MASHUP-Calvin Harris vs Annie Lennox

Taking the soothing trancey hit from Calvin Harris and mashing it up with the classic vocals from Annie Lennox’s Little Bird.

Cardiff Armed Forces Day 2010

Armed Forces Day was created in 2009 as an event to allow the public to show their support towards the army and to honour and celebrate all the good and hard work that they carry out.

Cardiff was the host city for 2010 and took the honour to build on last years start and make it even bigger and better.

A full programme of events were planned with military precision including a Parade through the City, a Drumhead Service, a fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, military displays, a dynamic air display and an evening concert featuring The Soldiers and Only Men Aloud.

 

 

The day began with a celebration Parade starting at Cardiff Castle, leading through the city centre featuring over 800 contingents from the three armed forces, cadets, veterans and standards.

The parade was lead by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall under high security.

I think everyone expected them to be walking down to Cardiff Bay along with everyone else but instead sped past in a posh car!

I just about managed to catch a shot of them – Camilla was waving out of her side of the car but Prince Charles didnt seem that bothered at all!

 

 

Taking part in the parade were the following:-

REPRESENTING THE ROYAL NAVY
The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Commando Training Centre Lympstone

A Guard from HMS Kent

A Guard from HMS Monmouth

A Platoon from HMS Cambria

A Platoon from HMS Dragon

A Platoon from University of Wales Royal Naval Unit

A Platoon from Royal Marine Reserve Bristol Cardiff detachment

The Queens Colour of the Fleet Air Arm

 

 

 

REPRESENTING THE ARMY
The Welsh Guards Band

1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards

39th Regiment Royal Artillery

1st Battalion The Welsh Guards

1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers)

 

 

Thousands of people, locally from Cardiff and from across Wales and the UK, lined the streets of Cardiff as the parade passed by. Ticker tape blowers were installed along St Mary Street and were pumping out red, white, blue and green confetti!

Loads more from the parade over at this Cardiff Armed Forces Day Parade set on Flickr.

The parade ended in Roald Dahl Plass with a Drumhead ceremony and the beginning of a day of entertainment and events for everyone to enjoy.

Nearer 5 oclock there was the start of a series of air displays around the bay beginning with a rescue display from a Sea King Helicopter.

I havent never seen so many people in Cardiff Bay for an event and police figures estimate that over 50,000 turned up to be part of the Armed Forces Day 2010.

Next up was the Helicopter Formation Fly past. Five different helicopters including a Chinnock! Damn that RNLI boat coming in blocking my view! lol

Next up was the Harrier Jet formation – we all nearly missed them as they were fairly quiet and zoomed straight past! I only managed one random snap up in the air – directly at the sun so was lucky to catch em!

Next was a fly past by The Red Arrows. What an amazing sight it was to see them flying over Cardiff Bay on such a day.

MP3-Kraftykuts “From the old to the new” mix Volume 2

FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW-VOLUME 2
And now for what you’ve all been waiting for… as loyal members of the Krafty Kuts club he now presents to you the second volume of his ‘From the Old to the New’ DJ mix. Here’s what Krafty had to say for himself :-
“This is a true representation of my musical roots, showcasing the music that I love and have grown up on over the years. And with so many great tracks to fit in, it took alot of time and hard work to come up with the cheeky monster, so i really hope you like it!”

FREE DOWNLOAD
http://www.sendspace.com/file/enl3z3

PHOTOS-Delays in the opening of Pont Y Werin bridge.

The bridge, which joins up the 10km route around Cardiff bay, was due to open on June 8th, 2010 but due to unforeseen supply delays the bridge will not open until 14th July, 2010.

Tests have been successfully carried out on the hydraulic operating system to raise the 20 meter section allowing vessels to pass underneath on the River Ely.

Most of the barriers, paving and other street furniture are near to completion and should be ready for the next deadline!

These photos were featured on The Guardian website at http://www.guardian.co.uk/cardiff/2010/jun/24/pont-y-werin-bridge-delays

Wales-”Come on England”

Come on England, originally uploaded by DJLeekee.

I cant imagine this happening in Scotland or Ireland today but it seems throughout each break on ITV1 Wales today there is a message of support for …um… England.

PHOTOS-Cardiff football tournament at Sully

On Saturday 12th June the latest Youth Summer Festival Football Tournament was held at Sully Sports and Social Club with their vast fields.
The site is in Sully, just outside Cardiff, and featured teams from throughout South Wales, including Rhoose, Cardiff and Barry.

The forecast was good but luckily there was some cloud and blustery winds incoming off the Bristol Channel.
Games this year lasted ten minutes each way with no referree – so fair play all around was appreciated.

Thousands of family, friends and supporters turned out to support their teams and enjoy the fantastic facilities and stalls that had been laid on.
 

 
There was also a display from a local(ish) dance team from Caerphilly who were showing their fantastic skills. Of which members of the public were invited to take part aswell!

 
Did I mention that the steam ship The Waverley also passed on by for a nose aswell…..

PHOTO-ITV Wales News support for Armed Forces Day 2010

ITV News Wales, originally uploaded by armed forces day cardiff.

Just stumbled across this photo on the interweb with ITV Wales News presenters helping mark Armed Forces Day in Cardiff, 2010.

For some reason I got the Benny Hill theme music going through my head whilst looking at it…………

For more info on Armed Forces Day visit:-
http://www.armedforcesdaycardiff.co.uk

VIDEO-Big Brother 2010 contestant morph

Well its the last ever series of Big Brother on Channel 4 in the UK and as per previous series I have decided to morph all the contestants together in one video.

HTC DESIRE-Tips to improve battery life

We’ve all got our brand new spanking HTC Desire mobiles and are busy playing with them, installing new apps and generally showing them off (even though the Apple fanboys wont even look at them cos they know they are better )

But all this playing can drain the battery quite a bit and i did struggle to get mine to last more than one day before having to recharge. So I have come up with ten rules to ensure the battery does infact last longer and hopefully to cover you for a full day!
A lot of them might seem pretty obvious but when added together do really make a difference!

1 ) Avoid live wallpapers
2 ) Try and have darker, non-animating wallpapers
3 ) Set the screen timeout to a maximum of 1 minute
4 ) Turn down the screen brightness
5 ) Always switch off Bluetooth
6 ) Don’t use GPS unless necessary
7 ) Disable always-on mobile data
8 ) Limit use of widgets
9 ) Limit use of streaming apps
10) Set a reasonable frequency for background updates

WONGA-Win at the quiz at long last….(phew)

Well it was a long time coming but it was bound to happen sooner or later! Our ticket actually got pulled out for the Snowball question at The Romilly Quiz in Pontcanton.
All four of us poised, awaiting the question from the Quizmaster. Over he walked to ask us the tv-related question, even better was that it was Brookside related! But disappointment loomed when he asked the actually question:-  

In what year was the last ever episode of Channel 4’s Brookside?

NEWS-Stuart Cable has died

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/06/07/stuart-cable-found-dead-91466-26603479/

Exclusively revealed by Wales Online :-

“WELSH rock star Stuart Cable has been found dead at his Aberdare home this morning.

The body of the former Stereophonics drummer was discovered at about 5.30am.
His mother Mabel, who will be 80 this year, said: “Stuart has travelled all over the world with the band and I have worried myself silly.

“He is now settled down and then this has happens. It has not sunk in yet.”
Stuart’s brother Paul said: “The family has no further comment to make at this stage. It is in the hands of the police.”

South Wales Police confirmed the sudden death of a 40-year-old man. The cause of death has not yet been established but there are no suspicious circumstances at this stage.

Next of kin have been informed.
South Wales Valleys coroner Peter Maddox has also been informed.“

 

Many messages of condolence on Twitter so far including
@huwstephens: Very sad news about Stuart Cable this morning. My thoughts are with his friends and family.
@CHRISDJMOYLES He was a local legend and put wales on tha map!! RIP Stuart Cable!!!
@RobBrydon Terribly sad news about Stuart Cable, such a lovely, warm, funny, talented man.
@BethanElfynHard Hard to believe the news about Stuart Cable. Such a lovely, funny guy.
@edibow(Edith Bowman) Such sad news about Stuart Cable. Love and best wishes to his family. X
@badlydrawnboyo Blimey, Stuart Cable’s dead. Never knew him well, but we had loads of friends in common as kids.
@pritchardswyd(Dirty Sanchez) Can’t belive Stuart cable’s been found dead. Rest in peace my friend.
@robertearnshaw I was so shocked to here stuart cable had passed away today.I always enjoyed chatting to him.Super drummer.Super guy.I feel for his family.x
@Blindambitionuk RIP Stuart Cable – thanks for taking the time to review our band and play our song on saturday, it was amazing

 

BBC Radio Wales recently made a trip to Stuart Cable’s rock star retreat, deep in the Welsh hills, for a chat. Here the former Stereophonics drummer, smiled for the camera and gave his views on today’s musical landscape and put down the sticks and ruminated on a changed industry since his former band conquered the charts…

BBC Wales Music-Stuart Cable