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Last updated April 2024

Blood Cancer UK - Fighting to keep Emily's light alive   Fighting to keep Emily’s light alive
Donate to Blood Cancer UK and help save other children and their families from this terrible disease and its painful journey.
Emily was just seven years old but fought to the bitter end and always kept smiling.
Your donation will help save others on this traumatic journey and enable them to “ring the bell”.
Blood Cancer UK   Blood Cancer UK (formerly Bloodwise)
Dedicated to beating blood cancer since 1960.
Blood Cancer UK is a community determined to beat blood cancer by funding research that takes us closer to a cure.
Donate to Blood Cancer UK.
CLIC Sargeant   Young Lives vs Cancer  –  CLIC Sargent
When a child is diagnosed with cancer life becomes full of fear, for them and their family. Fear of treatment, but also of families being torn apart, overwhelming money worries, of having nowhere to turn, no one to talk to.
Your gift will help a family find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them with the support of a social worker from Young Lives vs Cancer
AngelBright Raising Money for Leukemia Research   Angelbright
On the 26th of February 2018, seven year-old Emily Brown lost her brave two-year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, with a relapse to Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Emily was a bubbly, vibrant, dancing, singing, butterfly and rainbow loving little girl who bravely and stoically faced her grueling treatment.
On the 1st June 16 people including Anthony and Clair, Emily’s parents, competed in the Blenheim Triathlon, whilst several others have entered the Woolacombe half marathon to raise awareness of and money for Blood Cancer UK (formerly Bloodwise) and Mosaic.
Andi Daunt - Twenty Miles to say Goodbye - He ran because he loved to run   Andi Daunt – Writer
Follow some of Hugh’s story, from his amazing childhood growing up on remote farms in Kenya, East Africa, during the 1950s and 60s to his adventures further afield, off the beaten track, as a land surveyor.
Hugh’s sister, Andi, tells of their life and fascinating experiences in her fast paced, interesting book, ‘Twenty Miles to say Goodbye‘, which can be purchased for a reasonable price on line at Amazon BooksLulu.com and other sources.
Maasai Family at Longido, Tanzania   Sponsor local projects in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya, or visit as a Volunteer
Projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania are helping the local communities to escape from poverty as epitomised by the School of St Judes motto “Fighting poverty through education”.You can help in country or from home knowing where your money, time and effort is going.Please visit my East Africa page to find out more.
The Iron Age Round House   360° Panoramas
Links to 360° (Spherical) Panoramas.
The Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, English Churches, Corporate Hospitality Suits, Property, Stereo Anaglyphs, Thermal Imaging and others.
The Iron Age Round House   Archaeology
The Iron Age Roundhouse
Once a ubiquitous feature in the landscape these structures are now few and far between, but knowledge gained by constructing these buildings has lead to them being better understood and the skills to build them learned.  You are able to have your own Iron Age Roundhouse built or courses on the construction of these buildings by contacting Anthony Brown.
The Adventures of Puff, the Magic Dragon   The Adventures of Puff, the Magic Dragon
The Adventures of Puff evolved to keep my Grandchildren occupied on car journeys both short and long. Naturally the story varied in its telling and could start and end at different places depending on the selection by the children. The story is made up of fact, fiction, fantasy, fables and fairy tales. This could be the definitive version, but then again, maybe not…
African Elephant   A Frikin Elephant
Whilst travelling from Nairobi to Cape Town with Dragoman we ventured into the Serengeti and observing some elephants one of our party, a school teacher, commented “A Frikin Elephant” then explained:
Panorama Globe Henley Regatta   Links to Panorama Related Sites and Software
Links include PTGui, Pano2VR, Red Door VR, Nodal Ninja, panoramic tripod head suppliers and 360° panoramas.
Links   Links
Links to other sites of interest related to topics on this web site.
Travel Related Links
Over the life of this site I have been requested to add links to other travel related web sites and have obliged in a number of cases.  Unfortunately, these site have not invited me to evaluate the services they offer first hand, but I have listed them in good faith and cannot accept any responsibility if they do not perform as expected.  If you feel that a link should not be listed here, please contact me using the Contact Form on the About page and I will investigate.
Links to Panorama Related Sites   360° Panoramas
If a picture is worth a thousand words then a panorama must be worth ten thousand, especially a 360° (or spherical) panorama where you can look all around and in any direction you wish to.
Often in Africa Tours   Often in Africa
A Kenyan company run by Kenyan people bringing with them a wealth of local knowledge and experience.
A company that will tailor your safari to your requirements, taking you where you wish to go and arranging accommodation to suit you from camping in your own tent, staying in a rustic tented camp or a posh lodge.
Contact Often to discuss your specific requirements
Conygar Coppice   Conygar Coppice
The ancient technologies that have shaped the English countryside for millennia are kept alive today by dedicated people who have become skilled in these ancient crafts.
Conygar Coppice is a web site that provides a gateway into this fascinating world of Iron Age Roundhouses, Hedge laying, Hurdles and Fencing and even Composting Toilets.
Cracking Nuts   Cracking Nuts
Cracking Nuts are absolutely passionate about nuts, natural ingredients and North Devon!
Cracking Nuts was born in early Spring in 2014 after it struck them just how moorish and tasty nuts can be.
They have found a 200 year old German recipe and by experimenting with it a little have come up with a traditional range of sweet cinnamon, salty and chilli roasted peanuts, cashews and almonds, all with our own unique modern twist.
Front Nodal Point of a Sigma 8mm Lens   Finding the Nodal Point of a Lens  
For a lens to be used effectively for Photographic Intersection and taking certain types of Panoramas, such as full 360° Panoramas, the location of the Nodal Point (or more correctly, the Entrance Pupil) must be accurately determined.
Results from determining the location of the No Parallax Point (Nodal Point) of a selection of lenses.   Mapped No Parallax Points
Results from determining the location of the No Parallax Point (Nodal Point) of a selection of lenses.
Determination of the No Parallax Point or Nodal Point of a Lens Using a Laser   Determination of the No Parallax Point of a Lens Using a Laser
When the laser beam travels along the path of a ray that meets the No Parallax Point (NPP) or Nodal Point of a lens system, a very bright spot is seen on a surface (white card) placed behind the lens and the ray can then be drawn onto the paper. These rays can be constructed for a variety of angles of incidence and the NPP determined.
Tanzania 2004 - A BES Expedition   Tanzania 2004
Reports and stories from the British Exploring Society (formerly ‘The British Schools Exploring Society’) expedition to the Great Rift Valley and Ol Doinyo Lengai in northern Tanzania in 2004, and other Tanzania related links.
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