Relay for Life - Lydney

Here we are: The Mad Scientists team in full costume!!

So, We traveled to The Forest of Dean, to take part in this fabulous 24 hr walkathon in aid of Cancer research UK on Friday night, and awoke to thunder, lightning and buckets of rain on the actual day of the event! So, after pitching our tent in a brief dry spell, we had a very wet start to this 24hr event.

fantastic music and comedy performance!

A guide to socail media use

Simple, straightforward, quick reference - hope it's useful.

Endangered hardwood = endangered wildlife

I watched 'I bought a rainforest' on BBC2 and although I haven't yet finished all three episodes, I was moved to shout from the rooftops about what I saw.

I love rainforests and I visit them at every opportunity, so I was intrigued to hear about this idealistic photographer (Charlie Hamilton James) who had purchased 100 acres in Peru, bordering a national Park in the hope of creating a 'safe buffer' to prevent the illegal timber felling affecting the park.

X-Men – Marvel-ous

I was a little slow off the blocks, but eventually got to see 'X-Men, Days of Future Past' and well, wow! Any opportunity to see the X-Men can't be missed, well at least not in my book, but to revisit much loved characters long gone - what more excuse could you need.

Super sweet candy crush cheat

Ok, so you made the mistake of starting Candy crush and now you can't stop? Yes, been there, done  that - I may even get the tee shirt... but what's more frustrating than being addicted to a game that is quite frankly playing havoc with my eyes and my interpersonal skills? You guessed it, getting stuck at the master levels and then being tempted to pay to advance! Well for all you candy crushers out there, here is a way to get through to master levels without getting stuck and having to wait for the 'tooth fairy' (I mean really?!) to wave you through, or for charitable friends to help you through to the next stage...

Roadrunner - in his natural habitat?

I kid you not, this has not been tampered with in any way shape or form, no photoshop shananagins - this is a genuine photo take with my own fair hand in the New Forest. I always wondered what became of the roadrunner - and here is is, or natures version of him at least!