So I drive from Harrogate to a town just west of Skipton (and back) every day. Closing the A59 to work on landslip prevention for 5 weeks is fair enough (even though it's the 3rd year running they've done it). I can…
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- A59 at Blubberhouses
- Bobbybees and lost photos
Lovely weekend slightly tarnished today by loosing all my photos from it - either human error or some weird thing happened when I tried to upload them from my phone to dropbox. This has never happened to me before as…
Spotify PlaylistsA screenshot of my Spotify - one of my favourite applications of all time. When someone asks me "what is Spotify ?" I answer "An application that gives you any song you want within one second." And whilst that's not…
vin bookvin book , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . I've just had this photo of mine used by in this article by The Guardian . Thanks to Simon TW for the heads up. I think I should open a bottle of wine to celebrate or…
The Fat BadgerFriday saw me and a friend popping out to a brand new pub in Harrogate. The Fat Badger on Cold Bath Road. I'd seen some noise on twitter about it along with rumour that it was a VIP ticket only launch. The power of…
ChillSaturday involved a trip to Leeds General - for Jay to have some blood tests. All is roughly as it should be according the the results. He's making good progress. After LGI we went to IKEA and came home to receive some…
The Trip tripYesterday a accompanied a colleague on a road trip. He's writing a piece on TV's "The Trip" (2010 starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.). If you've not seen The Trip - it's good - they tour the North of England for a…
War of the teasI live in Harrogate, home of Betty's and Taylors of Harrogate. They make the Yorkshire Tea. We drink Yorkshire Tea nowadays. I've liked a few other teas - Ringtons Gold…
I just found this - 40 years to the day after it was printedHad a bit of a rummage in our cellar this morning with a view to sorting stuff and clearing out some junk . There's a few of things in there from the people we bought our house off about 11 years ago. I picked up a…
First ever text messageHere is Jaygo receiving his first ever text message (from his Mama) moments after another first - first ever sending of a text message. We got a spare mobile to leave at the hospital (then as a spare phone to have…
Magic roomMagic room , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Jaygo has been OKd for a home visit today. His friend from school popped over for a visit. Eirene and I are sat in the front room drinking green tea, eating lush brownies…
Sleepy at homeSleepy ay home , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . So Jaygo has been allowed out of hospital for the last 3 afternoons. Great to get him out and about. Yesterday we went to Bilton Gala for a bit - but it tired him…
Felix in a Sinclair C5Felix in a Sinclair C5 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Superb day yesterday. They have changed all of Jays meds - no more anti biotics for a start - resulting in a whole 8 hour gap between meds - which the staff…
Kate's wedding dress and the royal wedding cakeKate's wedding dress and the royal wedding cake , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . A remarkable improvement in Jay today. His eyes are almost back to normal, nearly all the double vision has gone and his balance is a…
- Spinal Tap
So Jaygo had a Spinal Tap (rock and roll) to relieve intercranial pressure. It was very high apparently - the reading was at 56 something or others (psi?) and it should be around 20 for a Jaygo type human. They managed…