A small collection of web sites about cycling: Sheldon Brown’s – Bicycle Technical information Great source of maintenance tips e.g. Removing bottom brackets and technical information e.g. What is the right tyre pressure Tom’s Bike Trip – Cycle Tour Planning: Advice, How-To Resources & Reviews Low tech to hi tech touring knowledge. From doing it […]
A delightful ground between the main road and the church at Brown Candover versus The Candovers Cricket Club. Carefully cared for by amongst others ex-Hampshire wicket keeper Booby Parks (My only first class wicket. Caught off my bad ball by Ian Bainbridge in the deep). I have cycled past the ground several times this winter […]
This is one I did earlier about PRINCE2, a project management process supported by the UK Government and often a requirement for those delivery projects to them. I thought I would drag it up from 2003 and republish it. At the time this was suite of document templates published by the PRINCE2 web site. It […]
The River Itchen is gradually rising. The fields between here and Cheriton are flooded. Its best to approach the Tichborne Arms from the Cheriton end of the Tichborne Road. At least 100m of the road is now below the level of the river at the Alresford end. Note the Tichborne Arms is open and cosy. […]
A summary of auction houses I have visited operating near Alresford in the north of Hampshire, United Kingdom. I am a regular buyer at Andrew Smith’s and I assist at Auctions in a Day. I am an infrequent visitor to the other auctions. Please visit the auctioneer’s web site for current information. Buyers Commission includes […]
On a bike There are two routes from the Cricketers in Alresford to Petersfield: Cheriton, West Meon, East Meon and Stroud – 16 miles Quiet bendy roads with less climbing, passing several excellent pubs, village shops and pubs. Ropley and Steep – 14 miles Long straight fast sections (for cars as well) with good surfaces, […]
Attended a very pleasant breakfast meeting at First Option this morning. David Cradduck had set up a quiz using Kahoot!, an online tool for setting questions, running a quiz and producing the league tables. It was all looking good, 18 people hooked up via their smart phones using a web-based app. Kahoot! even gives points […]
You probably have some as well and I have stuck with these two for many years. Click the images for full size screen shots. Total Commander Is my tool of choice for interacting with my web servers at the file level. I use it even though my web sites are now nearly all on WordPress. […]
The Alresford Pigs Association working for the Chamber of Commerce have erected 150 plus Christmas trees on the buildings principally in Broad, East and West Street plus several side streets of New Alresford. The Christmas Tree Fund has put up the large Christmas Tree on Broad Street. On Wednesday 11th December they are responsible for […]
Two variations on a 23 to 27 mile route with 1,200 to 1,400 feet of climb to the north of Alresford. The first shown is via Medstead and Lower Wield. The second one goes through Upper Wield. Most of this is on quiet, a few cars per hour roads. I did the first route shown […]