In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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Rising Sea Levels
When the waters start to rise, how will coastlines around the globe be affected? A clever mash-up of Google Maps and NASA data gives a graphic illustration of what could happen if sea levels rise by up to 14 metres. George Murphy, who commented on my North Polar Meltdown post, asked if I knew of [...]
Vibrating Pole: Mystery Solved
It puzzled me for days — what caused an old aerial pole on a neighbour’s house to oscillate wildly on a seemingly windless day? The answer, it turned out, wasn’t UFOs, but an equally fascinating phenomenon with its explanation rooted firmly in the science of fluid mechanics. I was genuinely baffled by the mystery of [...]
The Mystery Of The Vibrating Pole
It’s never done it before, and it hasn’t done it since. A disused aerial pole on a neighbour’s house was observed to be vibrating in an unusual fashion on Tuesday 4th November 2008. What could have caused it? This innocent-looking metal aerial pole (now disused — it’s minus the aerial) attached to my neighbour’s house [...]
Sunrise
Rising early this morning at around 6:15am, I opened the conservatory blinds and found this beautiful sunrise. I rushed for the camera and caught it just before it faded. (Click this photo and the one below to see the full-sized images in another tab or browser window.) Then I took a video with my Kodak [...]
Banwell Bone Cave
For just four special days during each year, a local place of interest opens its doors to allow the public a rare glimpse into an amazing past age. Banwell Bone Cave was discovered in 1824, on land then owned by George Henry Law, Bishop of Bath and Wells. His estate nestled on the shoulder [...]
Royal Drive-Through
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II today drove through Banwell en route to her other destinations on a day trip to Somerset. They arrived on the royal train at Yatton Railway Station and travelled by car to Yeo Valley, the dairy processing business in Blagdon. They then visited the For All Healthy Living Centre in Lonsdale [...]
Walking To Fitness
As a type-II diabetic — diagnosed a couple of years ago after a lifetime of stuffing myself with sugar and junk food — I was supposed to keep an eye on my blood sugar level and take plenty of exercise. But being a head-in-the-sand kind of guy by nature, I ignored my doctor’s advice from [...]
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