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13 April 2009 2 Comments

Robin Hood 2010 being filmed near Farnham

A friend of mine has noticed that they are building a set for Ridley Scott’s 2010 Robin Hood (Nottingham) film in Lower Bourne woods near Farnham, and he has been making regular visits to the site to take photos of the progress.

Visit his blog for the full set of photos.

10 April 2009 5 Comments

Willie’s Delectable Chocolate Revolution

I’ve been watching Willie’s Chocolate Revolution on Channel 4 for the past few nights, and it’s definitely made me want to try some of his world class cacao!
So I tried searching in Google for “willies chocolate” and “willies delectable chocolate” but I couldn’t find his site! After delving a bit deeper, I’ve found it, so in [...]

30 March 2009 1 Comment

Coming soon… a new Gangster MMORPG

Around the start of the year we invested in a new company , Bytewire Limited, that specialises in building online games. Over the next few weeks they plan to release a new version of their Street Crime Gangster Game.
The game is based around building up a gang to take control of a city such as [...]

6 August 2008 1 Comment

Hard at work at Fubra

The guys have all been working hard this afternoon…

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6 August 2008 0 Comments

Brendan is addicted to ice cream

Every day he goes to the garage to get a twister…

6 August 2008 0 Comments

Carnival comes to Aldershot

This weekend sees the annual aldershot fun fair at manor park. Rides are half price on Thursday at just £1 a go.

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27 May 2008 1 Comment

Bupa London 10K 2008

Aimi and I completed the Bupa London 10K yesterday, and now I’m thoroughly knackered! Thanks very much to everyone who sponsored us.
We completed the race in a little over 1 hour (1:00:27), meaning that we came 3734th/3735th out of 12,500 entrants. Together, we raised over £950 for the Mental Health Foundation.
Here are some facts [...]

10 April 2008 49 Comments

Fidler’s castle

I have just seen a fantastically creative scheme to get round the restrictive planning laws that we have in the UK.
Fiddlers castle
On New Homes From Hell (on ITV1) a farmer called Robert Fidler described how he built a house in secret, surround by massive haystacks, and then kept it hidden for four years.
He owned some [...]