Last Two Weeks

Hi there,

Well its been another quietish couple of weeks.

The picture is of Barmouth Bridge from the Mawdachh Trail.

The first week was work and nothing really happened except for Arriva Trains getting the Cross Country rail route which is currently run by Virgin....my view is that it is a big mistake and it seems that putting fares up will lead to more people going back to their cars. Arriva's customer service is poor and the refreshment trolleys will probably not be available on most services.

Still skint and single. :( Don't mind being skint just got to look for a better paid job.

I read the new Harry Potter book in two days.

This last week, well Monday decided that on Tuesday I would go to Barmouth by train and take both my half-brother and our bikes. Went to Wolverhampton railway station and tried to book tickets. It wouldnt let the woman in the booking office book the 1650 return train. Through up an error. So I rang Arriva on my mobile, and they were adamant the return train was 1750(two hours back to Wolverhampton when in reality it takes three) and eventually said that the train was booked for bikes. If only the dialog box the lady in the booking office got this message instead of an error message. Funny though Jakob Nielsen's alertbox this week was about dialog boxes. This was after my visit to the hospital for the respiratory clinic appt which they said the operation on the back of my throat wouldnt lessen my snoring. :(

Tuesday: My half-brother stayed over Monday night for the early start. We cycled up to Wolverhampton railway station, got on the train. There was a bike there already and there are supposed to be only two. I made room for ours. :) There was no trolley service on the two trains to Barmouth(change at Machynlleth). Pathetic really oh and run by Arriva....surprise surprise. Anyways we got to Barmouth and once I had got some WD40 and sprayed my half-brother's chain with it we cycled across the bridge and along the Mawdachh Trail. Note the far side of the bridge. It had been tarmac'd down to the toilets at Morfa Mawdachh. Anyways we cycled to Doglellau stopping a couple of times for my half-brother to throw stones in the river. At Doglellau, I went into Boots the chemist for some tissues and batteries for my camera after we had a drink and a something to eat. Then we cycled back to Barmouth....had to hold a bike for someone on the bridge near Doglellau while he helped his wife get a bike and trailer across. The bridge was narrow. We then continued on stopping at Penmaenmawr where I had a drink and my brother took a a couple of photos. We got back to Barmouth eventually. Had lunch at the Lion Hotel. Then after a look at a shop across the road had a walk up Dinas Oleu further up than we had been before. Eventually we descended, retrieved our bikes and returnedto the railway station for the trip home. Changing trains twice and on all three there was a bike. So much for having to book. My brother bought his car up and the bike rack. I fitted it to his car and then put my half-brothers bike on the back. My brother then took him home. Note we played trumps 3 times on the train and I won all three games :)

Wednesday, well a quiet day, went to the docs and got prescription for nasal spray. Read a book and didn't do much else. Ooops, went to brother's girlfriend's sister's flat to reload stuff onto her PC. Took a few hours. Apparently it was her motherboard that had needed replacing. It works as she wants it too now.

Thursday - my work colleague dropped my other bike back. I got a new grip shift for my mountain bike which went wonky on Tuesday. Fitted it but it needs tweaking,

Friday, got up read emails, got bored so took return trip to Settle, I managed to read most of the Colin Forbes book i was reading. On the train from Manchester 3 women sat by me slightly tipsy. Kept asking me questions. Eventually after twenty mins they got off. I got home. Long afternoon evening. I like Settle, but need more time to find the footpaths that take one out of the way up the hills. It was three trains there and three back. I walked home from the railway station.

Saturday, half brother came round to do garden and I walked round to the supermarket. That really all I did apart from do some more reading of the book I was trying to finish.

Today, Took the racer out for a five mile ride around an extended block. It was windy. I finished the Colin Forbes book Whirlpool and been chilling most of the day. Thats it really.

The two websites are http://www.energychest.net/ about energy and http://www.hotscripts.com/ which is to do with scripts for websites.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Thank you. :)