David is an Ironman

The man himself has not made it onto the web since completing the course but we have managed for find him:

Ironman New Zealand Results and search for 897

What a star!!! We look forward to hearing from the Iro Man.

What is Twittering??

A quick explanation of Twitter:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Twitter Frenzy

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Joke of the Day

David's big race

This is a clip from my best mate's blog, David emegrated to NZ a littlele while back and seems to have taken up Ironmen!! This year he has a decided that he has a new cause... finding a cure for the evil Cancer. If you can, please post him a little somthing to remind him to keep going and together we will find a way to find a cure....

Please sponsor me in the Ironman

A year ago I decided to try and complete the Ironman New Zealand race. It’s a big ask. 3.8km of swimming, 182km of cycling followed by 42km of running. At the time, I didn’t have much of a purpose for doing this - I just needed a challenge.

During the last year, a very definite purpose has arisen. Firstly my Dad died after an operation to combat bowel cancer and now my best friend is having chemo to combat lymphona.

Cancer should be a very curable disease, and with enough funds, it is steadily becoming so. Help me add a modest amount more to the huge effort that is being made to combat this disease. Over 7 million people a year die from cancer - a chilling statistic that shows the huge amount that can be gained by beating this disease.

To sponsor me, you have two choices:

If you are in the UK I’m raising money for Cancer Research UK

You can support them here

If you are in New Zealand I’m raising money for the NZ Cancer Society

You can support them here Many thanks for your support, and keep an eye on this blog and my twitterfeed to see how I go in the race on 7th March.

Chemo number 4 done

A quarter of the way to the end of the chemo, the end is getting closer and nastier!

This seemed like a harder hit, even if the doctors remain very happy with how I'm holding up, in fact they can't get over how well I'm holding up. Everybody has said that the hit from the drugs gets more pronounced as the treatment goes on, the aren't wrong. Don't get me wrong, I'll still be riding and up for whatever is going, and I've even had to have a hair cut! The Apple TV is a godsend as are Boo and Bea! And we are off to Badminton Horse trials for are annual holiday in May, so see you all there.

To help distract me, Luke and Kat jetted in from Portugal on Tuesday afternoon for their fix of Buckley cooking... Stratfield Say venison... it doesn't get much better. It was so good to catch up with them while Kat and her growing bump can still travel.

More photos to follow, but with the grey and overcast weather at the moment is is not condusive to getting the camera out and have a good snap. Bring on the spring sunshine....

Internet Blackout for Creative Freedom

So those of you down on the other side of the world seem to be protesting all on your own about somthing called section 92A. There seems to be too many people that I know residing on the far side of the world, but for those of us outside NZ this is what it is all about:

Today the Creative Freedom NZ group launched their Internet Blackout campaign.

The New Zealand Internet Blackout is a protest against Section 92A of a proposed law that is described as calling for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without any trial and without any evidence that is held up to court scrutiny.

“A “copyright holder” can get you kicked off an ISP without having to provide any evidence of an actual infringement. Having to [provide evidence] is apparently “impractical” and “ridiculous” in the words of RIANZ chief executive Campbell Smith. What happens when the “you” above is a public library, or a school? Or if the “copyright holder” makes a mistake or a malicious accusation?” - ComputerWorld Magazine.

From February 16-23, users of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are encouraged to replace their avatars with a black image to signify their opposition to S.92. The proposed new law if successful, will come into full force on February 28.

Three down, nine to go

Chemo number came and went yesterday without cause for concern, the doctors a really happy with the progress and the lack of nasty side effects. All my blood counts are hanging on in there which is also making the smile. Finally we have the results for the bone marrow biopsy and it's all clear, the best news about that is that I won't need to be attacked with the eveil corkscrew needle again. I seem to be banging muscle on rather than building up fat reserves, this won't help is I go down with an infection, oh well! And I have had to book in a hair as my hair is refusing to fall out, famous last words.

So all in all I feeling good with all the steriods coursing through my viens, poor Boo has to put up with me bouncing off the wall

Turning out ponies