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West Dorset Bluebells are on their way

Jonathan Tolhurst — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:00:56 +0000

Well I am back in West Dorset for the Easter break and have been roaming around the local woodlands in search of the bluebells which is a far cry from life in central London! I can report that the bluebells are certainly on their way but not yet in their full glory. I would expect the real spectacle to peak in around two or three weeks time (dependent on the weather). As usual, Champernhayes Forest looks like it will offer the finest spectacle. For more information please visit the Walks in West Dorset section of my website.

March 2012 Photographs

Jonathan Tolhurst — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:43:14 +0000

A few photographs from the month of March 2012.

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Phonetic Alphabet Quiz

Jonathan Tolhurst — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:45:43 +0000

Use the following quiz to test your knowledge of the Nato phonetic alphabet. You have only two minutes to complete the 26 questions which are randomly ordered. Click here to download a copy of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (PDF)

Phonetic Alphabet Quiz

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Question 1

Which word represents the letter 'B' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Bafta
	Bravo
	Billy
	Bella
	Beta

Question 2

Which word represents the letter 'I' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Insignia
	Igloo
	Island
	India
	Ireland

Question 3

Which word represents the letter 'D' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Dogma
	Delphi
	D-Day
	Delta
	Dandy

Question 4

Which word represents the letter 'R' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Romeo
	Rolling
	Really
	Rodney
	Risotto

Question 5

Which word represents the letter 'Z' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Zanzibar
	Zambezi
	Zulu
	Zebra
	Zoo

Question 6

Which word represents the letter 'G' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Golf
	Gina
	Goofup
	Ghana
	Gumbo

Question 7

Which word represents the letter 'L' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	London
	Laughter
	Ludlow
	Lima
	Lisbon

Question 8

Which word represents the letter 'O' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Oscar
	Orangutan
	Order
	Ostrich
	October

Question 9

Which word represents the letter 'C' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Candy
	Chase
	Charlie
	Carla
	Can-Can

Question 10

Which word represents the letter 'K' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Koala
	Katie
	Keeno
	Kathy
	Kilo

Question 11

Which word represents the letter 'M' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Molly
	Maureen
	Mandy
	Malcolm
	Mike

Question 12

Which word represents the letter 'Y' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Yoo-hoo
	Yellow
	Yankee
	Yesterday
	Yoko

Question 13

Which word represents the letter 'Q' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Question
	Quickly
	Quarter
	Quebec
	Qatar

Question 14

Which word represents the letter 'T' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Tango
	Trinidad
	Tracey
	Togo
	Tamper

Question 15

Which word represents the letter 'F' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Foxtrot
	Froghop
	Floor
	Fonda
	Foobar

Question 16

Which word represents the letter 'V' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Video
	Varsity
	Victor
	Voodoo
	Victory

Question 17

Which word represents the letter 'H' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Hobby
	Holiday
	Hoola
	Hotel
	Handover

Question 18

Which word represents the letter 'S' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Sally
	Sierra
	September
	Sugar
	Samsung

Question 19

Which word represents the letter 'U' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Unicorn
	Uganda
	Uniform
	Universe
	Ukraine

Question 20

Which word represents the letter 'P' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Papa
	Pigtail
	Poppy
	Pele
	Preston

Question 21

Which word represents the letter 'A' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Aimer
	Adder
	Antler
	Alpha
	Arty

Question 22

Which word represents the letter 'J' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Judy
	June
	July
	Juliet
	Jody

Question 23

Which word represents the letter 'E' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Ellie
	Echo
	Essay
	Esso
	Eddy

Question 24

Which word represents the letter 'X' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Xylophone
	XXX
	X-Ray
	X-box
	Xtra

Question 25

Which word represents the letter 'N' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Narwhal
	November
	Nesty
	Northampton
	Norwich

Question 26

Which word represents the letter 'W' in the phonetic Alphabet?

	Whiskey
	Water
	Wendy
	Walter
	Waterloo

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A visit to Greenwich

Jonathan Tolhurst — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:27:44 +0000

A few photographs from a beautiful and lazy Saturday afternoon in Greenwich park. The weekend temperature was a welcome improvement from the sub zero temperatures of recent weeks. I suppose the photographs prove that you can take the boy out of the country side, but you can’t take the countryside out of the boy!

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A Weekend in Portsmouth

Jonathan Tolhurst — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:00:51 +0000

This weekend I headed down to the city of Portsmouth. The train took around an hour and a half from Clapham Junction with the first part of the journey through snow. I was staying at the Holiday Inn Express at the Gunwharf Quays development. This hotel is very convenient if you want to make the most of the historic dockyard and the outlet village. During the weekend I looked around HMS Warrior, HMS Victory and took a boat tour around the harbour. Several of the new Type 45 destroyers were in port. On Sunday I went up the Spinnaker Tower and had great fun walking over the glass floor - definitely recommended.

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A trip up to Cam

Jonathan Tolhurst — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:55:02 +0000

Today I headed up the M5 with my brother’s family to visit my sister’s new baby in Cam. Below are a few photographs from the day.

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Family Photographs (January 2012)

Jonathan Tolhurst — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:40:32 +0000

A few family photographs taken during a long weekend away from the city.

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An Evening at Boisdale Canary Wharf

Jonathan Tolhurst — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:55:51 +0000

On Tuesday evening I headed across to enjoy some live jazz at Boisdale Canary Wharf. The company and the music were wonderful, although the atmosphere was lacking due to the venue being half empty, and not manyof the other clientele seemed too interested in the music. In my opinion the food was very average and very expensive, but the service was good. The wine and whiskey lists were impressive although just a little out of my price range!

A visit to the 2012 London Boat Show

Jonathan Tolhurst — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:30:53 +0000

On Saturday I headed out to the 2012 London Boat Show which took place at the Excel Centre which is next to Victoria Dock in London. I had a lovely day wandering around the exhibition halls and wondering how on earth they managed to get some of the larger boats into the exhibition hall. The watersports demonstration was excellent. A great day out if you are at all into boats and watersports.

My First Week in London

Jonathan Tolhurst — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:52:26 +0000

Well I appear to have survived my first week in London! I have been working between both St Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospitals. I have totally fallen in love with the walk between the two hospitals – Southbank is spectacular, especially at night. It is wonderful to be living so close to so many world-famous landmarks!

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