Category: Weekly observations

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Many UPVC and Composite Doors come with Weak Locks

The hard facts are that if you don’t have good quality locks on your UPVC or composite door, you are easy pickings for burglars.
The good news is it is not expensive toreplace door locks with safe ones that will keep intruders out.
This really is not rocket science but the amazing stupidity is that the majority [...]

Beware of Con Artists Renting your Holiday Accommodation!
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Beware of Con Artists Renting your Holiday Accommodation!

The following story is what actually happened to me and my holiday cottage in Whitby a couple of weeks back and if it helps anybody else from been cheated it was all been worthwhile writing.
I been letting my cottage in Whitby to holidaymakers for just over 3 ½ years now and to be perfectly honest [...]

Whitby Gazette and Facebook promoted a peaceful demonstration over the closure of Whitby pier
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Whitby Gazette and Facebook promoted a peaceful demonstration over the closure of Whitby pier

A peaceful demonstration in Whitby on Sunday, 2 October 2011 about the closure of Whitby’s pier.
To be perfectly honest I’m not fully up to speed with what exactly is going on but today at 12 o’clock Sunday, 2 October there was a peaceful demonstration starting at the bandstand in Whitby and walking along the pier [...]

My video walk around Whitby!
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My video walk around Whitby!

On Friday morning I went to my favourite cafe at the end of the pier in Whitby and other baked potato, and then decided I would go for a nice long walk around Whitby as part of my get fit campaign and on the spur of the moment I suddenly felt why not film it [...]

The Persuaders 40th anniversary event in London with Sir Roger Moore
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The Persuaders 40th anniversary event in London with Sir Roger Moore

I went to The Persuaders 40th anniversary event in London last Saturday, 10 September which was celebrating the blue Ray release of the series.
When I set off for the event I was using my Samsun Galaxy S walking satellite navigation and I had been told by the owner of the hotel I was staying [...]

HD Guide Film of the Whitby Regatta 2011
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HD Guide Film of the Whitby Regatta 2011

 Even in these recessional times it was they say over the weekend of the Regatta in Whitby. 
This is a little HD film I took of the Whitby Regatta during the three days of the event. 
We arrived on the Saturday and the people don’t like crowds obviously it’s not much fun but in short bursts it’s [...]

Whitby Regatta, Holiday Cottages and a deadpan face thrown in
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Whitby Regatta, Holiday Cottages and a deadpan face thrown in

I spent the weekend in Whitby because it was the regatta and it was very enjoyable the weather was good. 
We stayed in a very lovely hotel at the top of Runswick Bay which does excellent job youd find it very hard to find any aspect of the accommodation thats  not good and that includes the food which [...]

Hoping to interview Sir Roger Moore at The Persuader’s 40th anniversary
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Hoping to interview Sir Roger Moore at The Persuader’s 40th anniversary

Well I’m hoping I get the chance to interview Sir Roger Moore at the persuader’s 40th anniversary on September 9 in London, but if it’s anything like last time unfortunately it all went wrong.
Sir Roger Moore Offical website http://roger-moore.com/
In 2006 after waiting quite a while, I got the opportunity to interview Tony Curtis about his [...]

How the Internet is an equaliser against the bigger companies
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How the Internet is an equaliser against the bigger companies

How the Internet is an equaliser it allows you to compete against the bigger companies when marketing your product, which in my case is Whitby cottages.
If you’re marketing your holiday property on the Internet, or anything else I guess, you never really know how things are going to work out until you actually start doing [...]

It's not easy finding Whitby cottages with all the attributes
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It’s not easy finding Whitby cottages with all the attributes

It’s surprisingly hard to find a Whitby holiday cottage that is set in a nice location, and I think some people will be surprised by that statement.
I’m not saying anything bad about Whitby because it’s an absolutely gorgeous old fishing port, full of charm and history, but the reality is that when you’re in the [...]

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