Tag Archives: cambridge

Autumnal Observations

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Geoff

A few notes from my walk around Cambridge today. The guy I know who runs a tiling warehouse store (I was his first customer 15 years ago) said the bottom just fell out of his market 3 weeks ago. He … Continue reading →

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Apple screws it up.

Posted on October 16, 2008 by admin

In the beautifully illustrated tear down of the new MacBook at iFixit there is the discovery that the new MacBook contains an astounding 96 screws of which 56 hold down the keyboard. It must be an assemblers / BOM nightmare … Continue reading →

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A day in the country…

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Geoff

Vera from the Cambridge Rambling Club organised an excellent ‘A’ rated walk on Sunday for 13 of us keen ramblers, A 15 mile circular trip from Grantchester to Toft. Sally and I added on a 5mile trip to get there … Continue reading →

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Cambridge property going South….

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Geoff

Cheffins held a property auction in Cambridge yesterday (which i missed ). This fine 3 bed semi in Lovell Road CB4 2QW was predicted, prior to the auction,  to make £180K to £200K in fact it didn’t reach £118K . … Continue reading →

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Making a splash..

Posted on May 19, 2008 by admin

Today at Noon was the official start to my swimming season here in Cambridge with the Jesus Green pool opening. The water was at a balmy 51°F a couple of degrees warmer than last year. I managed 2 lengths (Sally … Continue reading →

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Daylight bats..

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Geoff

Whilst walking in Mill Road Cemetery today with Tony we spied this bat flying around in broad daylight. Hope this doesn’t mean that UK bats have got the dreaded lurgy that is killing all the bats in the USA one … Continue reading →

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Medieval view of Cambridge..

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Geoff

Whilst at the planning office in the Guildhall today I couldn’t help but snap this view, about the only view in Cambridge not spoilt by modern developments. Ironically its the view the planners get on their way to work, if … Continue reading →

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My Local MP in action…

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Geoff

So this is what we pay our MP’s to do:- David Howarth (Cambridge, Liberal Democrat) Link to this | Hansard source On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I am having some difficulty understanding how motion No. 1 on today’s … Continue reading →

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Leaping Lineouts..

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Geoff

Philip kindly invited Sally, Doug, Adrian and myself to the pre-match lunch at CRUFC. Todays match was towards the EDF National Trophy , Cambridge played Rotherham (Top of National League 1). A very exciting game with Cambridge only losing by … Continue reading →

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