The Grey Corries – the Munros of Stob Ban, Stob Choire Claurigh and Stob Coire an Laoigh on a superb winter’s day in the Scottish Highlands.
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WordPress E-Commerce
December 8th, 2009
Have just launched online booking for Skinny Tyres using the WordPress E-Commerce plug-in. It comes will a reasonable set of configurable options meaning it can be pressed into a variety of uses. By default it integrates with PayPal and Google Checkout, but for a fee of about $200 it can be tied in with other payment gateways such as Sage Pay. Will be monitoring its usability before unrolling onto other sites.
Ding-Dong, Avon calling…
December 3rd, 2009
Launched this week is Avon’s ‘Win a Mortgage‘ competition site. Project Managed for Maglabs and developed by Fresh Monkey participants with both parts of a prize code can check to see if they have won their mortgage (for a year), a second prizes worth £1000 or a variety of promotional vouchers.
Delivered on time and to budget it has exceeded the client’s expectation and is an illustration of how all projects could be.
Mountain Bothies Calendar
November 13th, 2009
Mountain Bothies Association 2010 calendar has just gone on sale, costing just £4 (inc p&p) it features 14 different bothies – including 2 of my images:
It’s available through the MBA website, with all funds going to support simple shelters in the highlands.
Men’s Fitness
October 28th, 2009
Men's Fitness - November 2009
This month’s Men’s Fitness magazine features one of my images from Knoydart. Druim a’ Choire Odhair and Barrisdale Bay shot from the top of Ladhar Bheinn used over two pages to illustrate one of the best wild walks in the country (p 58/59 in case you are looking for it). The route was described by Stevie Christie of Wilderness Jounrneys and director of the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival. Small world indeed!
The regulation of Herbal Medicine
October 13th, 2009
The Department of Health is running a Consultation to ask people whether medical herbalists should be regulated, or not. This will have important consequences in determining whether (or not) you and your family can access herbal medicine in the future! Act Now as the deadline is 30 October 2009.
- How to lobby for the regulation of Herbal Medicine
Cycle Leader Training
October 9th, 2009
Yesterday I attended a Cycle Leader Training course at The Bike Station. Organised by Greener Leith the aim is to start running adult cycling proficiency and Sunday rides in and around Leith to promote and encourage more cycling.
Feels good to be volunteering in something which is healthy, environmentally friendly and local – though as we are yet to take a group out it’s still in it’s early stages. Thanks to our trainer, Ruiraidh and my fellow cycle leaders for making it a good day.
A new day, a new office…
October 5th, 2009
This morning I finally took up residence of my desk in a shared office space in the the centre of Edinburgh. After 7 years of working from a home office this feels like a big step, but friendly faces have helped make it a smooth transition. Will be interesting to see what it does to my efficiency / productivity / spend on sandwiches!
Light Sabre Trails
September 13th, 2009
An evening in Pete’s garden around the chiminea led to these amazing images, courtesy of Andrew and Conner with a light sabre and sonic screw driver. Stunning. Thanks to all. View the set.
Ski Paddle Norway
September 7th, 2009
James Baxter has just completed his epic ski through and paddle around Norway. He start on January 1st and has been on the go since then. Hat’s off to him on such an outstanding venture – plus raising money for a very worthy cause (there’s still time to donate).
