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Run Some Pubs

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

702On Saturday, the annual “Run the Pubs” took place where we run between all of the pubs that have been visited as part of the Tuesday night runs during the preceeding summer. I was still feeling a bit under the weather so was happy enough when Christine suggested that we run it as a relay. Unfortunately my leg was considerably longer than her’s: The High Corner Inn to Bank (via the Royal Oak, Sir Walter Tyrell and New Forest Inn) versus Bank to Beaulieu Road Station. I survived though to enjoy the post-run meal at the final pub. (Note: Darren did make it to the finish this year, just not in time for the photo!)
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Dibden Street-O

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Thanks to Jon Forster for organising the first SOC street-O of the year at Dibden. Jon had promised that this year it would be ‘doable’ to get all the controls (lamposts). With the tail end of a cold and the occasional wrong turn it wasn’t going to be (and it would have been tough even on a good day). I made all but two and was just under a minute late (although I’ll claim that back from number 16 being out by one lampost).
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WebSphere ESB 6.2

Friday, December 12th, 2008

One of the disadvantages of being back in development is that much of my work is confidential. As the quantity of technical posts on here recently demonstrates – this is not conducive to blogging. Thankfully Version 6.2 of the entire BPM stack became generally available today so the flood gates have opened. developerWorks already has articles covering the new functionality in WebSphere Integration Developer and WebSphere Process Server so, rather than just relisting the features, I’m going to provide a slightly more personal view, focussing on the new content in WebSphere ESB.

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Tall Trees

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

700The original plan for today was to head out in to the New Forest on our bikes for a family outing to celebrate Christine’s birthday. This didn’t seem like such a hot idea given the temperature was just above freezing. Instead, we bundled Emma up in as many clothes as we could find and had a walk around the Tall Trees Trail on Rhinefield Ornamental Drive and the Blackwater Arboretum. Hard to get too excited about the trees but it was a pleasant enough walk and Emma eventually dozed off in the buggy despite the cold. We stopped off in one of the many Lyndhurst tea shops for lunch on the way home. Given that, after about an hour and a half this evening, I still hadn’t finished fixing our new roof rack and cycle racks to the car, it’s probably just as well we didn’t go for the bike option anyway!

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Chalk Hill

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

A small but hardy crew braved the bitterley cold weather tonight for a run up Chalk Hill (which forms the Eastern edge of the route shown below).
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Headless

Monday, November 24th, 2008

On Sunday I had my second orienteer of the week and, courtesy of Aunty Sarah babysitting, Christine had her third. It was another short trip in to the Forest of Dean, this time to the BOK Gallopen at Headless Hill. For the Forest of Dean, the area was remarkably free of undergrowth and brashings and Alice and Mark had planned a good set of courses. My problem, as with most of the forest, is the hills. They’re steep and consequently I don’t enjoy running up them, down them, or around them. This was made worse by the previous night’s heavy soaking which meant the carpet of leaves covered a good slick layer of mud.

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Spectating

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

698We’re visiting the in-laws for the weekend and today Christine managed her second fix of orienteering for the week at a NGOC local event at Bixslade in the Forest of Dean. I took Emma out for a walk in the carrier with Christine’s Mum. Even though I occasionally had trouble staying vertical on the muddy footpaths I was grateful not to have to venture off the paths in to the thick undergrowth (where the controls were apparently well hidden in traditional NGOC style). We arrived back just in time to see the exciting conclusion of the race between Christine and her Dad. Christine finished first but not by a big enough margin. For the first time in I don’t know how long Christine and I went for dinner on our own – nowhere more exciting that Pizza Express in Monmouth but it was still a nice break.

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Off at Ocknell

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

696The original plan had been to run at the Wednesday league’s night event at Ocknell but, having failed to work out how I could leave work at four, pick up the car (which Christine wanted for the daytime event), and get to the New Forest for five, I decided to take the morning off and join Christine and Emma at the event. This decision was undoubtedly influenced by the bright blue skies that I could see outside at breakfast time.

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