Mobile Phones – An addiction crisis for students?

Over the last year I have had the privilege of lecturing part-time at a technical college. It has been an enlightening experience seeing how teenagers and young adults interact with and view the world before them. My question is: Are we facing a mobile phone addiction crisis? Many students appear unable to concentrate for more...

Quote of the day…two

"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." Attributed to Ghandi

Sweetest ever V6 – Mazda’s K Series?

The world is changing and the days of sophisticated V6 internal combustion engines could be numbered, petrol engines look all set to be small capacity 3 or 4 cylinder units optimized to be part of a double act in hybrid vehicles to recharge batteries and power up during a cruise on the motorway. Whilst we...

Quote of the day….

"If we want a good environmental policy in the future we’ll have to have a disaster." Allegedly quoted by Sir John Houghton

Climate Change – Are we just stranded whales on a beach?

The longer you spend looking at various aspects of possibly the biggest crisis ever to face humankind the more incredible it becomes that we appear to do so little to mitigate the oncoming issues. This is now an area that has been researched to the point where we know with an exceptional level of certainty...

Lotus Elan – Yorkshire Ramblings

A clear road and a Lotus Elan 🙂 Yorkshire is rather spoilt for national parks having two, the Dales and the Moors, both are beautiful but have different atmospheres, the Dales are quintessentially English with their pretty stone villages surrounded by soft rolling green hills, crisscrossed by neat dry-stone walled fields of grazing sheep looking...

Ramblings – Where does Money come from?

Like me this might be a question you've never really thought about, but once you start looking into the origins of money that circulates in our economy some quite startling facts come to light, particularly when thinking about debt and why there is so much of it! Here are a few things that might be...

Ramblings – Where have all the wild birds gone?

Are our Mobile Phone Networks impacting bird populations in the UK? - Part 1 Robin population has declined by 45% in Wales (Picture: Warren) Mobile phone technology has been an exciting enhancement to our lives over the last three decades giving us the ability to freely communicate with one another from wherever we happen to be,...

Ramblings – Have we become too connected?

Is being connected 24/7 good for you?

Ramblings – The Happiness and Joy of a Dog

They say a dog is a man's best friend and it is difficult to explain to someone who has not experienced the companionship of a dog quite how special that bond can be and the joy it can bring to everyday life. However bad your day nothing lifts the heart more than being greeted by...