Schwangau, Germany

We left the Ibis Hotel in Bregnez, Austria and headed towards the German border, criss crossing back into Austria from time to time as we drove through some amazing mountain ranges. The views were amazing from the top of the mountains and we took lots of pictures. We were heading in the rough direction of

France – Germany – Switzerland – Austria

We woke this morning in a ‘B&B’ brand hotel and started the short journey to the German border stopping at a hypermarket to get a few bits for the journey (including my new favorite drink, ice tea). Once over the boarder and with Justina as navigator we headed into the black forest. The black forest

491.5 miles later

Justina and I have been driving most of the day and are now in Strasbourg in France on route to who knows where on our annual European roadtrip. Tomorrow we will head in the direction of Germanys Black Forest and see where we end up. French people drive way too close to each other on motorways.

We missed the ferry

Justina and I are on route to Europe for an unplanned road trip. We were up at 4.30 this morning and were meant to catch the 8:00 NorfolkLine ferry from Dover. There are big queues into Dover port (roadwork signs, queues, no sign of the actual roadworks!) and then lorry jamming confusion surrounding Seafrance cancelling

Cleveratom (2006-2011) plants start growing

Here are the Cleveratom (2006-2011) branded plants after a couple of days wateringback in early January. They have grown a lot since the picture wastaken, if you would like a Cleveratom (2006-2011) plant let me know.

BBC Blast Northern Ireland Animation Project

I spent the 15th and 16th of this month over at BBC Northern Ireland working with some great young people making animations for a film. To find out about the project, read about it over here.

BBC 2W to Close :-(

I was sad this morning to read on Digital Spy that BBC 2W is to close. Another sad loss from the BBC cutbacks. Regional stuff is great, I hate the way ITV has lost its regional identity over the past 10 years. Last year former Ultralab (1990-2006) colleague Geraint Lang and I headed over to