Richard Hyett Blog

starbucks silverlink

November 18, 2011

Walking past M&S I’m not quite sure why anyone would want to go in there. Why sit in a cramped space for a drink or a snack? Unless you have no choice. Starbucks at least know a little about space and interior decor.

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The future is LED

November 17, 2011

Running on dark bridle paths at night, some kind of illumination is needed, if only to warn oncoming cyclists that you are there. There is never any danger of being run over by a cyclist, you can see them coming for quite a distance. However if you don’t have a light, they can get a [...]

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Billboard Tynemouth Lodge

November 16, 2011

6:30am is early for someone to be putting a billboard up. How does one man do it all by himself? I suppose if the strips are small, they didn’t look that small this morning. Why 6:30? Is this a positive sign for the economy? People working at 6:30, someone else paying for the advertising, at [...]

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Tyne & Wear Metro

November 15, 2011

People living in Tyneside have got used to unreliable Metros, engineering works on weekends, the bus replacement service. On Sunday I met several confused passengers at the Metro station, they had no idea what was going on. What would have helped? A sign indicating there were no trains. Directions to the replacement bus, which in [...]

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Longsands November 14th 2011

November 14, 2011

Running 6am-7am, saw something strange going (back) into the water, Longsands, Tynemouth. Fish? Dog? Seal? Wish I’d taken my camera, it’s never there when you need it. Have to arrange some easy means of carrying the camera. In thirty years running on that beach, I’ve seen one lost baby seal and a living Prawn. On [...]

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