Looking After Your Garden Pond In Cold Weather
Over the normal winter period there is not that much you really need to do maintenance wise to your garden pond. As the last few winters have been pretty mild. Though the last week...
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First Full Fish Pond Clean Of 2018
As the temperatures at the beginning of the year are too cold to do full service / clean out of fish ponds with fish. This is because while temperatures on a normal day are...
Christmas House Lights And Decorations 2017
Each year I decorate our house with Christmas lights, this year though to be honest wasn’t really going to put anything up outside because of an ongoing medical condition which causes me a lot of pain...
Lego Spaceman Exploring Alien Landscape – Lego Adventures
Lego spaceman posing by a rock with exploring an alien landscape. Well he has faked the photo a bit by using a filter. That’s because the photo was originally taken in a gully at...
Stones In The Sand – Photo Blog
These photos were taken back in October 2006 at Chasewater Country Park, I must have liked taking photos of stones on that day as did take a few. The first one above was just...
Favourite Podcast & Android Apps
Im one for listening to podcast, from while working on the pc or tablet, going out and about, and even for going to sleep. I only started listening to podcast over the past year...
Shells – Photo blog
Shells – Photo Blog This photo was taken back in May 2007. It is one I took in the back gardens of my parents, my mom had an area with shells just on the...
Visiting Scarecrow Garden at Botanical Gardens – Lego adventures
Lego construction worker having a break and going to see the Scarecrow gardens at Birmingham Botanical gardens, unfortunately the day if his visit there were no Scarecrows. He did enjoy his visit to the...
Family night in playing monopoly
Having a Saturday night in playing monopoly, even the Birmingham version. Only just started playing so no arguments yet ☺️
Upton House And Gardens – Edgehill Near Banbury Visit
While we was having a weekend away camping we went to Upton House and gardens in Edge Hill near Banbury. As we are National Trust members entrance is free though prices are Adults £10.90,...
Farnborough Hall Near Banbury Visit
We are National Trust members and while on a weekend away we visited Farnborough Hall after visiting Upton House which is nearby. Entrance for national trust members is free, normal entry prices for house...
Coventry Transport Museum Visit
A few weekends we had to drop our daughter off to Leamington Spa, so we decided on the way back we would visit Coventry, I persuaded the missus to go so could go round...
Fish Pond Volume Calculator
One question I am asked by my customers is the amount of water volume in their fish pond, so thought would create a calculator to work it out and also recommend size of UV...
Walking Hiking Stick Camera Monopod Review
One of main passions is walking and photography and unfortunately recently I have developed a heath problem that makes it difficult to walk and because I’m in pain I walk hunched forward which really...
Mottistone Gardens & Compton Bay & Downs Visit
Mottistone Gardens Mottistone Gardens is on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and is part owned by the National Trust, Entrance is £5.80 Adults, £2.90 Children, £14.50 Family (non gift aid prices)....
Lego Character Deciding to Risk the Rain – Lego Adventures
Lego figure deciding whether to go into the rain out from his nice cozy tent while he was on a weekend break camping. He had also had a very busy day seeing the sights...
Godshill Model Village Visit in The Isle of Wight
While on holiday on the Isle of Wight we had to visit Godshill Model village, as I love visiting model villages. Godshill model village it tucked away on the high street of Godshill village...
Barnstones Caravan & Camping Park Great Bourton Near Banbury Visit
As we are new to camping we just like to go away after work on Friday and come back on the sunday, so we don’t like to travel that far on the Friday as...
Weston-Super-Mare Big Wheel – Photo Blog
While we was having a short break away in Brean, Somerset we visited Weston Super Mare, unfortunately the day we visited the weather wasn’t on our side, so only looked around the shops, but...
Setup Now TV with Plex
UPDATE 2017 Sky produced a mandatory update earlier this year which removed the facility to sideload any app, this includes the plex app. After the update it also removed plex from the now tv...
Policeman visiting Seaquarium – Lego adventures
Lego policeman on his visit to the seaside and having second thoughts about going on the Big wheel he decided to go to Seaquarium in Western Super Mare instead. He really enjoyed looking at the the...
Policeman Going On big Wheel @ Western Super Mare – Lego Adventures
Policeman just deciding if he wants to go on the big wheel at Western Super Mare. Though he is afraid of heights, so not sure why he is smiling. In the end he decided...
Spaceman settling in for the night – Lego adventures
Lego spaceman settling in for the night in his tent, just brewing a nice cup of hot chocolate. He should be nice and cosy in his nice new blow up bed, though the wind...
Enjoying an afternoon at the beach – Lego adventures
Just out on a stroll on the beach at Brean in Somerset, on a very sunny afternoon. I gave now got the large torch Lego figures, so going to be a lot more of...
Visit To Packwood House & Baddesley Clinton
We had to pick some furniture up from Knowle and as we are National Trust member we decided to visit two local attractions which were Baddesley Clinton & Packwood house, so here are quick...
InsideOutHouse at Packwood House – Photo Blog
This photo was taken when we visited the national trust property Packwood House near Lapworth. Around the grounds are the Packwood follies and this is the InsideOutHouse set in the bluebell wood. This cottage...
Visit To Kinver Edge & Rock Houses
Our recent visit to the national trust Kinver Edge and rock houses, lovely place and a very nice walk , my review and photos
Relaxing on a Flower – Lego Adventures
Lego city worker enjoying his break from the construction site, relaxing in the sun on flower petals. This is the adventures of Lego mini figures in the real world, from just the mundane to...
Power Line Pole – Photo Blog
We was visiting Kinver Rock houses and while in the area we visited another national trust property nearby in Bewdley which was Knowles mill, which dates back to the 18th century, it is a...
Visiting the zoo
Lego lady minifigure visiting the zoo and really like seeing the alpaca. She had a great day out.
Lego Workman Destroying Snail Shell
Lego Workman using his pickaxe to break open a snail shell, he was happy as it was a nice a sunny day at work. Note no animals were harmed in taking this photo lol...
Chandelier Reflection on Ceiling in Sepia
This photo was taken of a small glass chandelier from underneat in the national trust property Upton House, Warwickshire, the effect was direct from my Nikon camera which was old sepia. The reflection pattern...
Lego builder waiting to repair work at Upton House
A very eager lego builder ready to get working to repair the large pond at Upton House, Warwickshire @uptonhousent.
Brick Wonders Exhibition at Wolverhampton
Recent visit to the touring exhibition of Warren Elsmore’s Brick Wonders, over 70 Lego models on display from small models to full scenes at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Kororinpa & Marbles Balance Challenge on Wii
The information in this article, has been taken from a Facebook page I set back up in 2009, but didn’t really update the page after that year. I had uploaded a few videos and...
Tamworth Town Hall – Photo Blog
We went to Tamworth shopping the other weeks, not normally a place we go, but thought it would be a change and we was on our way back from Coalville in Leicestershire. I was...
Godshill Methodist Church – Photo Blog
I was just messing around with an photo editing app on my tablet called Photostudio Pro and just choose this photo I took of Godshill Methodist Church which I took while we on holiday...
Thunderbird Email Client Tips
On my main Windows PC, I used to use Microsoft Outlook as my main email client, but really have moved away from Microsoft Office to Libre office as my main office suite. So I...
Drive Slowly – Photo blog
I was looking through some of my photos from when we visited Chirk Castle on the Isle of Wight earlier this year and this was taken just outside the castle. Though I would share...
Make Website as Windows App – Chrome
This is a quick tip on how to make a website a web app within Windows using Google Chrome Browser. This works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10. The advantage of making a...
Using Non A2DP Bluetooth Headset for All Audio
I brought a cheap Bluetooth headset from Home bargains, only cost £3.99 mainly for use for hands free calling when in the car, but also I thought for using for general sound from my...
My Fathers Brass Belt Buckle Collection
As regular reader will know my late father collected all sorts of items, one was belt buckles. I am now going through these to sell on, I have had one box off my mom...
Lock It Up – Photo Blog
I took this photo of just a padlock on a gate while out on a walk, thought it would make a nice shot. When looked at it on tablet it just didn’t seem to...
Happy New Year
Happy new year to all my readers, friends and family. 2016 has been a good year for me, been really busy with the business this year and the family as the missus has put up with...
Christmas Decoration Bargains
Got some good Christmas decorations bargains today, we’ll needed more for next year’s Xmas display outside and inside. Got all what you see in the from one of the major bargain shops, worked it...
Merry Christmas – Lego Adventures
Homer giving Marge her Christmas present in front of the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to to all my readers of my blog kevinsimon.co.uk , this isn’t one of the best photos I have taken,...
Our Christmas Tree – Photo Blog
This is a photo I took of our Christmas tree but out of focus. The reason it has been taken out of focus is that normally I wear contact lenses but one night I...
1200mah Signalex Powerbank from Poundland
I noticed that poundland are selling 1200mah powerbanks. I got one to test out. It takes Approx 3hrs for a full charge, there is a light in the unit it flashes red when charging...
Lovely Red Sky – Photo Blog
This was taken tonight of the sky from outside the back of the house, we was just wrapping our Christmas presents and my daughter noticed the sky so had to get a quick pic....
Spot Email Scam ie speeding, tax etc
I have noticed some new email scams going around, One of the latest is supposedly from the police at the moment seems to be from Greater Manchester police, saying that you have been caught...
