Here is a competition I couldn't ignore. A $10,000 pot from Scottevest for one lucky person to take the trip of their lifetime and document as they go. I never enter competitions and could easily talk my way out of winning this one by saying I feel I've been to most of the countries I've ever wanted to visit. I spent 10 years doing just that. That said. I love adventure. And I also love travel. … [Read more...] about Scottevest and the trip of your life
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A Child Seat for a Brompton Folding Bike (Review)
I first saw this strange device back in March 2010 when I got my Brompton S3L-X. I was searching for accessories and on a Spanish website I spotted this strange looking add-on cross-bar. I contacted them but they were halting production and it was impossible to get this nifty looking child seat anywhere. Until now that is. It looks like it has gone back into production and they have listed a … [Read more...] about A Child Seat for a Brompton Folding Bike (Review)
Captain Moses Lelesit – He died doing what he loved best
A friend in Kenya emailed me today and told me of a plane crash. Writing about the death of a pilot I've flown with once is bad enough. But now to write about another so soon. Well, I don't know what to think. Statistically flying is meant to be pretty safe. The chance of an average American dying in a plane crash is 1 in 11 million. Compared to one in 5000 being killed in a car … [Read more...] about Captain Moses Lelesit – He died doing what he loved best
John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman
Back in 1986 my paper round money went on a copy of John 'Lofty' Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook. I still have it. I'd managed to get a copy just before it was banned. Shortly after it was revised without the mantraps and chemical concoctions. All the bits we would talk about at school. I had spent a good chunk of my childhood living in and around woodland and to say this book changed me is an … [Read more...] about John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman
Audio on the Fujifilm Finepix X100
This short video was snatched as I was leaving the studio of Steve Lockwood (Harmonica master). The camera was set to manual focus and I tapped the AF/AE button on Steve's face in the bright doorway which will explain why it's a little overexposed. I'm not too fussed with the lighting as I was more interested in testing the audio on the Fujifilm X100's two small in camera mics. I thought a quick … [Read more...] about Audio on the Fujifilm Finepix X100