
14th March 2010 at 11:55 pm
Today didn’t quite work out as planned. I had scheduled a number of stops beginning with a walk around Keyhaven Marsh. When I arrived at Keyhaven I imediately saw the signs for the ferry to Hurst Castle and after a quick google on my iPhone I decided that it would be worth a visit.

The castle is located a mile and half out in the Solent at the end of Keyhaven Spit – it is midway between the mainland and the Isle of Wight.
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14th March 2010 at 5:10 am
I decided to book a few nights in a hotel in the New Forest this weekend. I’m staying in Lyndhurst – a nice town that desperately needs a by-pass.

On my way I made a couple of stops – first at Titchfield Abbey and then in Southampton.
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7th March 2010 at 8:02 pm
OK, well not quite. Still this was the sunniest weekend of the year so far so I headed down to Hastings for the day.

Although it was sunny, it was no day for sitting on the beach – there was an icy wind blowing.
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3rd December 2009 at 7:12 pm
I had the privilege of being amongst a select group invited to Fuller’s brewery to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Fine Ale Club.
The event included a guided tasting with their Master Brewer and we got to sample some great beers.
They are all 10/10 so I have ranked them in the order of my preference.
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5th November 2009 at 2:55 pm
I previously ran my WordPress blog on an OS X client operating system. I’ve just bought a new Mac Mini running Snow Leopard Server to replace the old Mac Mini.
In theory it should be a lot more straight forward on the Server version of the operating system as everything you need is pre-installed. In practice, once you know what you need to do, it’s quite simple – but finding these things out is not so simple. In the hope this will help others here is my 4 step plan for getting Snow Leopard Server ready for WordPress.

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19th October 2009 at 7:50 pm
Last day so after saying goodbye to the lodge, I headed off to visit Cheddar Gorge.

First stop at the Gorge was Gough’s cave where there are lots of very impressive formations to view.
Continue reading “Cheddar Gorge and Dyrham Park” »

18th October 2009 at 7:44 pm
Started with a trip to Dartmouth Castle – my SatNav decided I needed an unnecessary trip on the car ferry across the the River Dart.

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