Jeremy Clarkson is a legend

If Jeremy Clarkson ever invites you to join him for a spot of "clay pidgeon shooting", graciously accept the offer because this is the sort of thing he gets up to. What a legend this bloke is!

Visited Countries

I found a cool little tool http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries that allows you to select everywhere you have been in the world and then paints you a picture of your visited "countries". I have been to 7, which is apparently 3%. A lot more travelling to be done, methinks. I do aim to conquer some more of Europe this summer, so I shoud be correcting the absence of red there. As for the rest of the world, that shall have to wait for now.

Incidentally, there is also a version of this for States in the USA, if it interests you. I haven't been there yet so I haven't included it.

Updated Links section

If you check out the righthand sidebar of this blog, I have updated the Links section. There are now two new sections. MySpace Links contains the MySpace sites of several artists of whom I am a fan and likewise Charity Links contains a list of some of my favourite charities that I would suggest are worth supporting.

First Visitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi fans: you may be pleased to hear that I finally had my first visitor to Santander, none other than the legendary Smiler himself! Not only did he have to take time off work from HM Forces to visit and catch two flights over 2 days to get here, he even had the good manners to bring 250 of the finest PG Tips Pyramid Bags over to yours truely on the very day I ran out! Now that is what I call a true gentleman!

So I introduced the man himself to my buddies out here and everybody reported on what a thoroughly nice chap he is, not to mention that the ladies were also rather taken by his toned military physique as well! His visit luckily coincided with a 'warm snap' ; temperatures reached a dizzying 23 degrees Celcius (impressive for early March).

We made the most of the weather and enjoyed a goliath coastal walk around some of the most beautiful parts of the town's coast. During his stay he sampled the local nightlife and a few of the local restaurants, in addition to helping me discover the town's pool bar! He beat me 6-3, but considering he helped me locate the place for the first time, I shall forgive the old rascal.

Smiler: you are a legend! Cheers for the visit!