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.
We’ve been in Wanaka since we were last online, and have been spending more of our hard earned money in the pursuit of thrills and adventure! We spent a day rock climbing with a guide as we were desperate to try the stuff out here but had not brought any of our kit with us (doh!). That was fantastic, although we are not used to climbing in such warm weather and I have never before had to complain that the rock was too hot for me to hold
I was also persuaded by my husband (who I used to love very much) that we should take a day’s kayaking instruction course while we were there After I had spent most of the first hour that we were on the river upside down underneath the water, I realised that I had been right to be a bit apprehensive about the idea! However, our instructor was fantastic and we learnt a lot about how to stay upright on the river, as well as how to escape if we found ourselves upside down. The one thing that made me feel a whole lot better was that by the end of the day Giles had spent much more time upside down than I had
We had another day’s climbing planned, but unfortunately rain stopped play. On the last day that we were in Wanaka our Thurston curse struck again and there were flash floods. So instead we went to watch King Kong at the…
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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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