Category Archives: Silvershed

One thing that’s really interesting about working in the city of London is you get to see all the places that get used in background shots while they do all their doom and gloom stuff about how it’s all going … Continue reading →

I am very happy after finding the shop that Crumpler have set up in the UK (in London)

Funny how dreams tell you lots about what’s bothering you in real life, isn’t it? While we’ve been moving, we’d had our stuff in our old house, other people’s houses, storage, and our rented room. I’d been getting increasingly unsettled … Continue reading →

Quite apart from signing up to do a 10k when you’re not a natural runner (which is a bad idea all of its own), a really really bad idea is to pass your race number to a friend. Who is … Continue reading →

Cutting your own fringe. It was driving me nuts, and I was too lazy to book an appointment for a fringe cut at my excellent Japanese hairdressers. It’ll grow.

For those that don’t know I have finally taken the plunge and bought a shiny new Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera. It is something we have talked about doing for years but was always beyond our means. As prices … Continue reading →

We went to a motorbike thing in Hendon today, and got to see the White Helments (on our Flickr). You know, sometimes it feels like England is stuck in a pre-war timewarp. There’s something really relaxing about watching chaps riding … Continue reading →

While I’m living in two places, I want my NorthHouse post delivered to my SouthHouse. Shouldn’t be too complicated, should it? Ha. I can see this turning into a rant of Fakiresque proportions, but having nearly burst into tears in … Continue reading →

Thought I’d better report back on the Jensen’s I got last week. My god, it’s absolutely wonderful, I’d even go so far as to say it’s the best gin I’ve ever tasted. Goes down frighteningly easily, too. Apparently, from a … Continue reading →

Now what I’m doing the public transport commute thing, I’m reading a lot more. If I get a seat (and, if it’s not too full, even when I don’t) I can settle down with a good book or the newspaper … Continue reading →