Quick ride up the Roman Road above Burtersett this morning, the wind was almost calm, well maybe 10 miles an hour or so and a positively barmy 6degC. So I thought I`d make a break for it and have my first off road session on my bike for a few weeks. Its been so windy on the tops that its been to dangerous to ride safely on my own. So a good hours work out just in case I can`t get out over the Christmas Period. Came back very wet and muddy just what a winter ride should be and its amazing how much fitness you can loose over a few short weeks as well, doesn`t bode well for all the Turkey about to come my way.
There was even a bit of snow left on the tops, hopefully I`ll get the couple of pics I took uploaded soon, once I get around to copying them off my new phone (could not find my compact camera).
Hopefully we`ll get some descent weather soon, well at least a drop in the wind speeds its been like peddling up hill on the flat in the Dales.
Just taken the plunge and run an automatic update to WordPress 3.3 on this site (AFTER DOING A BACKUP)
So far so good, a few nice changed to the dashboard lets hope my site carries on working!
Just had another re-write of my main website www.dalemedia.co.uk, as I`ve been doing quite alot of work recently with both WordPress and Joomla it was decided to update this site using one of these.
I eventually chose Joomla (v1.7) as I have an idea of trying to use VirtueMart in the future to sell some photographs instead of using the service of clikpic for the dalesmediaphoto website and merging the two sites together and as I was already using WordPress for this site, Joomla seemed like a bit of a change as well.
Also I wanted to add a news and updates section and a hints and tips page to the site. A CMS style of site seemed to suit this as it is easier to administer than a Dreamweaver style static site. It will also help with my on-going education with website design and management to be doing it with my own content.
Yesterday as we all know was the first proper snow of this winter, quite a shock as we`ve only had one or two frosty mornings so far. Last year we`d been snowed under for at least a week. Any here are a few pictures of Garsdale Railway Viaduct and the road.
Just updated flairsandgraces.co.uk website, changed the site to use WordPress from a static Dreamweaver site. It means they can update the site whenever they wish without looking too bloggie.
I used Artisteer for the Theme and the original look of the site seems to have transfered well to a more CMS system.
Yeaterday was the last days Grouse Beating on Stags for this season, fantacstic sunshine, can`t believe it was so hot in November. Usually have loads of layers on and frost underfoot. Felt like t-shirt weather whilst walking but definately colder while stood waiting for the drives to start. This last month has seen much better weather than August/early September when we had waterproofs on almost all the time.
Anyway here are a few photos.
