Twilight

So not only did Emily get a copy of the book Twilight for Christmas, along with the second book for her birthday, but today we all went to see the movie.

An now I see this

What have we done?

Her birthday was completed by watching another teenage angst movie

Happy birthday Emily.

Walk on Colley Hill

We fled the shopping mall today and headed up to Colley Hill. The hat was a new purchase - my ears have been getting cold in the sub zero temperatures.

From Drop Box

More aerial photography

Another beautiful day for photography





An some still pictures

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Playing with Xmas presents

Clear blue sky today but icy cold with significant wind chill. I spent last night attaching a gift to my aeroplane in preparation for flying today.

Some still photos 

And looking back toward me. I am the blodge on the edge of the cut strip.

And some video





This was just a proof of concept test drive today to check for vibration and ensure that I could trigger the camera remotely. It finally got to cold and my fingers stopped working.

This is the camera platform - my Fun Fly Cougar 2000

From cougar2000

Boxing day excursion

Annalise and I decided to leave the kids with the Wii fit, left over turkey and plentiful supply of books in order to find some sea. We switched off the nav system and drove almost, but not quite, randomly but tracking towards the midday sun low in the southern sky, knowing that ultimately we would hit the English channel but not caring where or when.

We had a ambling drive, a lazy stroll and frequent stolen meditative moments when sheltered from the wind but exposed to the relative warmth of the sun.

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Careful what you learn

During the last two weeks I have completed a 4 day first aider course and PRINCE2 Practioner project management course.

I used to believe I was indestructable, sliding down the banisters at work,  shooting between cars on my bicycle but now I see broken bones or a snapped neck as the result of everything I do.  I wish I had never done the course.

Is the project management course going to produce a similar effect and reveal those inefficiencies all around me in my work every day - will it make a normal work day insufferable?