Dentist Blogging

Glad to see that Dr. Patrick Holmes, the brilliant dentist at Sevenfields has joined in with the blogging.
I’m not at all surprised that someone with the sort of commitment and passion for his subject as Patrick is also using some of the newest technologies to communicate.

Future of Britain Public Meeting, Swindon

On 28th April 2008, there was a public meeting at the Nightingale Hotel, South Marston near Swindon on the subject of the Future of Britain. The speaker was Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party and covered a number of areas including Europe, but also many aspects of national and local politics too.
After the […]

UKIP Meeting Quick Post

A bit tired, so I’ll keep it brief, but will post more tomorrow. Went to a meeting in South Marston (near Swindon) tonight where Nigel Farage, UKIP leader was speaking about Europe. Excellent speech, and a Q&A session where I felt that the questions where answered in a straightforward manner.
Have some editing of pics before […]

UKIP Swindon Event

28th April at 7pm. See this.

Nationwide Parking and Park and Ride

A bit of a local story
THE streets around Nationwide’s headquarters are being used as an overspill car park. And residents say that the building society’s employees who park outside their homes are making their lives a misery.
Each morning dozens of cars line the streets of Riverdale Close, Tismeads Crescent, Glenwood Close and Croft Road […]

More on the 350d

A sunset tonight…

I never got results like this on the Powershot, and they’re as good, if not better than when I had a film EOS.

Costa Del Councillor

From The Adver
A COUNCILLOR who has been sunning himself in Spain since the beginning of January and hasn’t attended a council meeting in seven months is still collecting his £7,429 allowance.
Coun Barrie Thompson (Lab, Parks) says he has no plans to give back the money, despite not being available to his ward residents while in […]

Snowdrop me-tooism

I noticed that Ellee had posted a few snowdrops, so I decided to join in with the snowdrop love with a few shots from Lydiard Park:

Photography

I loved this quirkly looking tree at Lydiard Park near Swindon.

The early evening light is good at the moment…

Opera at the Wyvern

The Wyvern Theatre in Swindon has been closed for some time after asbestos was found, and is about to reopen.
The good news is that there’s some opera on. Normally, I’d expect something well known like La Boheme or Turandot, and often sung in English, but instead we’re getting the bold choice of Bellini’s I Capuleti […]