Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • HS2 My Opinion

    HS2 My Opinion

    The new High Speed 2 rail network was first proposed by the Labour government in 2009 as a means of introducing additional capacity to an allegedly creaking rail network. My original opinion was that it wasn’t required and there was plenty of capacity on existing networks and there are plenty of decent projects that could…

  • BBC License Fee Irrelevant

    BBC License Fee Irrelevant

    I was thinking about upgrading our TV the other day from our perfectly adequate 12 year old plasma TV to a much more energy efficient LED Ultra 4k HD (and other buzzwords which I need to research further) when I started to consider our usage in the house and what we actually need. I then…

  • Scrap GP’s

    I don’t have a huge amount to do with our NHS and health care system, I am under a specialist for my Arthritis and in between bouts of hockey retirement, I pop to Mount Vernon in Northwood for the odd break or pain. This amount of usage though is considerably more than my friends who…

  • Renewable energy and the future

    I’ve been monitoring renewable energies for a few years now – initially having my interest sparked by the blogs and other on-line communications of Robert Llewellyn. I subsequently invested in a 4kwh solar panel installation on my house last year and genuinelly belive that renewable energy is going to have a profound effect on the…

  • Autumnal Mushrooms

    Autumnal Mushrooms

    Living next to the countryside we are lucky with our wildlife and tranquility. Throughout the year we have many mushrooms appearing in the lawn before disappearing. Here’s are few photos of the October variety: read more

  • Almost end of Summer Term

    Wow, its almost a full school year since I last blogged. Jamie today went to his graduation to Key Stage 2 and Rebecca will be moving up into year 5 and coming up to her 9th birthday. Time is elapsing at such a scary pace. read more

  • Walk in the Woods – Buzzard

    Half term this week, and I was lucky enough to have today off to be with Rebecca and Jamie. Whilst lying in bed, I was wondering what to do with them today, however, when I finally hauled myself out and downstairs, R & J had already decided – “Can we go on a wildlife walk…

  • Off to watch the hockey

    Off with the usual suspects to watch some semi final hockey at the olympics today … Sadly not the GB team. I’ve arrived at chalfont and latimer station rather early so thought i’d write another blog on my phone… read more

  • Denham Country Park

    Checked the weather forecast today and it said fine until 2pm this afternoon, so decided to explore Denham Country Park. I’d never been there before and knew very little about it except for what is available on the web site. It is a sister park to Black Park which we went to last week for…

  • Red Kites in the Garden

    Whilst working from home last week, I suddenly noticed that there were three Red Kites swooping in and out of the garden and the woods. They were only a few metres away and just glorious to watch. I quickly swapped lenses on the camera and popped outside for a better view and a couple of…

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