• There are amazing views up high in the mountains above Treorchy as you come down the endless hill from the Heads of the Valleys road. The road is one long village leading into another.

    Pentre Primary is a vast Victorian school with a small roll. We had a lot of fun today – particularly KS1 who helped me come up with a bizarre idea about the Bin Man who comes to collect naughty children! I feel there might be a good idea in there!

    Thanks for a great day – hope it doesn’t snow again!

  • It was cold and grey and dank today, not the best light for taking photographs. I decided to take pictures of textures. the light was so low, it was hard to keep the camera still for macro close-ups.

    I found a new path again today. It took me round to another path I’d given up on before as not really heading anywhere. Now I’ve made the link, I have a whole new route to try.

  • [ted id=723]

    There are many metaphors that people use to inspire you to lead a better life. I quite liked this one because it makes sense and also, he’s not really selling a better lifestyle.

    Bertrand Piccard travelled round the world in a balloon. He says ballooning is a beautiful metaphor for life. Go with the flow and be prepared to chuck out ballast to get to the right altitude – he means chuck out the baggage – fear and dogma… neat!

    And if you don’t know about TED – you do now. Enjoy the wealth of video lectures and inspirational talks about Technology Education and Design.