Last weekend I visited Farnham, also known to some as Nottingham forest!  This is because the Lower Bourne Woods in Farnham are a commonly used film location.  The first film to be filmed here was Gladiator starring Russell Crowe.  The opening scene from the film with the Roman army lined up against the enemy horde was filmed in these woods, since then famous films have included Children of Men, The Golden Compass, Harry Potter (can’t remember which), Wolfman, and now Ridley Scott’s 2010 Robin Hood.
In the Bourne woods the film …

As we approach the end of 2008 I felt I should post a short post to round off 2008 – The year of the Potato!
Cycling
Back in January I resolved to get fitter, to motivate me to this end I signed up to the Royal British Legion 2008 Poppy Cycle to Paris.  In January it seemed like a long time off – it wasn’t until September that the cycle started but I wuickly started training.  I soon bought a new bike a Giant OCR 4 (road / race bike) and almost …

Once again I set off at an insanely early time, 5:15am for my Saturday cycle.  I planned to go 70 miles to Farnham Surrey.  This would be a particularly hilly route but would be good experience and hopefully worse than any days on the actual cycle to Paris.
Even though I had carefully planned my route and uploaded it onto my GPS I instantly started up the wrong street, I knew I was headed to Tunbridge wells, just forgot which route I had mapped.  It was still dark, but fortunately I …