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Back For Business

Hello people!

It's been ages since I updated this blog, and I know people think blogs are outdated now!

Not sure what has happened to all my picture links from last few posts, very odd indeed.

Will try and keep this updated (famous last words and all that!!)

Lyme Regis - The boys are back

Time we headed out on the road again for some sea fishing, its been some months since we went to Chesil Cove in September (where we caught pretty much feck all!).

As usual, we decided to go for the easy option of Lyme Regis, always catch fish there and easy on the feet with great amenities. Myself and Neil headed down via the Golden Arches, arriving there at around 11.30am. We opted to be lazy and pay £7 to park on Monmouth Beach car park instead of the long stay at the top of the massively big hill, even if it was £1.50 up there.

Neil setting up his gear

To our surprise there was dredging work being carried out on the beach so we had to be escorted across the beach to go onto the harbour wall, the tide was further out than I had ever seen before so there was no chance of any fishing to be done just yet!

Selfie Time

No water to fish in just yet 

Dredgers are in full swing

The dredgers were quite interesting to watch as they pulled loads of mud away, they were partially submerged and how they didn't get stuck was quite impressive.

Ready to roll... no water still 

Me, Neil and Dave were all set up and ready to go, but the tide was still too low and the dredgers were still in action.... typical eh!!

Dave arrived and happy

Dredgers are still going 

Still waiting.....

Neil is ready for the off 

Neil has a swig of vodka (well water) 

Dave is keeping an eye on his rods

It was getting a little cold selfie

Dave relaxing

Panoramic shot

Neil invented a water bottle warmer from his socks 

Pensive thoughts.... 

Charmouth and Seatown looking nice

Sunset looks nice over the Cobb

Lovely sunset

Fishing boat returns with scallops

Get chilly now... fishing suits are on

We had a great day, it was pretty damn cold in the night session, we stayed until 11pm.

Food was provided by Lyme's Fish Bar on the harbour front. It was bloody lovely and hot when we were freezing cold.

Dave had at least 16 fish (rockling,whiting,pouting,eel), whilst myself and Neil settled for two a piece! At least we didn't blank.

Next post will have some videos from the day/night to view... but for now.. good night

InfiniApps CD Slyde Car Mount

Hi everyone I just thought I'd let you know about a fantastic car phone/small tablet holder I come across recently whilst doing some research for such a device on the Internet.

The device is called and InfiniApps CD Slyde and it fits into most cars with a slot CD mechanism by pushing out some rubber tongues to hold it in place. It holds the device with a magnet, it's a very small item looks amazingly neat and tidy in the car, much better than ratchet or clamp devices.

Here is a shot of the device fitted in my BMW 3 series

Are you can see it fits in quite nicely it doesn't really interfere too much with the existing controls and displays in the car, I can live without seeing a little bit of the fan and temperature display there, and the quick buttons on the BMW are still easily accessible.

Underneath the InfiniApps round rubber disc are four very strong magnets, they are designed to hold your device in place on the mount. They are very strong! I did take off the rubber disc to look underneath and it took me about 15 minutes to get them all back in the correct place again and put the rubber cover on. So I strongly suggest don't take it off because they're so strong that when you take them out put them back in again is a complete nightmare.

Devices are held to the round disc using one of the two metal plates, one is adhesive and the other not. You can fit the plate directly inside your case for a smartphone, or use the other adhevise plate to stick inside a case, outside a case or directly to the device if you are mad enough!

So I added the plate into my existing case, without adhesive and here are the shots.

First impressions are good, potholes are no problem, the device doesn't get in the way.

The main drawback of course is if you don't use your phone for music and use the CD player for music, then obviously with this device fitted you can't use the CD any more!

Not a problem for me as all my music is on my phone or in the cloud, so for me it's a good solution but for you maybe not. I think it's the neatest car Holder that I've ever used in all my time too. It looks good as well, no messy cables, no big plastic grippy arms, built with the highest quality.

For some reason you can't buy this in the UK directly, you have to get it via EBay for which I will provide the link. It cost me around £23 with shipping but I think it is worth it for its neatness and practicality.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331172640414

Overall Score: 9/10

 

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Easter 2014

Lots of Easter eggs hidden in the garden this year. As you can see from the pictures Emma got lots!!

 

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The New Car

Here she is the car I went with in the end.
320d Msport with red leather seats.

She drives life a dream,  so smooth and comfortable. So much nicer than the Audi.

The Next Company Car

I started this blog several years ago now, mainly to deal with the issues I had with my then current Ford Mondeo company car. I've moved on several cars since then, and of late the blog has been severely ignored.

Anyway, the time has come to choose my next company car (to be replaced by September 2013).

So I've had the paperwork to order the car a week or two, but haven't as arranging a test drive takes some time. These are the cars I had on my list prior to culling

• Mercedes A220 AMG Sport Plus
• Mazda 6 2.2d sport auto
• BMW 520d Msport Auto
• BMW 330d Msport Auto
• Toyota RAV4
• Toyota GT86
• C class Mercedes AMG Sport

There is the list to start..

 

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