Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

Back home after a splendid holiday - taking in Rome, Naples, Amalfi, Sorrento, Boppard on the Rhine and Bruges. Normal service resumes shortly.

Cruising down to Koblenz today.

Did Pompeii and Vesuvius yesterday. Wonderful day. Today is a chill by the pool day. Sent from my HTC mobile phone.

Enjoying the delights of Italy, Germany and Belgium. Normal service will be resumed on return home!

Thanks to you, folks, this blog is continuing to pick up more hits. It's now hit the 11,000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since June 16. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/10000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Iraq. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 2,648; United States (US) 394; Europe (EU) 33; India (IN) 32; Qatar (QA) 29; Germany (DE) 27; Australia (AU) 24; Canada (CA) 23; Ireland (IE) 20; France (FR) 12; Malaysia (MY) 12; Belgium (BE) 11; New Zealand (NZ) 10; Netherlands (NL) 10; United Arab Emirates (AE) 9; Italy (IT) 9; Russian Federation (RU) 7; Spain (ES) 6; Philippines (PH) 6; Denmark (DK) 6; Singapore (SG) 6; Sweden (SE) 5; Romania (RO) 4; Bahrain (BH) 4; Greece (GR) 4; Bulgaria (BG) 3; Pakistan (PK) 3; Ukraine (UA) 3; Saudi Arabia (SA) 3; Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 3; South Africa (ZA) 3; Pola...

Thanks to you, folks, this blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now in five figures and has hit the 10,000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since May 20. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/9000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Mexico. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 2,155; United States (US) 354; Europe (EU) 33; Qatar (QA) 29; India (IN) 25; Australia (AU) 21; Germany (DE) 18; Canada (CA) 17; Ireland (IE) 15; France (FR) 9; Malaysia (MY) 9; Belgium (BE) 9; United Arab Emirates (AE) 8; Russian Federation (RU) 7; New Zealand (NZ) 6; Denmark (DK) 6; Singapore (SG) 6; Italy (IT); Netherlands (NL) 6; Philippines (PH) 5; Spain (ES) 4; Bahrain (BH) 4; Sweden (SE) 4; Greece (GR) 3; Bulgaria (BG) 3; Ukraine (UA) 3; Pakistan (PK) 3; Romania (RO) 3; South Africa (ZA) 3; Hungary (HU) 2; Austria (AT) 2; P...

Thanks to you, folks, this blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now hit the 9,000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since April 27. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/8000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Oman. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 1,937; United States (US) 336; Europe (EU) 33; Qatar (QA) 29; India (IN) 23; Australia (AU) 19; Germany (DE) 18; Canada (CA) 14; Ireland (IE) 12; Malaysia (MY) 9; Belgium (BE) 7; France (FR) 7; United Arab Emirates (AE) 7; Russian Federation (RU) 6; Singapore (SG) 6; Italy (IT) 6; New Zealand (NZ) 6; Philippines (PH) 5; Netherlands (NL) 5; Denmark (DK) 4; Spain (ES) 4; Bahrain (BH) 4; Sweden (SE) 3; Bulgaria (BG) 3; Greece (GR) 3; Romania (RO) 3; Ukraine (UA) 3; South Africa (ZA) 3; Hungary (HU) 2; Poland (PL) 2; Austria (AT) 2; Croatia (HR) 2; Portugal (...

Just enjoyed a couple of days off - now it's back to work. Normal blog service about to resume!

Thanks to you, folks, this blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now hit the 8,000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since April 1. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/7000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Malawi. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 1,555; United States (US) 302; Europe (EU) 33; Qatar (QA) 29; India (IN) 20; Australia (AU) 16; Germany (DE) 14; Canada (CA) 12; Ireland (IE) 11; Malaysia (MY) 6; France (FR) 6; Belgium (BE) 6; Russian Federation (RU) 5; Singapore (SG) 5; Italy (IT) 5; Ukraine (UA) 4; Bahrain (BH) 4; Spain (ES) 4; United Arab Emirates (AE) 4; Philippines (PH) 4; Netherlands (NL) 3; Romania (RO) 3; New Zealand (NZ) 3; Sweden (SE) 3; Pakistan (PK) 2; Hungary (HU) 2; Poland (PL) 2; Norway (NO) 2; South Africa (ZA) 2; Denmark (DK) 2; Bulgaria (BG) 2; Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 2...

Getting back online after a couple of days of slog splitting the book project into chapters. Boy am I looking forward to doing the index!

Thanks to you, folks, this blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now hit the 7,000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since March 10. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/6000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Ukraine. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 1,134 United States (US) 245 Qatar (QA) 26 Europe (EU) 26 Australia (AU) 13 Germany (DE) 12 India (IN) 9 Canada (CA) 7 Ireland (IE) 7 Belgium (BE) 6 France (FR) 5 United Arab Emirates (AE) 4 Singapore (SG) 4 Philippines (PH) 3 New Zealand (NZ) 3 Netherlands (NL) 3 Malaysia (MY) 3 Italy (IT) 3 Sweden (SE) 3 Russian Federation (RU) 3 Croatia (HR) 2 Romania (RO) 2 Norway (NO) 2 Bulgaria (BG) 2 Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 2 Spain (ES) 2 Bahrain (BH) 2 Hungary (HU) 1 Ukraine (UA) 1 Finland (FI) 1 Poland (PL) 1 Czech Republic (CZ) 1 Denmark (DK) 1 Portugal (PT) 1...

Daughter Kathryn back from Cardiff Uni for Easter. Big family lunch for seven yesterday. Nice and relaxing. But now it is time to get back to work!

Back from North Wales jobs. Phone going off the hook as the Gold Cup is about to start at Cheltenham.

Off to The Grapes Hotel in picturesque Maentwrog in the Vale of Ffestiniog.

Sat in the lounge of Tynycornel on Talyllyn, Cader Idris as the backdrop. Busy catching up on my work. What a life!

This blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now hit the 6000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since February 18. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/5000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Russian. The full country by country list (figures from January 6) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 845 United States (US) 193 Europe (EU) 18 Qatar (QA) 15 Australia (AU) 9 Germany (DE) 7 Belgium (BE) 6 India (IN) 5 Canada (CA) 5 France (FR) 5 United Arab Emirates (AE) 4 Ireland (IE) 3 Netherlands (NL) 3 Malaysia (MY) 3 Sweden (SE) 3 Croatia (HR) 2 Romania (RO) 2 Singapore (SG) 2 Bulgaria (BG) 2 Philippines (PH) 2 Italy (IT) 2 Norway (NO) 2 Spain (ES) 2 New Zealand (NZ) 2 Czech Republic (CZ) 1 Russian Federation (RU) 1 Denmark (DK) 1 Poland (PL) 1 Portugal (PT) 1 Egypt (EG) 1 Pakistan (PK) 1 Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 1 Malawi (MW) 1 Bahrain (BH) 1 Israel (IL) 1 Austria (AT...

First visitor from Romania on this blog today. Latest visitors, by country, include the following - United Kingdom (GB) 572 United States (US) 108 Europe (EU) 11 India (IN) 5 Germany (DE) 4 United Arab Emirates (AE) 4 France (FR) 4 Australia (AU) 4 Croatia (HR) 2 Belgium (BE) 2 New Zealand (NZ) 2 Bulgaria (BG) 2 Netherlands (NL) 2 Malaysia (MY) 2 Philippines (PH) 2 Hungary (HU) 1 Norway (NO) 1 Sweden (SE) 1 Czech Republic (CZ) 1 Ireland (IE) 1 Denmark (DK) 1 Austria (AT) 1 Portugal (PT) 1 Egypt (EG) 1 Qatar (QA) 1 Pakistan (PK) 1 Singapore (SG) 1 Bahrain (BH) 1 Israel (IL) 1 Canada (CA) 1 Spain (ES) 1 Italy (IT) 1 Tunisia (TN) 1 Romania (RO) 1

This blog is continuing to pick up a momentum. It's now hit the 5000 page views mark. That's a 1000 views since February 4. Keep the hits coming, folks! Many thanks. See earlier blog - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/4000-chalked-up-for-this-blog.html

Just back from a fab three nights in Cornwall.Blog service will resume shortly!

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