Articles from: May 2010

26th Birthday

Date: May 27, 2010 Author: Ross Stone 3 Comments

As today is the 27th May 2010 I am now 26 years old. As a result a few friends have already paid visits over the past few weekends and I have set some plans for the evening too.

As things seem to happen on the weekends, I had to think of something to do on Thursday evening, so I organised a PvP Op in Eve Online, so will be concentrating FC’ing that. So I plan to take a fleet out and have some fun, hopefully get some kills but probably get slaughtered. Its all good.

Spent one weekend few weeks back watching a few films at the cinema as one of my friends kindly took me to see Iron Man 2 as well as a few other films as a early birthday present. Iron Man 2 is a good film, but my view is bias. Become a bit of a fan of Robert Downey Jr. actually, so will probably work through seeing other filmed he has done sometime.

Then worked my way through Mass Effect 2 finally. Got recommended to play through it a few months back, but never found the time until last weekend my ISP broke something and I had no Internet for a few days so played through Mass Effect 2.

Mass Effect 1 was actually really enjoyable when you get into it. At first appearance I had thought it looked a bit rubbish, but its the story and depth that pulls you in. Mass Effect 2 is more of the same. Tali’Zorah is a romance option! Mordin giving scientific relationship advise with an alien species is hilarious.

Favourite Mass Effect 2 Moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdnWos1PT_o
Favourite Mass Effect 1 Moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h65HQH66q4U

Anyway, I digress… Last weekend another friend came over for some gaming, mostly Borderlands.

He brought me a Birthday present too though, one of the coolest things ever and one that will be tough to beat. Look to the right, awesome eh? That’s all for now…

Rhyd Ddu Path Cleared

Date: May 4, 2010 Author: Ross Stone 2 Comments

Been a busy few months, so not really had time to blog much however this weekend I did manage to climb to the peak of Snowdon. This time there was eight of us, including myself and Nick, but also a few of his friends from college and a couple of our friends from the Volition Cult community. So we headed up to Manchester on Friday Afternoon, with the plan of heading over to Snowdonia Saturday.

Saturday morning around 8am we headed out in a couple of cars towards the small village of Rhyd Ddu. Its on the opposite side of Snowdon, so less busy and the drive across the north of wales to get there is also quite picturesque. Having arrived in Rhyd Ddu, we suited up and headed off.

It was much clearer than last time I went, and when we were on the ridge towards the end of the walk the wind was minimal so it was safe enough for us to walk along. Having all the proper equipment was a help too, and a decent pair of boots is a must. My Tracks (Android App) said it took us 2:51 Hours to get to the peak, but we were only moving for 1:40 Hours, so it includes us taking photos, breaks and messing about at the peak.

We were going to head back the same way, and those who were tired were going to catch the train down, but with a two hour wait and tickets costing £18 they decided they could also walk back. We made the choice to go back an easier route and figure out how to get to the cars from the bottom, so we headed down the Snowdon Ranger Path.

owever, when we got to the bottom we thought it may be quicker to head along another rough trail… Not really a trail at all, but as the weather remained good, we basically decided to walk back over to where we started. My Tracks showed us taking 2:58 Hours to get back with moving time of 2:07 Hours, so much faster speed although longer distance and “unusual route”.