I'm an IT Manager based in the UK, undertake freelance web projects, mountain sports and am a husband & a father. Here I blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my posts & status updates from around the web.
For the last few days we’ve been enjoying the sites and sounds of Wellington. We’ve left Maisie on the outskirts of the city, having a rest herself and are currently staying at the YHA. Wellington is lovely place, with the weather not as changeable as Auckland, although it lives up to it’s local name of ‘Windy Wellington’.
We’ve taken the chance to enjoy some retail therapy, probably the last of the trip, plus some of the cultural attractions of the city including the national museum called Te Papa. The highlight of this trip was Lea “forcing” me to have a go on the sheep shearing simulator (see picture below), although both Dad and Norman will be disappointed to hear that according to the machine I “shear like a townie”. My excuse was that obviously a real sheep would struggle but that seemed to freak the spectators out more than reassure them
I won’t embarass Lea by including pictures of her efforts on the water skiing simulator
We’re going to be in the North Island for another couple of days before catching a ferry across Cook Strait to the South Island. The next week or so holds the prospect of tramping and sea kayaking in a couple of the national parks in the north of the south island, plus a tour of New Zealands major wine producing area
More news and photos as we go on but for the time being here are a couple of shots of Wellington
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Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.
I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.
In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows
Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.
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