Archives for ‘Banter’

The Great Glen Way, April 2010.

NIKON D3000 1/250s Focal Length: 18.0mm f/10.0 ISO: 400 (P)

Stewart and I completed the Great Glen Way in 5 days from April 19th – 23rd. The Great Glen Way runs from Fort William at the northern end of the West Highland Way to Inverness along the Great Glen Fault. The route is 73 miles (118 Km) in length following the Caledonian Canal.  I only [...]

Tips for “newbie” photographers like me!

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Ok, so if you have been following my blog or even just browsed through it today you can probably notice fairly quickly that I am “newbie” photographer.  I got my first DSLR camera (a Nikon D3000) as a gift from my partner on Christmas and I started my Project 365 1 week later.  Prior to [...]

Day Zero Project – 101 in 1001

I posted my 101 tasks! View the list it at http://www.sarah-mae.com/dayzero/ or click the link in the sign post! Wish me luck!

The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown

I have read every Dan Brown novel and have enjoyed them all, this one included. Having said that I was slightly disappointed with his latest release.  It echoed the Da Vinci Code so much that it felt like he used a formula to write the book. Langdon Jacques Saunière  (Peter Solomon) Sophie Neveu (Katherine Solomon) [...]

A Decade Of SMae

A bullet point list of my life in ‘The Naughties’ 2000 Y2K scares proved unfounded as the world did not descend into chaos at the stroke of 12 As a wee 15 year old I started my first relationship My Papa died on Feb 11th RIP After my 16th birthday I moved into my first [...]

Christmas 2009 Letter

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C is for Camping We camped at T in the Park this year, a 3 day music festival were we got to see the following gigs: The Mars Volta + Maximo Park + Franz Ferdinand + Kings of Leon + Calvin Harris + Lady Gaga + Paolo Nutini + Friendly Fires + James + Katy [...]

Gig List

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A list of all the gigs I have been to New Kids On The Block 1991 – Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver The Irish Rovers March 25, 2003 – Massey Theater, New Westminster Matthew Good + The Dears April 19, 2003 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver Avril Lavigne + Swollen Members + Gob April 26, 2003 – GM [...]

3 Peaks!

Scafell Pike

In March our “3 Peaks in 3 Days” challenge was inhibited due to extreme weather at Ben Nevis.  We managed to tackle and bag Scafell Pike on March 28th and Snowdon on March 29th.  Now yesterday we finally bagged Ben Nevis! Scafell Pike was by far my least favourite, I was so tired and poor [...]

Hello world!

Me!

Welcome to my new blog, its about time eh? So I just spent hours working on the design and already know I will have many more ahead of me! I am sure no one is going to be reading this until I tell you all that its up and running.  However, if you are reading [...]