Pat Garland

I came across this obituary of Pat Garland - a pioneer of the railway preservation movement in the UK.

Punters rescue Cutty Sark

The National Lottery rescues this historic ship thanks to Britain's mug punters. The Evening Standard has the story. After the wicked waste of a billion on the Millennium Dome this is the least they can do. See PunchBuggy Passim.

Good morning

Everybody across North America is making with the snow pictures. So here is ours, shot by the Mrs this morning.

Internet radio grows up

The Telegraph has the story.

Ontario in the snow

Rode the 'hound to Kitchener for the weekend. A town that has seen good times and bad. Off the bus in freezing cold weather Friday night and dive into Peter Martin's Restaurant at 20 King. Good food served at a glacial pace - it took about fifteen minutes to get a menu - make sure you have the rest of the night off. I'm glad we weren't going to the theatre across the street. Not cheap either, $9 on the soup index, but about the only place that isn't a chain restaurant in those parts.
If you are wondering what there is to do in Kitchener everybody says to go to the farmer's market. So we did.





These young ladies were warming up for Burns Night and plugging the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games on 12,13,14 August 2005. Good to see the old traditions being celebrated as they danced to a pipe band. After years of being taught to be ashamed of our origins in the UK these folk were refreshing.
Back to Hogtown on Sunday in record time chugging down the 401 sat behind the driver in the Greyhound with every other seat taken.

Round the clock Clive

Here is my friend Chaplain Clive posing outside Dimpflmeier's bakery in Toronto with his '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The car has four-wheel-drive and 341 thousand kilometers on the clock. Still plenty of life in the old girl yet - why swap her when she owes you nothing? The bread is a bargain too.

Digital desert

The Consumer Electronics Show is underway in Las Vegas. My pal Matt Baile is there - PC World has the story. I used to go to CeBIT in Hanover in the old days - you need stamina for these gigs.

Mon Dieu

Check out this English language radio from Paris: Paris Live Radio.