11 hours and 8 minutes

                          I've been working on a show since August that comes to an end this week. It's called 'Some like it hip hop', the new production from ZooNation who did 'Into the hoods' a couple of years back. It's been challenging but fun, I guess that's exactly what you want from a job. I don't quite have the same feeling I usually do at the end of a production, but that's not to say I haven't enjoyed it. I think it's just been incredibly hard work (described by my boss as pushing custard up a staircase with a stick) for what was a relatively short run. I finally feel like we're all in the swing of it and we’re done. Here’s a picture of the dark corner I’ve been stuck in for the last couple of months.

So as this job draws to a close I move onto the next. It's sometimes hard to link work together as the contracts are all different lengths but this next transition has worked out rather well. If the show finishes at its usual time on Saturday then I'll have 11 hours and 8 minutes until starting my next job! Next up is filming a TV show for channel 4, a selection of pieces from the Matthew Bourne shows, which I'll leave for now and talk about next time.

I've been cycling as much as I can through October and November trying to get ahead in my challenge before the inevitable slump that will come through December and January. I've made a good start with some training type rides combined with some commuting. I've managed to put 394 Miles on the board, there's still a long way to go but it's a start.

I encourage anyone to have a go at cycling. I remember the first time I tried my commute, it was horrible but now it's so much easier.  My commute to town is 9.6 miles, so a round trip to town is 19.2 miles which sounds a lot but goes so quickly, in fact I can do it quicker than public transport door to door and it's free! Give it a go!

A new blog....

Blog 1: The Idea

I was writing a blog last year for a charity bike ride and enjoyed it so thought I'd give it another go........

If all goes to plan I have a very busy year ahead. Starting with turning 30 in a few weeks time I will then film a TV programme, have my first Christmas off since I was at school, be unemployed (for a time), play a gig on New Years Eve, work on at least 2 new productions, Isi's 30th birthday, go to the Olympics, do a 24 hour charity bike ride, 4th Wedding anniversary, hopefully move house and try to reach my target of 7000 miles on the bike since I got back into cycling! A busy and hopefully interesting year I think you'll agree. Here goes.........