Donate to the Disaster Emergency Committee
Posted in Updates on 30th December 2004
Friends and regular readers will know my views on how charity organisations work here, but I feel I must post a link to the Disaster Emergency Committee which is accepting online donations in connection with recent events in South East Asia. Several organisations including British Telecom have donated their services...
Newport New Year
Posted in Railways on 29th December 2004
After blowing away Christmas cobwebs last year with a day freezing at Westbury, decided to continue the tradition with a trip to Newport today. News of a visiting steam train, diverted services and a reasonably normal day of freight despite the holidays provoked a flurry of text messages. A respectable...
Christmas at Home
Posted in Updates on 27th December 2004
Back from a few days at my parent's home, generally just relaxing and watching cricket! I always end up spending quite a time procrastinating about what to do at Christmas. The last couple of years have seen me dashing around - trying to be in several places at once, so...