasts off back into the forest...I could go on...and tell u stories of spectators standing on the outside of bends at the end of 6th gear straights....or wanting to stand infront of the box junction...I think one day when I've marshalled loads and taken enough photos (when Im not marshalling) I might write a book..."The stupid spectator" illustrated with my own photographs....I think at least the marshalls would like me!

So then Timothy....

Tim has just accused me of over blurring a photo...and whether I did or didnt....its a bit rich coming from him considering here's what he did to one of my photos.....
I over blurred? Well what about that one? Not mention what he did to some of the ones he posted on his blog...here...and here
So yeah him accusing me of over blurring is a bit rich really....other than that he usually posts very good photos... vist his blog

Just for the record I did over blur it a bit

I was bored....

So I decided to mess around with some photos I took at Wales Rally GB 2006....and here are some of them

I need your Help!

Right I am no longer a student so I need a new title....any ideas?

So we come to the end...

OF COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA! Iv finally finished college! its the best feeling ever! ahhhh....life can now begin properly...but for now I'll just sit back and relax for a bit....dont worry I wont be doing much relaxing as Iv got a house to finish packing...and then unpack at the other end...so yeah I might relax for the rest of today...and then work for tomorrow...but I'll go out on my bike in the morning as I now need to keep fit as Im no longer cycling to college...anybody wanna come for a ride?

I think I am right in thinking that today is the day with the longest hours of daylight in the year....aint it great that th day I finish college on is the brightest day of the year! Now that Iv binned all my college stuff my room feels kinda empty....dont worry tho Im sure I'll get used to it pretty quick...oh wait I already am!!! I do however have a new problem to get round...I can no longer blame college for everything....what shall I blame it on? Tony Blair sounds good...but there again he's leaving and its a bit early to be blame Gordon Brown? or is it? I could of cause blame it on blair and then when he leaves blame his legacy....what do u think?

3 Hours!!

Is the amount of time I have left in college...only 2 more exams...each 1hr 30mins....then Im finished! And how good will that be? Just incase u cant work the answer out it'll be very good! Iv got maths 2moz and then Physics on thursday...so its close!

I finished work yesterday, it was my last ever day at Cheadle Pools and Target Fitness Centre. And to avoid the traditional pushing in issue everyone faces on their last shift. I dived in before Scott could get to me :D So maria pushed scott in and then jumped in her self. That was yesterday and today I had a banging headache in the morning so I didnt go to church, but then it stopped after lunch which is good cos I needed to do some revision for my exam 2moz. However it is now evening and I dont usually revise the evening before a morning exam. So here I am writing this! And Im bored, cos I have nothing really to do, most of my posessions are in boxes ready to be moved to our new house. so any suggestions of things to do in the next 2 week except for pack yet more boxes please let me know! And I've already thought of going to the pub....thats what I did last night!


And I'll probs do it again!

Take off!

So yeah there I was sitting in a ruined castle having a quiet lunch when this fella decided to show up and land and then take off and stuff at th local air base.....incidently this is near to where Im gonna be moving to so expect a few more of these type of photos in the future

Red Arrows

Where I was having lunch the red arrows decided to do a few fly pasts....must have know I was there....so yeah having grabbed my camera, here's a couple of photos...they we're pretty hard to photograph....they were rapid!

I found a kestrels nest....so I took photos....

Self portrate

I was bored and I had my camera to hand, so I turned abit artsy......

Happy Birthday Tim!

How old are u now? 17? ur still young! enjoy it while u can!

Anyway Happy Birthday and to celebrate I got myself a UV filter for my camera :p

Tim's right!

It is june, and that is just scary! It means that in less than a month we'll have moved house. in exactly 19 days I'll have done my last exam, in less than 3 days I'll have done my first exam, which also happens to be Tim's Birthday....or so he says....he may be lieing in the hoping to get more presents. I wouldn't put it past him! Oh and the sun has accompanied June and having had one of the dullest Mays I an remember its now warm and sunny so all is good! Cept for th fact that I am ill with a cold, and Iv got work in an hour and a half.

The photos below are ones Iv happened to take recently, I've been a bit limited with my photography recently cos of revision and packing up the house, so the only photo's iv taken are those which Iv taken around the house when Iv been bored. But once Iv moved house hopefully there'll be loads of potential photos so I'll probs post up loads more come July.

I got a puncture on my bike coming home from work the other day, however I know have quick-realease brakes and wheels so at least it was easy to get the wheel out, but yeah I really need to get out on my bike more....Iv not been out much....that's something else I think will increase once Iv moved...as I wont have to cycle miles to get out of the town.....cos I wont be in the town!