RECENT NOTES
Note added to Visit Italy:
2012, Summer, Drove to Italy with Ryan. Visited Pisa, Grosseto di Marine, Osteo, Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi. :)
5 months ago
Note added to Help someone do something they thought they couldn't :
I've become a volleyball coach and am in the process of helping a number of people do certain aspects of volleyball that they feel they are unable to do,
one year agoNote added to Become first aid certified:
Did a day-long Sports First-Aid course at St Johns Ambulance. I'm now First-Aid, CPR/AED certified for three years. :)
one year agoNote added to Improve my snowboarding:
I've had one two-hour lesson and an afternoon trying it out. I wasn't too bad for a beginner I think but I did have one fast fall that yanked my arm out of its socket. That to...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Get involved in another threesome :):
My ex and I had a special relationship with her one of her girlfriends for several years. Then there was that time my mate stayed overnight with us... (Scandalous!)
2 years agoNote added to Find someone to love who thinks I'm special:
This will be the most difficult task of the lot because there's obviously much more to it that the one-liner above. There has got to be that all-important spark there and, bec...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Make a mosaic:
While I was in Hyde Park I went to the place where the Reformer's Tree was thought to have been planted. It is marked by a mosaic made out of beach-stones cemented into a hump...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Pose nude for an art class:
I'm rather hoping that I can pursuade Fred Bromfield to let me be the subject at one of his Bromley Adult Education painting night classes. The first step will be to get his p...(more)
2 years agoMamma Mia in Tunbridge Wells will be on the list - no photo yet though. As too will be the Diwana Bhel Poori House in Drummond Street, London.
2 years agoNote added to Build my own radio tranceiver:
I'm a radio ham. All bona fide radio hams should build their own equipment. I have never done it and feel like a bit of a fraud. Chris (G8NAU)
2 years agoNote added to Fly an autogyro:
I am in contact with a German guy called Kai who teaches at the only autogyro school in the UK. Only 40 minutes aaway from me so this one is quite do-able I feel.
2 years agoNote added to Make a Pavlova:
Ingredients
• 8 large egg whites (at room temperature)
• pinch of salt
• 350g/12oz caster sugar
• 2 tsps/10g cornflour
• pinch of cream of tartar
• 1 tsp/5ml white wine v...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Send a message in a bottle:
I thing a suitably adorned plastic bottle might be suitable in this day and age. I might (illegally) lob it out of the aeroplane into the North Sea. No idea what to say in it ...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Run a half marathon:
I ran the Plymouth Marathon in 1981 and managed about half way a couple of years later. I'm in the lottery for a place in the London Marathon in 2011 but there is only a 1 in ...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Fly a Helicopter:
Reckon I can have a go at Rochester airfield. There are a few helicopters operating from there.
2 years agoNote added to Attend a rally for a cause I really care about:
Would have liked to have attended a rally against parking fees for motorbikes in Westminster but sadly the rally happened *last* year.
2 years agoNote added to August 2010 - Omelette du fromage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant/cooking/recipes_raymond10.shtml:
August 2010 - Omelette du fromage. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant/cooking/recipes_raymond10.shtml
2 years agoNote added to Make a recipe book:
I've stared to write my recipe book in Word. I've designed it as an A5 sized book with the instructions etc. on the left and pictures on the right. The featured recipes will b...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Eat 3 things I've never tried before:
Tescos is NOT the place to look for never-tried-before food. Nor is a farm shop. As a long standing vegetarian I must surely have tried every bit of fruit and veg normally ava...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Try at least one new recipe a month :
August 2010 - Omelette du fromage.
September 2010 -
October 2010 Portugese Tarts
2 years agoOk, primary and secodary schools visited. One has changed name and both have changed appearence a bit but they did bring back plenty of memories.
2 years agoNote added to Try 5 new restaurants:
19 October 2010, Kashtoori, Tooting. (Recommended by Stephen Dillane)
25 October 2010, Masala Zone, Covent Garden. Tried on the spur of the moment with Philippa.
19 November...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Learn how to take a compliment:
1. Hear the compliment
2. Register the compliment
3. Say "thank you" That's all there is too it!
Thanks Jacqui
2 years agoNote added to Attend a comedy show:
Went to Torrianos on Tuesday 21st September 2010 - saw Paco Erhard,Robert White, Wayne Deakin, Alex Maple, Samuel D Joker, Henry Ginsberg, Sophie Buchan, Gwilum Argos, Rhalou ...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Visit 10 London parks:
12 September 2010 Hyde Park visited.
26 September 2010 Greenwich Park visited.
Further candidates...
Kensington Gardens,
Richmond Park,
Regents Park,
2 years agoNote added to Visit 10 different museums:
26 September 2010 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich visited.
26 September 2010 Royal Observatory Museum, Greenwich visited.
19 October 2010 Sir John Soane's Museum, London v...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Publish a book:
I've started a kids' game book. The game of "Sneak-Up" has evolved over the years in my family and it will feature in my book.
2 years agoNote added to Learn about wine for at least a year:
A fellow Fool called Tom, quite apart from talking to me about wine for a couple of hours the other day, runs a wine tasting class in Sevenoaks. The next semester starts in Se...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Eliminate all clothing that is over 10 years old!:
I started with one small step. I chucked out my favourite rugby shirt that was so tatterred and full of holes that it made me look a like a tramp. I feel that a part of me has...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Learn all the words to a song.:
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow that Mustang down
Mustang Sally, now baby
Guess you better slow that Mustang down
You’ve been running all over town
Ooh, I guess you ...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Make a photo album concerning my 101 tasks:
Here it is...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=196501&id=691235661&saved#!/album.php?aid=196501&id=691235661
2 years agoNote added to Make 5 new friends:
1. Made a new friend, Shelley, yesterday, 24 August 2010. We'd met very briefly at a pub with a group of friends last Friday. We had a lovely evening talking about all kinds o...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Give someone a handmade gift:
I smoked a trout and made some pate. This I gave to Shelley yesterday evening. Some where there is a photo of the handover for the record.
Here is the recipe:
Ingredients
Fo...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Join a sports team:
I am about to be part of the new Tonbridge volleyball team for Kent "Foundation" League. This is basically a beginners' team to get match experience.
22 November 2010 Volleyb...(more)
2 years agoNote added to Learn how to make a really good omelete:
I need an omlette pan for this I feel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant/cooking/recipes_raymond10.shtml
Ok pan purchased and first attempt made. I think I didn't stir/agitate...(more)
2 years ago