Articles from August, 2005

Heading North

At last we are heading north after a nice relaxing week in Devon and Cornwall. Current plans are to have a day climbing in Wales before heading onto the Peaks for a few days of Grit!!! From there its onto the Lakes for 10 days or so of ... yes you’ve guessed it more climbing!

Our Nepal trip has been brought forward a week. Although this means we have to head back from the Alps a week early it has allowed us to change our NZ flights to give us an extra week down under which is brilliant. We’re busy…

Posted on August 15, 2005 20:41 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

The Disco Leg

Well at last I have joined Giles in his unemployed status and we are enjoying the first few days of freedom! Have been on the South Coast for a couple days now, and are hoping to head over to Cornwall for the weekend. Weather is gorgeous and we are doing normal holiday stuff and enjoying spending some time with Giles’ god-daughter. It has not yet sunk in that this is any more than a nice holiday after a very hectic few months at home

Posted on August 10, 2005 19:45 / 0 Comments / Read article in full ...

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About 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.

Contact Me

Feel free to get in touch and give me your feedback on the site. You can contact me directly through twitter or the other networks I use regularly, links to which you will find below. Alternatively feel free to join the discussion and comment on my blog posts, all contributions are welcome!

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You will find me across the web, using many of the latest social media and community sites. Some of these accounts are now dormant, however the following are those that I keep returning and using in day to day life. Feel free to connect with me through these sites.