Vic's wedding

What a day, can you ever imagine me tongue tied ?

Beautiful!

KILDALE SHOW

I love this photo from last year, I was stood in the river Loire on a red hot evening.

It won first prize for the section, 'Tales of the Riverbank' .

Along with third prize for my painting of a swan, I'm pretty chuffed with myself!

Time for an update

Never enough time!!

The end of term is here and my visits around the North are under way.

A very busy summer lays ahead, Victoria's wedding, Summer Shows, Sailcamp.

Planning for next year is also under way, Latin in redcar and CHinese in Middlesbrough! Exciting stuff!

Pigeon Impossible

Merci Dedene! C'est marrant!

Pigeon impossible

Tinca Tinca

El otra día estaba pensando en un poema alemán, que se llama,
‘Sommer’. En español ‘el verano’.
Estaba pescando y pesqué mi primero ‘ Tinca Tinca’, [Tenca en español], del año.
El poema alemán tiene tres versos con tres preguntas.

Weiβt du, wie der Sommer reicht?
¿Sabéis cómo huele el verano?
Weiβt du, wie der Sommer schmeckt?
¿Sabéis cómo sabe el verano?
Weiβt du, wie der Sommer klingt?
¿Sabéis cómo suena el verano?

This is my version of the poem; I thought that you would like to add to it, your own personal verses?
¿Sabéis cómo huele el verano?
Para mí el olor del verano es;
El olor del amanecer, humedad y hierba.
¿Sabéis cómo sabe el verano?
El sabor de café de un frasco.
¿Sabéis cómo suena el verano?
Cuando el cucú está cantando.

Powerboat Course

It's been another weekend of boating!
On Bank Holiday Monday, I went to Scaling Dam Sailing Club to complete my level 1 Powerboat Course.
It was freezing!!



But! The cuckoo is back and today I am going fishing.
Pictures to follow.

Una aventura en alta mar.

Hace dos semanas fui a Blythe en Northumberland para comenzar una aventura en alta mar. Íbamos a Edimburgo.
El viaje empezó a las 13:00 a Stockton, entonces fuimos una hora en coche a Blythe.
El barco de vela estaba en puerto, éramos cuatro marineros y teníamos el fin del semana para ir a Edimburgo.
Teníamos también mucha comida, whisky y pastillas para el mareo.
A las 16:00 salimos a Blythe en una tarde buenísimo de primavera.
El capitana John dice que había suficiente de viento, pues cancelé el motor del barco.
Después dos horas de navegación, John intentó arrancar el motor, ¡no había motor!
Tenemos que cambiar nuestro destino. Pues nos quedamos en un pequeño puerto se llama Low Newton.
Al día siguiente volvimos a Blythe, sin motor.
Finalmente, fuimos al mar para ir en Escocia.
Ahora éramos un tripulación de tres, porque un marinero estaba enfermo.
Durante el viaje, vimos muchas focas y aves marinas.
Llegamos a Escocia a las cuatro de la mañana, en la oscuridad. Por la mañana anduve a la playa y vi el escollo!

Muchas Gracias Paty,

Molly Pup

Molly , 18 hours work at least, but I am very pleased with the result.

Eyemouth Eiderduck

I love the colours on this Sea Duck!

The Motley Crew

Back on Terra Firma, after the trip form Blythe to Eyemouth. John and Chris navigated us through the Farne Islands and around Holy Island into Eyemouth Harbour in the Bloomin' dark!

Ca'olila

Eyemouth Harbour

Trip to Eyemouth

 

After an eventful trip from Blythe, we arived in Eyemouth at 04:00. Yes ! 04:00

BECTA WINNERS!!

Middlesbrough Council Community Learning honoured as a digital innovator.


I was absolutely delighted to represent the team at Becta's Award ceremony at Birmingham's ICC on Monday evening, 8th. March 2010.


As a Middlesbrough boy, I feel it is it really is important to showcase the excellent work across the Organisation in such an arena. This is the second consecutive year that we have received the award, last year as part of the Teeeslearn team.

Middlesbrough Council Community Learning has been named the winner of the prestigious Adult and Community Learning category at the second annual Next Generation Learning Awards. These awards from Becta, the government agency for technology in learning, aim to reward technological excellence in the Further Education and Skills sector. They celebrate the very best practice across the country and are one of the most important and respected awards in the sector’s calendar.

Drückt mir die Daumen

Drückt mir die Daumen!

Wir gehen Montag nach Birmingham zum .
Next Generation Learning Awards: Technology Excellence in FE & Skills


Wish me luck!
Next Generation Learning Awards 2010 - Shortlist
Adult and Community Learning

Aston Pride NDC
Middlesbrough Council Community Learning

Huile?

La guerre de l’huile ! ?

Hier, on était en train de discuter les ; ‘ iles de Falklands’. en francais , Malouines et espagnol les Malvinas.
J’ai expliqué que en 1982, il y avait une guerre entre l’Argentine et le Royaume-Uni--- a cause de ?
La souveraineté ?
Alors, c’était l’époque de Margaret Thatcher et beaucoup de gens ont été tues ! Très triste !
Maintenant les problèmes ont réapparu, il y a une nouvelle tension entre nos deux pays.
Pourquoi ?
Parce que nous, les britanniques avons décidé qu’il y a beaucoup d’or caché sous la mer ! sous forme de ‘
{Huile !]
Et c’est a ce moment que ma jeune assistante a dit une guerre de HUILE !!!! ?

Évident, maintenant que j’aurais dire ‘ Pétrole’ !
En fait l’histoire des ‘Falklands’ est incroyablement compliqué ! Regardez les liens pour Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Talking Dog! Merci mille fois Dedene, c'est chouette!

A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale ' He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.


'You talk?' he asks.


'Yep,' the Lab replies.



After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?'
The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.'
'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running.. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.' 'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.


'Ten dollars,' the guy says.


'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?'

'Because he's a liar. He never did any of that shit.

St. Valentine

Here is the link to the article about St. Valentine.

Burns

While we sit bousing at the nappy,
An' getting fou and unco happy
We think na on the lang Scots miles,
The mosses, waters, slaps and styles,
That lie between us and our hame,
Whare sits our sulky sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

Thank you Joan, I suppose we must look at the linguistic values. I think we should ask you to read this with your Scottish accent.

Russian Winter Festival

Just to advertise the , Russian Winter Festival'.
This will be held at 'Van Mildert College', Durham.
Saturday 27th. February 2010.
12-4
Expect to see traditional guest speakers and support the Russian Orphan Fund.

I am hoping to go as I have had the wonderful opportunity to visit Kostroma in Russia on two occasions.