The view from here

An email arrived this morning with an offer for "End Times" commentaries and locally there's a conference with a title that ma...

I'm not the easiest person to encourage. I'll admit it. Sometimes it probably has a lot to do with setting the bar rather too high f...

Watching the news as it follows the unfolding story of the migrant camp in Calais and reading the various bits and pieces that are popping u...

I'm not sure what to think, but a letter arrived yesterday about my pension! I don't really think about retiring, in fact I rather t...

It's in the news again, the Olympic legacy. Questions about falling participation in sport and what to do about it are once again on the...

It is almost exactly two years since I did my Level 1 tennis coaching course. If I decide to do my Level 3 in two more years, I'll be ne...

So today I started my Level 2 tennis coaching course. I sometimes wonder about my sanity! Every time I embark on a new course I wonder why I...

Well okay, maybe having my own personal tennis court is a dream too far, but having a place I could call "home" when it comes to c...

Well, I decided to take the plunge and buy myself a wet stone grinder. I've been looking at them wistfully for a few years and could nei...

Watching the tennis courts at May & Baker being brought back into use makes me realise that the idea I put forward for a tennis club/coa...

So, I'm still building the workstation, which is nearly finished and certainly useable. I actually used the sliding mitre saw to cut the...

The title says it all! We were at Wimbledon yesterday and I was standing by court 11 watching the mixed doubles when I took a quick burst of...

Just been sorting out the bench top for the workstation and had to post a quick picture of the mitre saw in place! It's not secured ...

I've done a little more to the workstation I'm building in the garage. Today I went to B&Q to pick up a solid beech worktop. Put...

I was reading the article on the BBC website about tuition fees and student responses to the question of value for money. It got me thinking...

Having posted something about my legendary panel cutting jig. Well it's a legend in my house! Anyway, the reason for making the jig was ...

I haven't blogged about anything woodworky for ages, mainly because I haven't done any for ages! I recently completed a cupboard bui...

So, Sepp Blatter has decided to step down as Fifa president. It's not been an unwelcome decision in many circles, but it was certainly a...

So one of our mobile communications networks suffered a few problems over the weekend and the network wasn't available to everyone for s...

No, it's not a typing error it's a new application I've recently come across on the internet. IFTTT is a simple way to make con...