February 27, 2002
Here we go again
So, again, Hull City find themselves in the news - this time because Brian Little has "parted company" with the club, taking his assistants with him. According to the BBC News story Billy Russell will be the caretaker manager until a permanent replacement can be found. Read the full statement on the Official Hull City website.
Labels: hull city
Posted by Jane at 10:46 AM
February 24, 2002
There's a protest going on today against what some people describe as an enormous seafront development which will obscure views out to sea. I dunno, we'll wait until we see the full plans and the alternatives next month. But the protesters appear to be having a jolly time... see the pictures
Posted by Richard at 12:45 PM
February 22, 2002
Another medal
I didn't get to see much of the Olympics over the weekend as we were in Hull (see the wedlog). But, I was really pleased when Dad told me that Britain (okay, Scotland again) had won another medal - this time a bronze for ski-ing. Apparently this is the first British medal on snow. Fantastic stuff. This must make these the most successful Olympics for Britain ever!!!
Posted by Jane at 10:36 PM
February 17, 2002
A gold medal in the Winter Olympics - shocking!
Well, I sat and watched the Women's Curling final in the Winter Olympics. I still aren't sure of the rules, or the strategy and tactics of the game, but by the time it got to 3 - 3 and it was the final end of the match, I was really sitting up and taking notice. For a sport that I've never really tried to watch before, it got me pretty hooked - admittedly I wouldn't have been watching it if it was a British (ok, ok, Scottish) team in the final. But, they won and that was the first Gold medal that Britain has won in a Winter Olympics in 18 years. And, combined with the Bronze medal for Alex Coomber in the Skeleton Bob, this makes these Winter Olympics the best for Britain since 1936!!!
Well Done Team Great Britain.
Posted by Jane at 9:27 AM
February 15, 2002
It was a beautiful day here in Brighton yesterday, and so the intrepid cyclists (that's Paul, Rich and I) went off for a new adventure. We did our first full route from the CTC's Trails by Rails collection. We headed off to Falmer by train, and then cycled along some lovely tracks.
The route was supposed to take 1 - 1.5 hours, but we think that the people who measured the tracks were a) fitter than us and b) cycling on less muddy and rutted tracks - in some places it was impossible to cycle as we couldn't turn our pedals around without hitting the banks of the ruts. It ended up taking us 4 hours to do the trail, although according to Paul's computer we were only actually cycling for 2 hours of that - we must have had lots of rest time.
We joined the South Downs Way part way through the trail, and got to watch some hang-gliders, paragliders and even a proper glider. As we cycled closer to the Ditchling Beacon car park there were more and more people walking along - I wonder how busy this will be during the summer months! All in all a really good ride, and one that I'm sure we'll do again. See the photos.
Posted by Jane at 11:59 PM
February 13, 2002
Feb 14th
Yesterday was Valentine's Day, so we treated ourselves to a meal from leapingsalmon.com. This is the "gourmet meal kit" service: you pick the meal you want, and they send you all the ingredients... all of them including little tiny bottles of olive oil, little tubs of sugar -- the only ingredient we had to add ourselves was water.
Of course you can buy the ingredients and make a nice meal without help from Leaping Salmon, but it's a nice treat to have everything delivered in one package for you to prepare. Believe me, we don't usual start a mid-week meal with tatin of cherry tomatoes (mmm... yummy). We also had the roast salmon with nori and pine nut crust. All very tasty, easy and quick to make.
It even ended up looking like it was supposed to look (more or less):
The only downside is... what to do with all the packaging.
Posted by Richard at 9:53 AM
- leapingsalmon.com
thanks for that leapingsalmon link, I had never heard of
them before - how interesting
www.gadget-girl.co.uk
Posted by suey on 2002-02-15 19:07:17
February 11, 2002
British Eurosport are providing some great coverage of the Olympic games. I'm normally a BBC girl for sport, but they seem to be limited to showing mainly round-up programmes whereas British Eurosport are showing full events (although the BBC weekend schedule looks better). Unfortunately, I seem to have mainly seen lots of cross country ski-ing and definitely haven't seen enough luge yet.
Posted by Jane at 10:54 PM
February 10, 2002
FAQ about the wedding announcement
Q1. Is Jane Up The Duff?
Answer: No.
Q2. Are you now planning to have children?
Answer: No
Posted by Richard at 9:57 AM
February 09, 2002
We took the bikes out today again and did the same route we did on the 12th January. Today it was a lot less muddy, and was quite mild for February. As we came back along the Undercliff path we stopped and watched 7 or 8 surfers trying to make the most of the waves.
See the photos of today's adventure.
Posted by Jane at 7:05 PM
- More bike ride photos
Jane, I didn't find any pictures of you...
JULIO
São Paulo State, Brazil.
http://www.janeandrichard.co.uk/photos/
Posted by Julio on 2002-02-10 19:43:36
- More bike ride photos
>Jane, I didn't find any pictures of you...
That's because she hogged the camera on this trip. There
are plenty of pictures of Jane in the "Picture Gallery".
http://www.janeandrichard.co.uk/photos/
Posted by Richard on 2002-02-10 22:15:26
February 06, 2002
Mergers and Acquisitions news
BRIGHTON, UK, Sat: After almost 8 years together, Richard "glacial" Dallaway finally got round to proposing to Jane. She said Yes, and there was Joy all over The Kingdom. We're looking at a September-ish marriage in Hull. More news when we know what the hell we're doing.
Posted by Jane at 6:27 PM
- Engagement
Most amusing response so far is:
"PARIS, FRANCE, Sun: Market absorbs news well as analysts
have long suspected such a move. Now that strategy has been
confirmed strong growth is expected.
Congratulations.
Craig & Lina"
Posted by Jane on 2002-02-10 11:04:13
- Engagement
Congratulations! how not-quite-Valentines-Day-but-romantic-
anyway :)
www.gadget-girl.co.uk
Posted by suey on 2002-02-15 19:02:58
- Engagement
Thanks Suey :D
Posted by Jane on 2002-02-15 19:04:22
The Queen goes hi-tech
Okay, not exactly, but I noticed from a story on the BBC that the Queen has released a message to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her Accession to the throne - on the Royal Family's website. Do you think she's going to start blogging?
Posted by Jane at 4:30 PM
February 04, 2002
I had 2 fillings today, both at the bottom right hand side of my mouth, and I'm now walking around with a numb face. Still, the dentist was really good and explained what she was doing at every step of the process ("I'm just cleaning out the decay now" etc...)
Posted by Jane at 11:18 AM
- numb face
I have every sympathy with you. I am a <a href="http://suey.org.uk/blogs/gadget-girl/archives/000101.html#000101">dentist-phobic</a> myself
(although we have to keep quiet about that around <a href="http://geekemglory.blogspot.com/">zuchris</a>!)
Thanks for your email, did you know I am only along the
coast from you?
www.suey.org.uk
Posted by suey on 2002-02-07 12:19:08
- numb face
oopers! no HTML in posts :)
www.gadget-girl.co.uk
Posted by suey on 2002-02-07 12:20:25
- numb face
>oopers! no HTML in posts :)
yeah, must make a decision about that somepoint :-)
So whereabouts are you then? Which way up the coast?
Jane
www.gadget-girl.co.uk
Posted by Jane on 2002-02-07 12:48:41
- numb face
West a ways. Not too far, Worthing area.
www.gadget-girl.co.uk
Posted by suey on 2002-02-09 16:19:09
February 01, 2002
We went out on the bikes again on Saturday, and this time took the camera with us. It was pretty windy at the top of Fulking Hill, and we had a change of route when we decided that if we went along the real route (from the trails leaflet) we'd be blown down into the valley - not so tempting really! See the photos.
Posted by Jane at 8:15 PM
I got the bus to work today as we're going for a pint after work, and it took me longer than it does to cycle. Normally, it takes 15 - 25 minutes for me to cycle the 3 miles from Brighton to Portslade (depending on the weather), but today it took me at least 40 minutes from leaving the house to sitting down at my desk. Pah!
Posted by Jane at 2:33 PM
