England 1 - Ecuador 0

England did well to beat Ecuador in Stuttgart to progress to the quarter finals and will now face Portugal. The only goal in the match was scored by David Beckham in a free kick, unfortunately after I had just said how unispired his play was at present, especially from free kicks! It was almost as if he scored to prove me wrong! It was a superb kick and just popped in the goalpost as the Ecuadorian goal keeper dived to the edge of his goal but the ball just sneaked in the corner. It meant there was relief all over England, we will just have to see how long this relief will continue, as we play Luiz Felipe Scolari's Portugal next Saturday.

When David Beckham scored his goal he became the first England player to score at three World Cups but it took England nearly 60 minutes to get the goal. Beckham had not scored a goal for England for more than three years. Ecuador had a better start and could have gone in front early in the 12th minute when Carlos Tenorio's shot was deflected off Ashley Cole and then on to the cross bar after John Terry made a mistake. John Terry redeemed himself later on and was awarded man of the match by FIFA.

Frank Lampard had another struggler missing two good chances but England had done enough to get the win and they appear to have done it without picking up any injuries. On the whole the match wasn't really an entertainer and two England players were booked for time wasting but England fans won't mind because all that matters to them is that England have made it to the quarter finals where I have just learned they will take on Portugal in Gelsenkirchen on 1 July. Anyway, we made it through another stage in the world cup, all I will say is that they will have to improve their play if they want to progress further in the competition!

Doctor Who: Fear Her

This evening the Tardis landed in 2012, the Doctor showed Rose the London Olympics. But ordinary children are vanishing, seemingly into thin air, whilst a mother living in a seemingly ordinary British household is trying to hide her daughter's unnatural powers from the world. Can the Doctor defeat the evil nestled in the heart of London?

The thing that I was quite surprised to see is in the trailer after the return once again of the cybermen and maybe even the Daleks, so maybe they were not really destroyed, we shall just have to wait until the final two episodes of the new series to see!

I personally think if the cybermen came through from the alternate universe why can't the Daleks. As personally I though this episode was a bit mundane, in the grand scale of things. We need a good series conclusion like in parting of the ways from series 1. Hopefully the script writers will have a good two part series conclusion for us like they did in series one!

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight I went out in Hornsea with some of my friends!

Scouts!

Tonight at Scouts we ran various campfires in practice for our Summer Camp at Longridge. I always like building campfires as it is good that the ground is not that wet at present!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Michael Owen Out Of World Cup!

Unfortunately for England, striker Michael Owen will miss the rest of the World Cup finals with a knee injury, the Football Association announced.

Owen twisted his right knee early in England's Group B 2-2 draw with Sweden in Cologne on Tuesday and had a scan on Wednesday. He had only recently returned after four months out with a broken foot.

Barichello predicts Honda upturn!

Rubens Barrichello is optimistic Honda can end their dismal recent run in Formula One at present. Rubens Barrichello says his struggling Honda team could start to improve their form at Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, so we shall have to wait and see if this is true!

Updated 25th June 2006
Unfortunately after battling hard for the final world championship point, Jenson Button finished the Canadian Grand Prix in ninth place this afternoon, ending a disappointing afternoon for the Honda Racing F1 Team. Rubens Barichello had to retire earlier in the race due to having a engine failure, so things certainly not looking as good as Rubens suggested earlier this week. However, they both started from within the top ten in this race which is better than last time!

Doctor Who: Love & Monsters

Overall, this series of Doctor Who has been many things; comical, horrific and interesting. What's also been is rather maudlin. I find Rose to be a bit dull. "The Satan Pit" at the very end where Rose tells the Doctor, "He said I'd die in battle," I was waiting for the Doctor to just turn to her and with a cheery smile say, "Don't worry, you still might."

I don't, on the whole, mind Rose. I think that her episode, "Father's Day" was one of the best in the series. However, I find that this growing romance between the Doctor and Rose is out of character with the series as a whole. I look back to the days when the Doctor would chide Rose about how the new boy aboard was her boyfriend, or about how Captain Jack was actually interested in him, or any of the like. That all said, I thought "Love and Monsters" was a spectacular episode.

Still, on the whole I thought this was one of the better episodes they've done together so far.

Scout Group Treasure Hunt!

This evening the Scout Group ran a very succesful treasure hunt around the Hornsea area and we went down some roads I had never visited before in the area, which was unusual for me. Overall, I think a succesful treasure hunt and subsequent campfire was held with everybody seeming to enjoy the occassion!

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight I went out in Hornsea with some of my friends!

Scouts & England 2 - Trinadad & Tobago O

This evening I am going to help at my local Scout Group which is normally an enjoyable experience! Having helped at Scouts for seven years!

I always find it very interesting to find out what the Scouts I have worked with do in life after they have left Scouts and tonight should once again be good! The plan for this evening is to pitch the tents we plan to take to summer camp, so we will just have to hope it doesn't rain!

Unfortunately, however England's world cup match is also on tonight! Hopefully the result will be good, and the Scouts will be able to celebrate another glorius victory in the group stage!

Waste plant set to become green fuel factory for islands

A £10 MILLION waste management plant is set to be turned into a factory to produce hydrogen as a green fuel for homes, vehicles and industry in the Western Isles under plans expected to be approved today.

The move would see the islands become the world's first large-scale producer of hydrogen derived from organic gas.

The plant in Stornoway was designed to create electricity, but could not get a national grid connection to transmit the energy.

Peter Taylor leaves Hull City to manage Crystal Palace!

Peter Taylor has been unveiled as the new manager of Crystal Palace after ending his three-and-a-half year relatively succesful tenure at Hull City. As revealed on Crystal Palace's official website and at a press conference held at 4o'clock this afternoon, Peter Taylor is now in charge of Crystal Palace, a bit sad a few Hull residents will say. But times must move on and some clubs change managers frequently! So we shall just have to see which succesful manager Adam Pearson will appoint next!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

I am even more lost in lost!

The Lost Experience online revolves around the mystery surrounding The Hanso Foundation, which relates to the island of Lost.

The Hanso Foundation's site re-launched on the 2nd of May, coinciding with their new advertising campaign, which aired during Lost on Channel 4 - www.thehansofoundation.org . The advertisement stated

Since the dawn of time, Man has been curious, imagining all that was possible. The Hanso Foundation. Reaching out to a better tomorrow. Discover the experience for yourself. Call 0800 66 66 40.

The Hanso Foundation Tv Advert The number took you through to the automated reception of The Hanso Foundation, where callers were given a selection of extensions. Everything seemed normal, except for a couple of extensions which led to some strange answer machine messages.

Doctor Who: The Satan Pit

This was an excellent 2-part episode, although I have not seen all the older ones!

This episode brings the things that we most fear and how would we humans, in a futuristic time, would fight and defeat real live evil when most odds say that would be impossible.

Being that it's a family film I am surprised that they brought some stuff in like fear and faith, especially if its also going to entertain American audiences. But who care about what the Americans say, we rock!

Doctor Who has shown potential ever since from episode one from the new series in 2005, first being so harmless to scary, from fun to serious, from light to darkness. I hope many old fans will one day soon say "The old Doctor Who has returned", not quite yet though!

Also today England won their world cup qualifier against paraguay by 1 goals to 0. I suppose all you can say is that it needs to get better from this point onwards, but I am sure it will!

Congratulations Rob & Mad on tying the knot!

I am just posting to congratulate Mad and Rob for tying the knot and giving us a very well documented blog to amuse and document the occasion. Hope the afformentioned couple have a long and happy relationship!

It is hot again!

Well not what you want really, a really hot day in a room full of computers but that is Summer in Britain, at least I have air conditioning in my car for the ride home!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Through to Hull!

Today I went for a walk around Hull which kept me busy for a while, nothing much else to report!

Doctor Who: The cybermen returned to send us behind the sofa's again!

After a slightly uncertain start to this episode, featuring the long awaited return of the second most iconic Dr. Who monsters, it gets into its stride. The Doctor,Rose and Mickey find themselves in an alternat London, sending both Rose and Mickey on the trail of relatives that have long since died in their reality. Finally, we start to get an idea of what makes Mickey tick as his back story is filled in.

Rose's desperation to see her father is a rerun of Father's Day from Series 1 and covers much of the same ground, which gave this episode a score of 9 rather than 10. The Doctor is almost a peripheral figure for most of the episode, but David Tennant makes the most of every line, look and gesture.

The villain, Lumic, was a muted character compared to Davros but quite effective. When the Cybermen arrived, their previous risible portrayals in portrayals in Doctor Who were completely removed from the memory. These are Borg like monsters. This, in effect, returns the favour as the Borg were originally based on the Cybermen, as their first appearance in the episode entitled 'Q Who' makes clear! They even have their own catchphrase to rival the Daleks' 'exterminate!!'. The new Who goes from strength to strength.

England 6 - Jamaica 0

Peter Crouch gave the nation a World Cup farewell party to remember as he scored a hat-trick in a six-goal jamboree against Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz and their fantastic fans came to Old Trafford to party but it was Crouch, with his robotic finishing, who led the dance.

He entertained the crowd three times with his trademark celebration, while Frank Lampard, Michael Owen and an own goal from Jermaine Taylor completed the rout. It could even have been four for Crouch, who missed a penalty won for him by Owen, but nothing was going to spoil this day for England.

It was the perfect way for the Three Lions to say goodbye to their delighted fans ahead of the World Cup Finals in Germany, and they will certainly fly to Baden Baden on Monday in tremendous spirits.

Scouting 2007 Web Updates!

I spent the day being rather busy completing various updates to the Scouting 2007 website! It is now just over a year to the actual event, at present I am being kept rather busy with the updates! Hence my lack of more constant bloggage, over recent weeks.

Facts about June!

June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera.

At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer.