"Mr Blue Sky" by ELO

I got the opportunity to be part of an Auditing Team working for an electrical power generation plant in Dar es Salaam and on a small island where the gas process facility was located. I was there for a week. Not a bad job if you can get it.

Kodachrome by Paul Simon

No more little yellow envelopes! CLICK HERE to view BBC blog on the subject.

I guess it was inevitable. Digital photos are here to stay. The are of much better quality than ever before and must be as good as Kodachrome.

I always used Kodachrome 25 or 65 asa in my SLR cameras that included a Zenit E (remember this?) and Olympus OM1, 2 and 10.

Kodachrome was the king of film. RIP Kodachrome.

I end this BLOG with a Quote from BBC - Phil Coomes

Along with every other blogger, I can't end the post without mentioning that Kodachrome will of course always be remembered for at least one reason, the fact that as far as I am aware it's the only brand of film that has been immortalised in song. So perhaps the last word should be left to Paul Simon: "Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours, they give us the greens of summers, makes you think all the world's a sunny day"... and what's wrong with that.

"The River" by Bruce Springsteen

I recently went on The River of Kings cycle tour in Thailand.

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The River of Kings Ride takes you back in time, far from the busy streets and fast paced modern city to a period of more than 700 years ago. It’s a tour where you can lose yourself in old world ruins and history, thereby experiencing the culture of this truly mesmerizing country.

The tour is mainly on road and takes you to the rural Thai countryside and the rich history of Thailand, all while enjoying an active holiday. The distances are not too strenuous and can be managed by most people.

We started in the north where we cycled over the foot hills surrounding Chiang Mai, and so we encounter a few climbs on the first two days. The central part of Thailand is flat, and after the third day we did not see any other hills of significance.

A fantasic holiday!

To listen the the SONG by Bruce Springsteen click on the speaker ICON.

"Drive My Car" the Beatles

When the letter arrived at my home I nearly threw it away thinking it was junk mail! As it turned out how wrong I was. I looked at the letter again, 10 days later, before I put it into the paper recycle trash and could not see any mention of cost so I rang the Porsche hot line and was told that the whole event was free including the flights and transport to Silverstone.

On the day it turned out to be a fantastic experience. Porsche GB laid on a very well organised event. I enjoyed the whole experience of my time at the centre. The Centre is well laid out to view all the Porsche car range and you can take any of the cars out to have a test drive. You can even take your own Porsche out on the circuit. The handling circuit roads are well laid out with varying camber and blind corners and my driving consultant, Ian, knew everything about the new cars that we were driving on the day, the 2009 update of the Porsche Boxster. The low friction skid pan and ice hill roads were a revelation and taught me that breaking on ice should be part of my instincts from now on with a car fitted with the PSM. A point worth noting, if you have a car with anti-lock braking (ABS)installed. And the food; the food is exceptional! You will have to go far to get food as well prepared and presented as this. We arrived at the Porsche centre just in time for lunch, had our 2hours of great driving and then returned inside to receive afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and strawberries, cake and home-made biscuits.

There were 20 new Boxsters waiting for us to drive and we all got a drive in both engine sizes; the 2.9 ltr and the 3.4 ltr. They were all washed and ready for our use. I have to say that I do not know how the Porsche engineers can make the best handling road car better but they have done it. The standard Boxster is now better to drive than my 8 yrs old Boxster S with a bigger engine; Increadable.

Now where is that money box?

"Photographic" by Depeche Mode

I am please and delighted to have been asked to display some of my photos on Flickr.

Here are Two of them:

1. A Visit to Cypress Gardens, Florida

2. Schmap Leeds Sixth Edition: Photo Inclusion

Hi Iain,
I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released sixth edition of our Schmap Leeds Guide:
Bolton Abbey : www.schmap.com/leeds/sights_water/p=105039/i=105039_19.jpg
If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at: Bolton Abbey: www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=leeds&sid=sights_water&p=105039&i=105039_19
Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Leeds Guide, complete with your published photo:
www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=67872859N00/c=SJ1008248
Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please enjoy the guide!
Best regards,
Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/emma.williams

Bolton Abbey, originally uploaded by IainCameron.

See my Bolton Abbey photos on Flickr by clicking ==here==