
born in the fiery summer of '76
home base surrey, england
better half heather
lights of our lives daniel and ben
the travel bug bit here australia, bavaria (germany), fiji, france, hong kong, new zealand, norway, scotland, spain, italy, belgium, holland, croatia, bosnia, nigeria, portugal, usa
favourite stuff >>>
my teams chelsea football club, surrey county cricket club, richmond tigers
bands metallica, guns n' roses, manic street preachers, u2, pearl jam, jimi hendrix, aerosmith, madness, annie christian, faith no more, jim, terrorvision, levellers, green day, foo fighters, therapy?, nirvana, pink floyd, ash, bob marley, queen, red hot chili peppers, the clash, nickelback, bruce springsteen
songs sweet child o' mine, enter sandman, am i evil?, otherside, all along the watchtower, alice what's the matter, welcome to paradise, alive, screamager, rockin' in the free world, a design for life, the real thing, love this life, from out of nowhere, how you remind me, van diemen's land
pubs augustiner, oktoberfest, cuba libre, the crown, waxy o'connors, den gode naboen, finnegans, elm street, the stag, woodstock, belgian bierodome, criterion hotel, halzephron inn
beer hop back summer lightning,theakstons old peculiar and xb, surrey hills, st austell tribute, youngs winter warmer, badger fursty ferret, augustiner edelstoff, mountain goat beer ipa, little creatures pa, holgate bitter, speights old dark
wine d'arenberg, matariki, babich, meursault
films the italian job, good morning vietnam, trainspotting, withnail and i, seven years in tibet, dead man, the fabulous destiny of amelie poulain, whale rider, dazed and confused, M*A*S*H
dream car
ac cobra
quotes
"I don't need to read it, I lived it" - Tiger Woods, when asked if he read the articles written about him.
"Nothing matters very much, and very little matters at all.'' - Arthur Balfour
about mikeuk.com my website contains many photos that I have taken on my travels around the world. I enjoy travelling to new countries, experiencing new cultures, taking loads of photos as I go.
My first stab at web page design hit the web in November 1999, since when it has undergone a number of facelifts. Although I've been surfing the net since 1994, it was the idea to make some photos from ISS '99 available for friends that led me to use the webspace provided by my ISP.
In a moment of madness, I went dotcom in January 2000, spending my hard-earned on the mikeuk.com domain name. My website is currently powered by United Hosting.
As I've learnt more about CSS, HTML, Javascript, DHTML, PHP etc, so the 'look' of my site has changed to reflect my improving website design abilities. I've tried to keep the design simple, uncluttered, and quick to load.
These are the tools I've used to create mikeuk.com:
- Minolta 5xi SLR (1999-2004), Olympus C-750UZ (2004-2012), Nikon D5200 (2013-) for photography
- Crimson Editor for HTML/PHP coding
- Adobe Photoshop for images
- FileZilla for uploading
- XAMPP, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera for testing
Links
News BBC News / BBC Sport / Ananova / Google UK News / Telegraph
Sport Chelsea FC / Richmond Tigers / Surrey Cricket / Cricinfo
Web Google / Hotmail / United Hosting / United Forums / PHP / Irfan View / Apache / CSS Creator / Sphider / Wikipedia
Australia Greyhound
Bavaria Oktoberfest
England Mad About Mountains / The Lakeland Fells / Striding Edge.net / Peak Walker.net / Ordnance Survey / Tube / UK rail timetable / YHA England-Wales
Fiji Bula Fiji / Feejee Experience / Awesome Adventures Fiji / Nadi Bay Hotel
Italy La Calcina (Ruskin's House) / Warm Hospitality appartments (La Calcina)
New Zealand Backpack New Zealand / Pure NZ / YHA NZ / Ace Rentals / Moana Lodge, Plimmerton / Mitai Hangi / Franz Josef Glacier Company / Tongariro Crossing / Zorb Rotorua / Interislander / Te Papa / Tranz Alpine / Whale Watch Kaikoura / Department of Conservation / Speights Beer / Waitomo Caves / Wai-O-Tapu / Sky Tower, Auckland / Milford Sound Sea Kayaks
Norway Flaam Railway
Scotland Khushi's
Spain The Alhambra