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RNLI Annual Dinner

Sam Rudd — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:35:40 +0000

Hey All, thought id throw up a quick post about the annual RNLI Dinner, was a very entertaining night, the resident RNLI Michael Buble tribute artist was very entertaining thoughout the evening. im very tired now, its just ticked past 2am and have a big day tomorrow so im going to hit the hay, i may start VLogging tomorrow, what are your thoughts? let me know. Peace out peeps have a good day

Why do i blog?

Sam Rudd — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000

The word “blog” is one of the most popular words on the internet today, so i thought id give you an insight into why i blog. When i first started blogging i used it to tell people about what i was getting upto with the community, I.E last year all the youth work, RNLI, and NCS Voluntary work i did thoughout my summer. but as all of that came to an end i changed my blogging style and started reflecting on how i was conducting my life, i also find blogging compulsive, if i get a brainwave or an inspiration i tend to write it here

Foursquare Killed my Blog

Sam Rudd — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:19:04 +0000

So two days ago i decided it would be cool to try and use Foursquare’s API to show you guys where i am in the world and what badges ive earnt and when. So i did a little digging around and found a few plugins for WordPress, All seemed to be going well until i started integrating the API’s. This really didnt go very well and presented me with a big problem, I then decided to dump the whole idea I may come back to it in a few days but i wont be doing a lot now as im back to work, Due to the API Issue’s i had a place holder that overwrote the whole website with a message about the API connections not working.

Exeter, Protests, Dancing and Getting lost

Sam Rudd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:54:59 +0000

So on saturday me and two of my friends hit the road and decided to go down to exeter the drive was ok really, didn’t take us very long to get there. Once we actually got to Exeter the headache began, I’ve spoken to a few people about this and all I’ve had is people laughing but this is the first city I’ve been to on my own so wasn’t too sure, but granted finding a car park was relatively easy, finding a parking space wasn’t to hard either. We saw some pretty random things go on in Exeter. most of the shops there were really quite over priced but i went to get away from local life, a few outdoor shops dotted around city centre, as i walked past topshop topman we found some protesters ranting and raving about shutting down topshop and blah blah blah, i couldn’t be bothered to even ask lol, anyways one of the only other thing i thought was quite random was that their was a van randomly parked in the street, when i passed again about an hour later there were dancers and a who bunch of random people stood around dancing to music, like seriously my local area we wouldn’t ever get that. so we walked around for a few hours, decided to pick up a hot dog and whilst asking the guy a question he tells me he’s from Bideford, in devon how crazy is that the one person i talk to in exeter and he lives about 25 minutes away from me soo yeah random much. On the way home i tried to use my phone to get me out of Exeter, to start with i thought i knew where i was going… i was wrong i think i say the same building about 4 times and once i got past that hiccup i followed a country road that turned out to be the completely different route but hay it took me home and was alot more fuel efficient, its time for me to wrap this up now im fairly tired been quite busy today so hopefully ill be back soon with another blog for you, Laters All

New design, fresh start, new idea

Sam Rudd — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:40:17 +0000

Hey all, thought I’d try and get another post out for you all. This year I have a lot going on, I’ll be involved with ncs southwest again this year, as well as my involvement with the RNLI and the local youth groups, I will also be taking a few outdoor pursuits courses so that I can be part of a team offering outdoor activities in and around Devon. I would have got this post out sooner but as you’ve probably noticed I have a new design, I buried my head in the coding of a new theme over the weekend as well as revamping my old theme for Northstar Outdoors I’ve had a very productive weekend and intend on having many more like it, over the new few days I’m going to be sorting out minor details across both websites where possible. Anyways time to wrap this up peace out y’all

December Update

Sam Rudd — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:02:39 +0000

Hey All, just an update on what ive been upto these last few weeks, as the start of the month i did a Speech at TTS Keystone Centre. The Speech was part of a celebration as Princes Trust Team 100 had completed there course, I also have a new car now (pictures coming soon) i also will be starting a new job in the new year and ill be more involved with TTS as the NCS and Princes Trust courses start up again. another blog coming soon. Merrys Christmas and Happy New Year Peace Out Y’All

Save our local radio

Sam Rudd — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:54:56 +0000

What radio station do you tune into when your at home or driving in the car? Do you think we should have truly local radio? When was the last time you heard a news report that was closer than Exeter or Torquay? On the 5th of December the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications should be coming to a decision about the fate of North Devon’s local radio station The Voice FM and whether they get a broadcast license earlier this year they where granted a 28 day FM Broadcast license and throughout those 28 days The Voice brought truly local news, weather and announcements including the NCS Southwest program i was involved with back in June. North Devon deserves a local radio station and the only way we will get back a local Dedicated Radio station is if OFCOM decide to give The Voice FM a 6 year broadcast license which will mean they would be pumping local content out though digital and good old FM radio waves in the future. Peace Out Y’All

Birthday in Spain

Sam Rudd — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:32:10 +0000

For my 19th birthday i was still on holiday in spain, i went parascending over the coast of salou and filmed it all on a kodak easyshare 1080p waterproof video camera, ive finally got round to posting it on youtube and facebook find my youtube video below

Holiday

Sam Rudd — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:35:44 +0000

Hi all, thought i’d come on here whilst i had the chance to tell you about what ive been doing for the last few weeks, I’ve recently returned from spain. I went on holiday with my Family and had such a good time with all the hot weather, when we got there we ended up walking for miles because we had no idea where we were going and ended up on a beach for the afternoon, on the second day i met two very lovly girls from germany and ended up spending a majority of the holiday on the beach with them. On Saturday i went on a tour of Barcelona which was absolutly amazing during the tour we saw many amazing sights including the great “Cathedral of Santa Eulalia” i would of loved to have a look inside this amazing monument but as we where on a tour we couldnt, it is said that to have a full look around this landmark it would take you two days. Barcelona has two halves, the old part which contains older buildings and less constructured trafficing systems, the Newer part was still very beautiful and was a work or art and pure genius. If there is in place in the world that has been as well thought out as barcelona i would love to see it. even down to the older smaller back streets everything about this place is truely amazing and breath taking. Anyways all im off to the land of nod, the next time i will blog will be at some point after Thursday the 15th of September as I have organised a charity even down at the RNLI Ilfracombe Station. Feel free to come on down and check it out there will be refreshments and lots of other activities availible for you all. I will also be posting the ammounts of money that we have raised this summer but as i have just got back from my holiday i havent got as far as that email yet . Peace out Y’all

RNLI Rescue Day

Sam Rudd — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:19:28 +0000

Wednesday 10th of August i was down at the RNLI Ilfracombe Station assisting with the Rescue Day, lots and lots of activities where going on down the pier and in the station. In the station we had the usual tea, coffee and the activities (coins on the mersey, book sale, tombola, toy tombola and the guess a station game) on the pier there was a mix of all the emergency services (RNLI Stall, Coastguard, St Johns Ambulance, Ambulance, Police, Armed Police, Fire Brigade and the Youth Education Fire Officers) There where three events on the pier for that day the first one was the chip pan demonstration and second was someone being cut out of the car. The RNLI, Coastguard, and the Lifeguards did three demonstrations, I only saw one of them because i was the mascot for a few hours and was floating around the pier getting involved in the activities and have lots of photo’s taken. The rescue day was a great success i will post the amount raised when i know, (watch the space) Piece out Y’All