2008-04-20UTC05:24:30Yesterday's house huntA trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h... 2008-01-21UTC03:59:39RE: West is best right now toowell i think generally speaking, the victoria trains tend to go from East - that's the line that goes through faversham. still anyway, it's prob much of a muchness until that high speed link goes in. it's a nice train journey as well - some good sce... 2008-01-15UTC09:12:04Apple AirbookThere's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ... 2007-10-22UTC04:05:19RE: My lot are a registered company"if you're paying 50 quid a month for 10 simultaneous streams, how is a radio station meant to pay for itself when it only has ten listeners?" aye, it can't.. Those are 'hobby' broadcaster rates offered by a third-party company. The only chance of ma... 2007-10-18UTC12:14:53Good job too !Nah, I'm afraid the station took a bit of a battering (DDOS attack) from a bunch of Turkish hackers who for no obvious reason took a dislike to the station website. They went after who they thought was our ISP & ended up taking out internet access fo... 2007-09-20UTC05:48:21I don't really know Coolinge RoadThe location is handy for the station and for town and things though by the looks, I'm sure it's fine. Sorry not to be more help!<br /><br />There's a road that's about 2 streets nearer to town that I really like.2007-03-23UTC08:59:13What a Hampton WickOh dear, be careful with your sat nav (particularly if you are visiting me from Fareham this weekend) and don't make the same mistake as this Fareham coach driver. Instead of taking a party of school children to Hampton Court, he ended up round the b... 2006-12-05UTC12:51:40Belated weekend roundupWeekend start sort of badly, and then sort of worse, and then actually got going really very well indeed. Train home hit some kind of delay, caused by some kind of delay on another train. That's as much detail as we've come to expect in the non expla... 2006-10-17UTC04:48:57History in my dayAnother bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I’... 2006-10-15UTC11:22:32John Peel in FolkestoneThere's a new John Peel bootleg of a forty year old pirate radio show, I didn't realise the Folkestone connection before: As he signed off his final late-night Perfumed Garden show, pirate DJ John Peel was convinced it was the end of his brief, subve... 2005-08-19UTC11:02:54So, one week as a married manDamn, do you think they make these but not in leather? I think I need one.It's got built in massagers and a fridge and a phone, as well as being a regular comfy recliner... You can get it at www.drinkstuff.com, I should see if they have an affilliate... 2005-07-29UTC09:00:37Does this look like a helicopter landing pad?Smooth commute in today, and same as last night, I walked between the mainline station and the office. If I do this every day it'll save me 50 quid a month! And Clare's doing it too, so that's 100 quid a month. And we're getting a bit of exercise wit... 2005-07-21UTC08:35:30Four Men On A TrainNot a bad journey in today, except for Four Men On A Train sat on the table next to us who gibbered business speak all the way in... Has felt like something's kicking off since we got to town though. Clare's District Line tube from Cannon Street was ... 2005-03-03UTC08:16:29Mens formal wedding hire, Kent, UKMan, having a hard time searching for this stuff, too many duff sites, so going to post the ones I find here... What do you mean I should have sorted this already?Dickies Suit Hire, 72 Wincheap, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3RS These are the ones I'm going w... 2005-01-17UTC03:44:01High speed rail link confirmed (again)I thought this high speed link to Folkestone was already confirmed? A chum in the world of news just sent this:The SRA announced that the following stations will be served by high-speed CTRL domestic services: Ramsgate, Minster, Sturry, Canterbury We... 2005-01-17UTC10:19:44UK Radio Aid"Today is the most extraordinary day ever in radio. Every commercial station in the UK is broadcasting UK Radio Aid - a day of very special guests, presenters and activity to raise money for the Tsunami appeal. You'll never hear anything like it agai... 2004-10-15UTC02:55:02I think there were two different venues known as ToftsI keep getting conflicting reports though... there was one that I think is where the police station is now, on Bouverie Road West, and then it moved to Grace Hill... ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2121/I+think+there+were+two+different+venues+known+as+Tofts"><img alt="I think there were two different venues known as Tofts" src="http://static.flickr.com/47/125206557_028ca4318b_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2121/I+think+there+were+two+different+venues+known+as+Tofts">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2004-09-20UTC09:41:17Elstow LodgeElstow Lodge is a large, attractive, detached house in a very pleasant residential area of Folkestone. We are registered with the National Care Standards Commission and approved by both Canterbury and Coastal NHS and KCC Social Services.We are able t... 2004-08-24UTC12:24:32have you investigatedall the shops on the other side of farringdon station to you? up that road there's tons of trendy little shops which might do vegan food - although ive never looked out specifically for one...but i wouldnt be surprised!2004-06-10UTC08:41:02Another boiler!Lots of things I could do today, but it's hot again in the office, and I feel that's going to be a distraction... got to feed popex with chart info, this is normally a task for monday, but the ongoing problems have slowed me down a lot... nice to com... 2004-06-01UTC04:56:29ALISTAIR GRIFFITHS (from lame academy)He walked out of the station and then down to the crossroads. he crossed the road to use the barclays machine but one of them didn't work. He went to the next one, which did. He got £20 out and then waited at the bus stop for a bus to putney. Thi... 2004-05-28UTC01:46:26It's grim up North LondonNoticed the whole parade of shops near Finsbury Park station was cordoned off by police today, I thought maybe it was something to do with Abu Hamza being arrested, as there were also TV reporters outside the mosque, but NO! Just heard on popbitch th... 2004-04-28UTC04:16:42Buffy UpdateAn update from a mate who is also going to the Ghost of the Robot gig:James Marsters band GOTR will taking over the live FCUK radio station in the UK on Monday, May 3. You can listen to the broadcast on the internet.The studio is based in the windows... 2003-11-10UTC11:25:02106 HellGot to start this week with a big hinge, JOY of a journey in this morning, it seems the 106 has been diverted away from it's normal diversion so now it doesn't go past Stoke Newington station or along our bit of Manor Road at all. But there have been... 2003-08-07UTC09:47:24Kerrang AwardsThe 10th Annual Kerrang! Awards will be held this year on the 21st August 2003 at a central London location, and if I keep running press releases like this, I'm sure to be invited! This year the event will be hosted by Radio 1 presenters Colin Murray... 2003-06-23UTC12:28:57Free gig in GlasgowWed 25th June, Barfly Glasgow, 8pm - 11pm Ursula MinorCloserFreeview Barfly would like to invite you and your friends to the first of the 105.2 FM The Storm unsigned nights. The more people that attend = the better the gig = the more we prove to t... 2002-12-03UTC11:28:15Julia SawalhaBless the striking firemen... if it wasn't for them taking action on Friday (29th November), then Chalk Farm Tube station would have been open, and then I'd not have walked down Chalk Farm Road to Camden, and then I'd not have seen lovely lovely Juli... 2002-10-10UTC03:24:38Feeder launch doNext Friday at Sputnik (@ Barfly) there's the only London launch bash for Comfort in Sound, the new Feeder album, with some suitably rare things to be won, along with a box of Primal Scream goodies up for grabs, in support of their new single...Downs... 2000-09-12UTC08:30:11Sexiest and least ghost-like ladyAnd the award goes to Hilary Woods of JJ72! Well, at least according to the Melody Maker (and a shy press officer who made me promise not to tell anyone).And they're on tour throughout October:3rd Wrexham Central Station, 4th Stoke Sugarmill, 5th Lei... 2000-08-29UTC12:38:50Phil kayfilling car up with petrol...last saturday