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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.

Articles from June, 2005

T-minus 2 days & counting!

Well, we’re almost there. On Saturday I head to London for the build up day for the Bolivia expedition with the flight departing Heathrow on Sunday at 10am.

Still got loads of packing and jobs to do and its becoming a bit of a rush to be honest, am really looking forward to the flight as will probably be the first opportunity to relax.

Can’t wait for the trip to start though its going to be fantastic!

Posted on June 30, 2005 21:01 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

Its Bolivia

Finally after a couple of weeks of uncertainty, during which we thought we’d be going to Argentina or Ecuador, its now be confirmed that we’ll be going to Bolivia after all.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office contacted World Challenge earlier this week to let them know they were going to change their travel advice and after checking with the Embassy and the In Country Agent it was decided to go ahead with the original itinerary - fantastic.

So its all systems go for Bolivia for the first leg of my trip, with departure scheduled for Sunday 3rd July

Posted on June 26, 2005 21:02 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

The Itinerary

The current itinerary is:

July 2005
I’m leading a World Challenge Expedition to South America for a month. This was going to Bolivia but due to the recent civil unrest it will now being going to either Argentina or Ecuador. I’ll update once we know for sure

August 2005
Obviously the main event here is Lea’s 30th but as a side show we’ll be spending 3 weeks in Scotland and a final week in the Lakes. No firm plans yet but rest assured there will be plenty of climbing

September 2005
Its off to the Alps to…

Posted on June 20, 2005 21:04 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

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Giles Thurston

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.

On this site I hope to blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my various posts, links & latest twitter updates from around the web.

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