Level 2 RYA Certificate

I have now received my Royal Yachting Association (RYA) level 2 certificate following the course I attended. I managed a respectable 85% in the written test but of course the important part of sailing is out there on the water.

Saturdays seem to fly by as I am out most of the afternoon at Durleigh. I certainly feel a lot more comfortable in the boat now things are falling to hand better and if I do make a mistake the recovery time is quicker.

That's the nice bit but on the work front things are starting to get busy again. I am waiting to know if I will be going to Romania ( or maybe Moscow) for a week or two soon perhaps the week after next.

Listened to the James Blunt CD this weekend and was mightily impressed - not a bad track on the CD in MHO.

Early yet, but thinking about a winter activity - perhaps a course at the local Tech. At the moment it's a toss up between


1. Day skipper Course - Navigation etc evening class over 24 weeks!!

2. Adobe Photoshop

3. Photography Course - City and Guilds or something like that

The idea is to keep me busy and out of the way whilst Carol is studying for her final year. - I'll let you know what I decide...

Oh and BTW the trailer project is almost complete -due for her maiden voyage anytime soon and perhaps some pictures on the site.

A while since I last blogged

It seems a while since I last posted and it has been. So much has happened over the last few weeks including a trip to Rome and my birthday with a few drinks and a curry with friends. Work has been busy as usual and there is a promise of an international trip or two in the offing.

See Ya....

Some New Toys

Two new Toys this week one of them bought by myself and the other from Arup.

The first is a Mitac Mio 168 PDA with built in GPS. It's a very sleek unit and has had some good reports from friends of mine that have bought them. I have managed to sell my IPAQ 3850 on ebay too - which is good.

The other is a Blackberry which allows me to see my works emails whilst away from the office. Seem to be having a few problems with this at the moment as I don't seem to be recieving emails! something to play I guess

I am a Prince (2) God

Well not really but I did find out today that I passd the exam that I took back on the 14th April. Three people in our group of 9 passed and nationally the pass rate was 38% compared with a normal 50-55%.

Won't really change my life but I'm quite pleased with the outcome

A Busy Week and more to follow!!

Sailing was good last weekend it's the penultimate lesson before the exam (written) and a race aginst the other course members next weekend.

Having now sold my bike I am discovering the charms of ebay but selling rather than buying this time selling accessories and other stuff. Started looking at boats though.

Coming up is an evening at chipping Sodbury beer festival on Friday, sailing on Saturday, Italian on Saturday evening but...

(drum roll) Carol has booked a photography masterclass for me on travel photography in Bristol -conducted by a BBC photographer and I can't wait .... just in time for our trip to to Rome ....blog to follow