One man MOT test rig

Has a clever gadget for testing the front wheel bearings and steering column.

iPod Touch and jailbreak

I've had my iPod Touch for just over a week and am completely taken by just how good the interface is. I think it's easy to completely miss how refined and usable it is, and how much engineering went in to making it really work. Thanks to ijailbreak mine now has a full suite of cool apps.

A shady character?

...or a big sombrero?

La Bayadere at the Royal Opera House

Stepping Stones pupils in London to watch the Ballet

New housing built right next to the Mi5 building...

... and built using the same design. It'll be a brave set of home owners who purchase one of these!

Video conferencing with pupils, parents and leaders in Little Cayman

We, the Cayman Ministry and I, invited parents and pupils, to learn more about connecting schools together on a global scale.

Max feeding squirrels in the park

At this time of year, squirrels are out gathering food before the winter.

The 'out' in Scouting

Patrol Leaders training weekend

Rear view

M25. Junction 4.

Roadside rubbish

We were talking today about the amount of rubbish found on the central reservation of motorways. Odd shoes and reflective lumino jackets are in abundance on the M25.

Sausage fest!

Stepping Stones pupils go camping in Frensham.

A secret box?

Driving around Grand Cayman in Gareth's little Mitsubishi car. I noticed a little pop out box on the dashboard. It says 'SECRET BOX' Next to it there is a 'MULTI BOX' and is exactly the same inside. Curious.

Baby Iguana

Little Cayman Beach Resort

View from the bar.

Beach Nuts Good Time Bar

Sitting here in the bar with a whole raft of drift wood above my head. This is how people leave their mark on the island when they visit.

Caybrew

Cayman beer - very refreshing after a long flight.

BA flight to Grand Cayman this morning

I'm off to work with children on Little Cayman in an International project to connect them with Stepping Stones School.

Beautiful scenery though...

Could it be worse?

Let's hope it dries up a bit next week.

Wet and muddy

Our pupils will take part in a DofE hike next week. It's pretty wet out here as I walk the route to make sure it's all safe. I'm in the Cayman islands soon, I wonder if it's this wet there?!

Geocaching in Billericay

My scouty friend, Colin and I went Geocaching today. Essentially this requires the use of a GPS device to pinpoint the location of a box. One activity for our Scout Troop

Shouldn't this be red?

A telephone box in London.

Summit... the Old Man of Coniston

We reached the summit in atrocious weather conditions, wind and rain with visibility very short.

Lake Windermere from the hotel room

Team Stepping Stones has arrived in preparation for the Total Objects challenge tomorrow.

Steve Jobs talks of a new iPod, the iPod Touch

Sitting here at the BBC in London.