Posted on July 19, 2008 - by Jordan H

Geography Trip to Grasmere

The past Thursday and Friday have been somewhat exhausting. I was on a Geography field trip to Grasmere, and also to White Scar Caves. I took 200 pictures, and walked about 7 miles. I also bought bags full of Grasmere gingerbead (you can’t blame me, it’s awesome!). I’ve uploaded a few pictures to my Flickr photostream and there are more to come.

The first day started when we went up to the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole. We enjoyed an hour-long talk from a curiously flamboyant guide, who told us about who owns the land in the Lake District (apparently they’re farmers, not pirates!?!!) and about what the Lake District Authority are obliged to do. Then we continued on to White Moss Common, where we plotted a map of the nearby amenities and then went on a long 4-mile walk around Grasmere Lake. I was less than impressed. Some of us managed to jack out of the last bit, and hung around in Grasmere to buy gingerbread!

We then went to the youth hostel. It was set in nice spacious grounds and we had the annex all to ourselves. However, I found the beds quite uncomfy and the lights quite temperamental (the covers should not come off so easily!!). I eventually got to sleep after 2am.

In the morning, we made an early start to get to White Scar Caves. Much to our dissapointment (well, all of us except Sam), the heavy rain made the caves unvisitable for the sake of flash floods. Not to let a little weather stop us from traversing a cave, we made a run for it and smashed through the gates and took our own tour, the tour guides took us a small way in so we could see a bit, considering we’d come all the way from Preston. Afterwards, we headed over to the Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, where we got a lot of photos and a lot of water! I got particularly stunning pictures of Thornton Force too.

All of this has left me tired and with an awful cold. My idea of fun isn’t really walking around lakes…

Posted on July 12, 2008 - by Jordan H

Deadline - By Simon Kernick

This is the latest in an epic collection of novels written by author Simon Kernick. I’ve been a huge fan of his books since I read Relentless last year. I’ve since read Severed, another great read, and now today at Tesco I saw Deadline and picked it up. So, this afternoon I sat down and started to read, and didn’t stop until I’d finished it. I thought I’d put a review up on here with my thoughts.

One of the great things about the Simon Kernick books is that they’re impossible to put down. There’s always an urge to keep on reading the next chapter. I’m glad to say that this book is no exception. It’s filled with twists and turns at every level, and leaves you guessing so much that your brain yearns to find out what happened!

There’s a fast-moving plot with no lapses of action, but Kernick sometimes goes into the history of the characters at times when you just want to keep on with the story. However, these pieces of information are vital to the end of the story.

As in many modern crime-fiction books, there are some chapters which have horrific events, and some which are downright disturbing. One of the great things about the books, and this book inparticular, is the immense accuracy that Kernick applies to his story about the Police and their relevant departments. Combined with the odd facts about the Police, the story doesn’t leave the fictional “tracing that call takes ages” feeling after you’ve read it.

I think this book is a must-read! If you enjoyed it, then I recommend also reading some of Simon Kernick’s other titles too - Relentless and Severed. Let me know what you think in the comments section.

Hope you enjoyed reading the first book review on JordanH.net!

Posted on July 5, 2008 - by Jordan H

Super Lamb Bananas!

Today I went to Liverpool, for a few reasons. I went to see the new Liverpool One, which I thought was pretty good, quite reminiscent of Portuguese shopping centres (I love the open air!).

The other reason was because I wanted to see the Super Lamb Bananas. Because it’s the ‘Capital of Culture’ year in Liverpool, there have been 120 replicas of the massive Super Lamb Banana put around the city. They’ve all been designed by a different artist or community group. I’m going to try and take photos of as many as possible, hopefully all!

Today, I managed to get pictures of 34. I’m starting to (slowly!) upload them to my Flickr photostream. I’m also plotting them on a Google map. (The green pinpoints are the ones I’ve taken, the red ones are the ones I’ve not got yet!) Unfortunately, some clever person at the CoC decided to stick one of them down in Euston Station in London. My project to get photos of all the Super Lamb Bananas has just got a little more expensive!

Click here to see the map with pictures!

>Jordan

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