Comments for David Currie

Comment on First orienteering of the year by Dave

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:11:56 +0000

Well done to them – I hope they enjoy it too. Thankfully I don’t think Emma knows about results yet…

Comment on First orienteering of the year by Neil Broderick

Neil Broderick — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:56:01 +0000

Dave,
you should move to Auckland and try the summer series. Surprisingly at the last
event the girls did they came joint 2nd. I won’t mention how I do when the girls
aren’t around but it is closer to Emma’s position than I would like.

cheers,
Neil

Comment on New bed by Christine

Christine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:18:24 +0000

It should be noted that while Dave was writing this post, Duncan was lying on the floor of the bedroom having fallen out of bed and not woken up.

Comment on Christmas 2011 by Dave

Dave — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:25:54 +0000

Sorry Jane – it was mainly the URL that you gave that threw me. I guess you really are in to flag football?

Comment on Christmas 2011 by Jane

Jane — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:40:26 +0000

Ouch. Unique in the sense that it’s imperfect, rustic yet edgy! Let me say this, that Christmas Tree looks happy! And yes, I’ll surely mention my source. Don’t you want me to read your blog? lol

Comment on Christmas 2011 by Dave

Dave — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:37:35 +0000

I couldn’t decide whether this was a spam comment or not! If not, “unique” is one word for it (trying not to upset the in-laws here whose tree it was!) – you’re welcome to use the picture if it’s appropriately credited.

Comment on Christmas 2011 by Jane

Jane — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:13 +0000

What a lovely slide, you have a wonderful family and wait, your Christmas Tree is so unique, you just gave me an idea for this year’s Christmas. David, is it ok to use that Christmas Tree pic sometime on my blog?

Comment on Classic Mistake by Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:31:54 +0000

Ouch – sounds like a fairly serious event. I’ll use that as my excuse for not running round the streets of Southampton this winter. Shame I’m not doing anything else instead!

Comment on Classic Mistake by Neil Broderick

Neil Broderick — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:30:44 +0000

The basic failing in the marathon was that a winter spent running on roads around Auckland harbour didn’t prepare me for an off road marathon with over 2100m of climbing. There was one stretch which was basically a scramble along a stream bed which took more time than it should have done.

Comment on Classic Mistake by Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:29:44 +0000

Tee hee! You could come up with lots of new results listings based on GPS tracks: remove time spent running away from the control, total distance covered, …

What happened in the marathon then?

Comment on Classic Mistake by Neil Broderick

Neil Broderick — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:28:22 +0000

Dave,
It is a shame they don’t accept GPS tracks as being valid. I have been doing some local orienteering here (the Auckland summer series) and they are sufficiently friendly that they let you enter your own time. I did the first few and wondered why I was doing so well and then realised that I had the auto pause function enabled on my gps watch. After that it went rapidly downhill.

Still it is not as bad as the marathon I did on Saturday- one 5km stretch took
me 50 minutes!

Cheers,
Neil

Comment on Blenheim Palace by Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:18:30 +0000

Sorry to hear they’ve become so heavy handed. We’ll make sure not to pay for entry in the future in protest!

Comment on Connection timeout on web service import by Eryx

Eryx — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:38:51 +0000

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Comment on Blenheim Palace by Ali Smith

Ali Smith — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:08:11 +0000

I have been walking round the house for decades, usually from Combe gate. It was last October that I was stopped going across the bridge towards the house and again a couple of weeks ago. The guy looked like a paramilitary bouncer and I said I’d been doing that walk for longer than he’d been alive and intended to carry on without a ticket or a pass. He threatened to call security back up but I responded loudly that if he did they’d get a lot of bad publicity. The should add “ONLY PAYING VISITORS WELCOME” to their signs.

Seem s this is yet another scheme cooked up by a man called Hoy who is the manager. Since he took up his post Blenheim Estates have become a ruthless £$£ making machine. They tried to turn an ancient wood in Hanborough into a corporate adventure playground and were thwarted by massive local resistance. Now they are scheming to build on the only open field leading up to the wood which will destroy a valuable wildlife habitat and deprive people of a much needed open space to walk and exercise dogs in.

Recently they also closed off a field leading to the river near the Combe sawmill: this was a favourite place for locals to enjoy and the only safe place for kids to swim. Think we need to stand up and publicise this corporate, feudal bullying – its downright mean and nasty! Used to feel really blessed to live close enough to enjoy these beautiful places but now they have been totally spoilt – HATE BLENHEIM!!!

Comment on Bretagne and British Beaches by Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:16:58 +0000

Hi Nat,

Was there a time before children?! Playing catch-up (the holiday seems like a distant memory now) but will try to keep the posts coming (if I had less of yours to read then I’d have more time to write some . Christine took some photos of Emma trying on her school uniform yesterday – the beginning of the end!

Cheers,
Dave

Comment on Bretagne and British Beaches by Natale Smith

Natale Smith — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:50:09 +0000

Hi Dave

Glad to see some posts. Was wondering where you guys had got to but now I know – summer holidays. Fantastic photography. I especially love the one of Emma holding Peppa’s hand – she looks so grown up and of course her on the Jumpin Jack Ride. And as for Duncan he looks pretty much at home on the train ride!

Have been recently converting our old pre digital photo albums into softcover books. Last night I came across the walk we did with you guys up the Crinkle Crags in the Lakes District. Those were the days when life didn’t revolve around kids…..

Hope you’re all well and keep the posts coming!

Nat
xxx

Comment on Royal watching by Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:32:18 +0000

You can’t have been watching closely enough! I saw lots of princesses (although admittedly none getting married).

Comment on Birthday bike ride by Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:30:17 +0000

Hi Neil,

Yeah – the jockey wheel is pretty rubbish. Great for turning around but not so hot on the straight lines! I’ve just picked up a second hand tag-along for Emma’s birthday in a couple of weeks. I know they do doubles but suspect they assume one child smaller than the other.

Cheers,
Dave

Comment on Royal watching by Neil Broderick

Neil Broderick — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:31:49 +0000

Dave,
perhaps you should have told Emma that there were no princesses involved
but only duchesses? You need to get these matter of protocol correct if you ever meet the royal family …

cheers,
Neil

Comment on Birthday bike ride by Neil Broderick

Neil Broderick — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:30:02 +0000

Dave,
You seem to have a very bent front wheel on your chariot (at least judging by
the picture). Surely one going straight up and down would work better.

Personally I am finding that even little hills are getting worse with the chariot as the girls get bigger. That plus the fact that Auckland is hillier than Southampton makes me wonder what the next step is going to be.

cheers,
Neil