June 2010
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Tree Stump Grinder
The guy on the machine is Dave Williams of Tree Stump Solutions. His machine eats tree stumps for breakfast lunch and dinner. He hasn’t got a website yet: Treestumpsolutions (at) hotmail.co.uk Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
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A near miss.. (don't tell my Gran)
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The Ruby Belvedere Concorde
Once again I’m smitten with an inanimate object. As soon as I entered Moto Central (www.RubyHelmets.co.uk) in Hinckley I saw the Ruby helmets and had to have one. Carbon fibre, guaranteed for life and supplied with three visors. The black visor doesn’t look right without a laser rifle so I’ve gone with tinted for now. Posted via email from Documental.ly | Comment »
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Technophobic chats & patio corpses.
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Kinetic power creation & Citizen Band Radio
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Rugby Town. A place full of memories.
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Tidy
I am going through my office and filling a sack with crap. I’m using the last couple of hours tucked away at the end of a Sunday to prolong the weekend and fend off the beginning of a new week.I am using this as a tidy guide. Posted via email from Documental.ly | Comment »
Grub Up
I love eating outdoors. I hope the summer lasts long enough for a few more weeks like this. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
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Happy Birthday George Orwell #1984
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A Social Media Picnic with George Orwell #1984
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My new #Triumph Scrambler 900
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At @StationX for Alan Turing's Birthday #Bpark
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A Triumph of deliberation.
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Signs Of Aging
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What is a hippy doing in a helicopter?
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Daddies Day
Both full after a stupendous picnic. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Picnic sized champers
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Triumph Street Triple
I always wanted one of these.. It’s not my colour of choice but I wouldn’t say no.. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Bilderberg 2010
When I travelled to Spain earlier this month and was detained on entry at immigration, a small tin hat wearing voice in my head thought it may have something to do with a secret meeting that happens every year.. and this year in Sitges, Spain.I didn’t want to say anything at the time as I was unsure of the dates and I didn’t want to be seen as a crackpot, paranoid, Big Brother fearing,...
Valencia’s Oceanografic: Europe’s Biggest Aquarium
See the full gallery on posterous When i visited Valencia’s Oceanografic yesterday I made the mistake of only having a 20mm lens on my Panasonic GH1. It makes the camera super portable but not so good at capturing many of the thousands of species on display. A longer lens would have come in super handy for capturing the dolphins, especially in film. Still there was much to see and here...
Hard Life (Spanish Style)
(3442 KB) Watch on posterous After a chaotic first day of the holiday I’ve really managed to relax. I must remember this as on my return work soon takes over and it’s easy to forget that you had any rest at all. Posted via email from Documental.ly | Comment »
In Valencia.
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Pretty Damn Hot
It’s too hot to do anything much here in Spain. I’m staying out of the sun although my solar panel is outside baking/charging and being damn useful. There’s very little solar tech visible on the houses round here. They really are missing a trick. The only people really utilizing solar technology are non-locals. There is a Norwegan guy on the hill near where I am staying who...
One Horse Power.
It’s nice to see so few cars round here and so many horses. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Back to the pool me thinks..
Leaving the bar and heading back here.. The photo is taken with a hdr iPhone app. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
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Checking in from Spain
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Cortado and Wifi
Drinking a damn fine cortado (my second) and surfing sattelite Internet. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Scortchio
Just had breakfast on the porch and it’s already suitably hot enough to sweat into my cerial. Today’s plan of action is initially to do little. Maybe hang round the pool. Big lunch. Whittle a chess set. Then bin the chess set as I realise I have chess on my ipad. Later this afternoon/eve head to the local bar with my mate Steve and grab tapas & beer before the England game comes...
Spanish Fashion
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Gowalla Is My Alibi
I woke this morning thinking of the rediculous demands of the Spanish authorities in asking me to check into my local police station so they can record my whereabouts. I’m hardly at the address I gave. All they need do is follow me on Gowalla and they’ll know where I am with pinpoint accuracy, in realtime. That said, I did check into the local police station. And the not so local...
Making the most of the evening sun.
Sar Gorilla plugged into the Mini Gorilla and a glass of Viña Albali Reserva 2004. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Up the local pub with Steve
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Not Your Normal Holiday..
The policeman looked at my documents, not quite sure what to do with me. He was not the first confused policeman of the day. On entering Spain yesterday I was told I had to contact the Barcelona police headquarters urgently. It appears I am on some kind of list and have to tell them what I am doing and where I am going. Immigration looked like they were about to go on lunch and did not really...
This Is My Lawyer
This has been the most surreal beginning to a holiday since I landed in Gambia during a coup d’état.. (ask @DaveEwington for more info on that.) After an uneventful flight with family and friends, on arrival into Valencia airport I was stopped at passport control. On the whole this is not totally unusual as I’ve a habit of being detained due to a strange travel history and my...
See you on the other side..
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Heading Out
Flying to Spain. Aparently they are having a heatwave. ;o) Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
Downtime
Don’t be surprised if you hear nothing from me over the next week or so. Ok.. You will no doubt see the occational tweet but I’m well overdue some downtime so I’m dialing things down a few notches. Should be easy as tomorrow I’m heading out to the back of beyond and last time I was there one bar of mobile signal required a tree climb. Posted via email from Christian...
The Prime Minister And The Economy
Today at the Open University David Cameron introduced the country to the seriousness of the financial situation we are currently in. Some hung on his every word. Some switched off. Nick Robinson, political editor for the BBC captured the mood well: http://audioboo.fm/boos/137406-nick-robinson-political-editor-for-the-bbc-ou_pm.mp3“>Listen!I think @AlanShipman did a great job of...
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Chatting with Laura Kuenssberg BBC @OU_pm
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One slice or twoboo
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Nick Robinson Political Editor for the BBC #OU_PM
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David Vincent Pro Vice Chancellor for the OU...
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It official.. We're in deep doo doo. #OU_pm
Listening to the Prime Minister speak. Search #OU_pm for feeds and more info. Posted via email from Christian Payne’s Photo Dump | Comment »
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Waiting for PM David Cameron #OU_PM
The room has filled up pretty quick here at the Open University. I have a little tech to hand and am waiting for the Prime Minister David Cameron. (That still sounds weird.) Posted via email from Documental.ly | Comment »
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Waiting for the Prime Minister to arrive. #OU_PM
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Listening to @minimentally make music
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