2008-12-23UTC07:46:02December newsletter from the George in RyeSounds great!We're looking forward to welcoming many of you to The George in Rye at Christmas time. If you're not staying but would like to come to Rye over the festive season, do pop in for a drink. Rye is great for last-minute Christmas shopping - ... 2008-11-30UTC07:26:06Backstage at Elton John's new year's eve party...This doesn't actually sound like a bad deal, New Year's Eve is always expensive and disappointing, how do you best tickets for Elton John, at the 'Dome, free drinks and an after show party too? All for less than 300 quid. Regular tickets are around t... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11769/Backstage+at+Elton+John%27s+new+year%27s+eve+party...">Rated 5.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-10UTC01:41:30A rare night out in London tonightMeeting a friend here after work before meeting Clare later, and staying in a hotel, how decadent. Tomorrow, lunching and shopping.Camera update: it just sent me an email, the first in days. Always a bit nervy receiving a mail saying "motion detected... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11625/A+rare+night+out+in+London+tonight">Rated 6.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-21UTC12:23:21Little Switzerland Cafe and barVisited Little Switzerland as we were told there was a fantastic view.We were not disappointed.Wasn't staying at the camping and caravanning site but if ever I needed that facility it would be the ideal location, beautiful views,clean and quiet. It h... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11526/Little+Switzerland+Cafe+and+bar">Rated 5.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-11UTC06:30:09Nice weekend, quiet weekendNice weekend. Changed our Friday night outgoing plans and had a quiet one in. Saturday went to a 92nd birthday tea for Clare's gran over in Tenterden, home for a brief siesta, and then out to The Guildhall with visiting family and friends. Took a bri... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11501/Nice+weekend%2C+quiet+weekend">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-13UTC06:04:27Too boringLess posts about PHP, javascript and KML to come, as my friend - let's call him the cowardly civil servant to offer him some anonymity - found it boring. While he was reading at work. How do you find the time mate? I'll tell you what's boring, it's m... 2008-05-09UTC06:41:57Our actual first day in Key WestI realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar... 2008-04-15UTC05:42:47RE: abebooks.co.uk are still recommending I join commission junction on their siteThe AbeBooks.co.uk program is staying with Commission Junction for the time being, so you're good to stay there.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Patrick Armstrong<br />Affiliate Manager<br />AbeBooks.com2008-04-08UTC10:01:33leas cliff hall 1974Hi Gerald, do you have any details of the Summer Season show at the Leas Cliff in 1974 with Gordon & Bunny Jay?I spent a fab season with them staying in Sandgate and wanted reminding of the variety show acts.ThanksPhil... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11149/leas+cliff+hall+1974"><img alt="leas cliff hall 1974" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11149/leas+cliff+hall+1974">Rated 6.02/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-08UTC08:19:25Britain By CubCharity appeal from someone at work:I was just briefly hoping to make you aware of a fund raising event two of my friends are taking part in on behalf of Demelza House who as you may know do fantastic work caring for terminally ill children. The even... 2008-03-03UTC08:56:29Canterbury, but not house huntingNot a bad weekend. Started on a bum note, with a death, my sister's ma-in-law passed away unexpectedly on Friday, so thoughts with all the families involved obviously. Saturday we stayed local, didn't go to Canterbury as Clare was having lunch with h... 2008-02-04UTC12:40:35The Ringlestone is brilliant.My new favourite pub. My husband and I have been all over the UK staying at inns and seeking out old worldy country pubs, this one was the best hands down. (I'm American and he's from London so it's been kind of game to find the best.) The pub itself... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10930/The+Ringlestone+is+brilliant."><img alt="The Ringlestone is brilliant." src="http://www.ringlestoneinn.co.uk/fireplace" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10930/The+Ringlestone+is+brilliant.">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-31UTC09:52:02Been quiet for a few daysNo I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10799/Been+quiet+for+a+few+days">Rated 7.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-27UTC01:50:18Festive FunWelcome back after the christmas break, hope you had a good one. We did, felt a bit quiet though, no big late nights or anything. Kind of handy really, as I'm back in work today, I volunteered to be in on these (hopefully) quiet days between christma... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun"><img alt="Festive Fun" src="http://static.flickr.com/56/129479951_df7576bf79_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun">Rated 8.51/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-15UTC08:22:53Weekend train funPlanning a little trip to Winchester tomorrow evening, to catch up with old friends and have a curry and a few drinks. Staying over, so no worries about trying to get back here, and then meeting Clare in London the next morning for shopping and thing... 2007-07-22UTC07:29:06Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up)Have you been to Blackpool? DON'T EVER EVER GO THERE, man alive, it was the worst place I've ever been to. A few people gave me odd looks when I said I was going to Blackpool for a couple of days as part of our grand tour, but only one person got clo... 2007-07-17UTC12:31:54Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu... 2007-06-19UTC06:21:32Weekend goodPubs kind of quiet, we went in The Clifton on Friday though, so to be expected. Apparently "the band" (assuming this is Megadeth, though it could have been the support, or roadies, or even just fans) were staying there on Wednesday night and were in ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10290/Weekend+good"><img alt="Weekend good" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2560500855_ac2a665c97_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10290/Weekend+good">Rated 8.02/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-06-09UTC10:56:12Quite InterestingWent back to QI, and it was ace, glad we made the effort. I had the afternoon off, and got away on time, so I had hours to kill before the show. I went to the National Gallery, and saw some paintings, it was nice. Then I wondered around Soho grazing ... 2006-12-12UTC12:28:53Did you know Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson were staying in Sandgate?Before / during I mean, we all read about it in the Herald after they'd checked out... La Portman wasn't the most favoured guest of The Sandgate Hotel apparently. From The Mirror, don't go there though it's covered in microsoft adverts that make movi... 2006-11-23UTC11:03:52BT BroadbandMight upgrade to this, it's about what we're paying anyway... not sure if we can make use of the free calls without buying another phone, but it might work, and as a good techie I ought to be making full use of Skype and internet telephony generally.... 2006-11-05UTC09:11:12There's a nice run of pubs right by WhitehallI'll look up the names of them, there's four in a row that we went in one day, when we were staying in London because of Clare's work, they're on the road running straight down from Trafalgar Square I think... I'll have to look them up. Last cool pla... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/9704/There%27s+a+nice+run+of+pubs+right+by+Whitehall">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-11-05UTC06:49:52RE: Damp and other delightsMy flat has subsidence which scares the hell out of me - although the survey said it was ok for now.In other news, I'm in that there London this week for the Neilson Norman Useabilty Conference - staying in Westminster. Any pub recommendations?... 2006-09-11UTC11:01:50Resident DJ PsyThis guy is great, the first time i saw him at bar brevet, he blew me away, he should be djing down the night clubs, untill he does me and me mates are staying down da bar!, the drinks are good value, and the music is wicked! <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9105/Resident+DJ+Psy"><img alt="Resident DJ Psy" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2725962716_9c1beebc7d_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9105/Resident+DJ+Psy">Rated 2.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-08-19UTC09:35:25RE: I am hereWe have my bro-in-law visiting from The Americas. I don't think we'll be going to much contemporary ballet, I'm hoping to fit in as much pub time as possible.It's cool that you and your mum are getting tattoos together.Woo, got my computer in the lou... 2006-02-23UTC11:52:50BUMS!Motley Crue are supporting Guns'n'Roses in Dublin this Summer, and we're at a wedding that day! G'n'R are playing Download Festival too, can't imagine the 'Crue playing that though. Will there be a normal London date? Will we go? Can't see it...Today... 2006-02-03UTC10:42:36And the streets are safe once moreRelax everybody, a 25 year old man's been arrested in connection with that shooting in Folkestone. Also, the 25 year old man that was being sought turns out to be the same fellow who beat a lamb to death (against the dashboard of a car) and threw it ... 2005-11-23UTC09:54:37EASY! EASY! EASY!Every morning we watch ten minutes or so of gm.tv while we're having our tea and toast, and every morning one of their news stories is about X-Factor, it's such a huge dirty scam. Today's tale is a terrible example of what I'm on about, as everyone's... 2005-11-14UTC10:44:25Google AnalyticsGoogle got a new thing, https://www.google.com/analytics/ website traffic analysis. You're allowed to use it to drive traffic to your site, but not for the purpose of generating more advertising income. Hmm.Nice weekend, hardly left the flat at all, ... 2005-10-15UTC10:50:51Mushroom not so magicUp early this morning, on a quest for mushrooms in Sussex. And came back empty handed. Not sure what went wrong, the conditions were meant to have been perfect, but still we're hungry, just beans on toast for lunch. Got home just in time for the deli... 2007-08-16UTC07:59:01The MarqueeFound the ticket now! I went to the gig on my own, then got the last train up to Rugby, where I was staying for college. Can't find details anywhere online. Much stage diving, one of my favourite gig.s