Er, decided after reading friends’ LJ to slap in a few more details. Before I do, I wanted to say that after this post from , that if I’d have had any money at all to help, I’d have bought the ticket and got you over first class. It looks from the next post like things were kinda […]
Ok, so I’m a bit more impressed with Windows’ software RAID than I used to be (though it has been around 8 years since I played with it last – Windows NT). Two disks, I want them mirrored, but I also want the system installed on them. Hrm, how do you install a system onto […]
It’s been a quiet Christmas on the rescue front. Despite some nice sharp weather, we’ve had no callouts and other than a trip down to my Dad’s, it’s all been very civilised. Nathan loved the Roboraptor I bought him – Arthur was a little less impressed. So today folks, I am sat in the office, hugging […]
Apologies for the lack of posts, I’ve been off ill for a few days with what has been called “man flu”, and I really didn’t feel like getting out of bed. After a few days off, I was quite looking forward to an early night last night before coming back to work today. You can […]
Seems that this time of year is popular for despondents, as is Pembrokeshire – must be the cliffs. The latest was a search yesterday that I was called to on the way into work. The BBC has an article on it. We spent pretty much all day trudging through fields looking for this chap, but […]
And there’s the standdown. Oh well. I guess we’ll find out what happened on Thursday night then.
Interrupting our nicely scheduled tale of searching is an actual search. The pagers have just gone off, we’re on standby for a search tonight. No more information than that, which is often the case for this type of situation. First callout in quite a while too. More updates as it happens…
Someone sent me this today. Apaprently, someone has translated the longest place name in Wales into Hungarian, via English. In Welsh, it’s Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. In English, it’s Saint Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave. In Hungarian, it’s SzentMáriatemplomaafehérmogyoróvölgyébenegygyorsörvényésapirosbarlangiSzentTysiliotemplomamellett Nice.
Sunday was fun, with a large demonstration by various rescue organisations including the Police specialist search teams, Mountain Rescue and the RAF search and rescue helicopter. A report was rescued from a gorge fall – you can see his story here. Although there was one minor hitch – I bashed my knee on the rocks […]
Tom is a civilian instructor for the Air Training Corps. He’s on his way home, late on a Thursday night. It’s snowing and he’s driving carefully in the darkness. One of his cadets, David, is a teenager living on his own and struggling to make ends meet. Knowing this, he texts the young lad to make […]