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About Me? And Why "Poddys"

I was born in England and spent most of my life there, until 1987 when I spent a year on the other side of the world in New Zealand. I returned to London, and then in 1994 I moved to the USA. I spent 12 years in Indiana, and then relocated to South Florida.

In a nutshell, I am a person who always wanted to travel, but didn't until I was in my late 20's, and then the travel bug hit me. I hope you enjoy my stories as they unravel.

So why do I use the name "Poddys"? When I wanted to create my first website, my ex-wife and I thought that we were like two peas in a pod, so we decided to call it poddys. Those times are long gone though, we are now more like runner beans and baked beans - very different in too many ways. But the web site remains and I still use "poddys" as my login for a number of sites.

However, there is far more to me than that. I hope you will read on, enjoy learning a bit more about me, my life, my ups and downs, my hobbies and interests, and of course my lenses.

So please sit back, relax, and enjoy learning a bit about me, and also my Squidoo Lensography. I do hope you enjoy it.

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I am going to add photos as time goes on - just want to get the blurb out of the way first... And there is a lot of blurb to add...

Read on and enjoy my friend...

Actually this is turning into a full blown book already - and I'm only in the early stages... Think I might have to make this a full autobiography at this rate.

THIS LENS IS GOING TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A WHILE I THINK, BUT I WANTED TO PUBLISH IT SO THAT I CAN VIEW IT AND GET FEEDBACK AS IT PROGRESSES. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

 

I was awarded a great honour in July 2008, being made a GIANT SQUID. To be a Giant Squid, you need to have created at least 50 quality lenses. So having worked very hard to get more than 50 lenses created, I was really over the moon when I received the award. Thanks so much to the Giant Squid Organisers for the t-shirt and for their support in reaching my goal.



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Introduction To Where I Grew Up 

In case you were wondering, Yes, that is me in the picture above, taken in our front garden many moons ago.

I was born in Poole, a seaside town in Dorset, England in 1954.

Back then Poole was a fairly quiet town, with a port that hadn't changed for a while, busy with ships carrying in timber and coal and other goods from Europe. Now of course things have changed, the coal powered power station with it's impressive chimneys that could be seen for miles has gone, it's not a container port so it doesn't get the large modern ships, but it does now have a daily ferry crossing to Cherbourg in Normandy, which has let to a lot of road traffic between Southern England and Europe, as well as holiday traffic to France.

Poole Harbour (English spelling - this is MY HERITAGE so I'm going to spell it the English way...) is the 2nd largest natural harbour in the world after Sydney in Australia. It has a number of islands, is very popular with both yachting and powerboating, and more recently with windsurfers and kite-surfers. The largest island in the harbour is Brownsea, and was the site of the first Boy Scout camp in the 1920's. It also has a castle that faces the harbor entrance, which makes for great views.

The southern part of the harbour entrance is a mile long peninsular called Sandbanks, which back in the 50's and 60's had some nice houses, but it wasn't as exclusive as it is now. My family had 2 houses there, plus my grandmother used to live there, until she got sick in the early 60's, when she stayed with us until the cancer took her away. Sad thing is that her money disappeared with socializing and gambling etc, so we never really ended up with anything.

Today of course, although barely known in the USA, Sandbanks is the 4th most expensive place to live in the world, with houses being sold for up to $20 Million! Rumour has it also that back in the 1930's when it was mostly just fishermen's huts and sand dunes, my grandmother could have bought Sandbanks for a few thousand pounds... Oh well... I might have been extremely wealthy, but would I have been happy? I wonder...

So this is a background to where I grew up, right in the middle of the South Coast of England, a very nice area to live, away from the troubles of inner-city dwelling etc.

Brownsea Island At The Entrance To Poole Harbour

My Early Years 

Apart from Poole being a small town, my parents lived in a small village at the end of Sandbanks called Lilliput of all things. Now as many people know, Lilliput was the land of the little people in Dean Swift's book Gullivers Travels. So being not the smallest of children, I used to have the mickey taken out of me when I was young... I lived on Lilliput Road, just off that was Gulliver's Close, then Dean Swift Crescent, lots of connections with the book. However, the only real connection with Gulliver is that in the 1600's there was a well known smuggler called Gulliver, who used to frequent the area. There is actually no real connection to the book or the author. Such is life...

But I digress... I'm still rambling on about where I grew up and not about me... I'm known to ramble a bit, so if you catch me drifting off topic, just give me a gentle nudge ok...

Ok, back on topic.........

Since it was fairly quiet where I grew up, most of the other boys I went to school with (not a mixed school) used to live in another part of town. Subsequently I didn't have many friends to play with, few toys in those days too compared to nowadays, and only 2 channels on the television. Television was a joy - there was a 15 minute (at most) program for the young children around midday, then more children's tv form 5pm to 6pm, then off to bed... Kids today don't know how lucky they are in many ways!

My favourite phrase while growing up was "I'M BORED", and I know my Mum got so fed up with this, but unless either of my 2 friends were around to play with, it was just me, and being an only child does have it's drawbacks sometimes.

I didn't know then, but now I know just how lucky I was in some ways. My Dad worked as an Electronics Engineer, repairing Televisions and then later Electronic Organs (keyboards to you youngsters), but my Mum didn't work, so I spent every find day of my childhood summers down at the beach.

Of course we only lived a mile from the beach, and because my Grandmother had bought a flat (more like an American Condominium) before she got taken ill, and this had beach-huts underneath it, we got to use one of the nicest beach-huts at Sandbanks. The beach there was rarely too crowded, I spent maybe 5 hours a day in the water, and then in my early teens my Dad bought us a dinghy, the next year one a bit bigger, and finally when I was 14 we had a 16 foot cabin cruiser. Boy did I feel great when I took that out on my own, untying it from it's mooring, motoring it through the channel out of the harbour to the beach, which was busy enough in those days with cargo ships and sailboats.

But times change, as you will see as you read on...

Sandbanks In The 1950's From The Sandacres Hotel

Sandbanks In The 1950's Looking Across Poole HarbourTo Brownsea Island

My Teenage Years 

My Dad had always struggled to earn enough to give us a comfortable lifestyle. He was a brilliant man, bless him, a very skilled and innovative electronics engineer, but repairing electronic organs for a living is not the best of jobs, and he wanted something more.

My Great-Grandfather had passed away in my early teens and left us a little money, and my Dad, despite my Mum's protesting, went into partnership with 3 other people and set up a company that made amplifiers and speakers. Well needless to say, like me my Dad didn;t have a great deal of success at business, and things went bad, resulting in us losing all the money we had.

My Mum, who had grown up in a small village in the 1920's and had gone through really hard times, both with my Grandfather having been invalided out of WWI and never being able to work again, and with the depression years, which hit the UK as well as the USA, tried to live a very frugal lifestyle. So when my Dad wanted to invest all this money inn a business venture, she was dead against it.

Well, after months and years of constant "I told you so's" every time he came home from work, looking back I couldn't really blame him for finding comfort with someone else, and eventually leaving home. My Mum, as sweet and dear as she was, never understood how much she could nag about things. I know because she constantly nagged me too, but that was just her way.

So at the age of 15 my Dad left home, and I was left with a Mum who constantly cried, and who for the first time since I was born was forced to go out to work to help keep herself.

My Dad ended up moving away from the area, down to Cornwall, and I didn't see him for several years. He did some odd jobs, removal man, electronic repairs, but struggled to make ends meet down there, and subsequently my Mum was left with a 3 bedroomed house to keep up, and a son in school.

But we managed ok, with my working several nights a week, at the weekend and also most of the school holidays at The Pavilion in Bournemouth, which had a Theatre, 7 Bars, a Ballroom, and a Restaurant / Nightclub, all of which I worked in from the age of 16 through to 18.

Bournemouth Pavilion - Theatre, Ballroom, Seven Bars and a Restaurant / Night Club

Poddys Trivia...

The year before I finished high school, I worked at The Pavilion through the summer. I worked 2 shifts a day, stocking up the 7 bars, humping crates and kegs, then washing up glasses. I would start at 9am, then apart from a 3 hour break in the afternoon work until close to midnight, collecting glasses, washing them up, and restocking the bars. On a Saturday night, I would end up at the nightclub until 3am. One week I worked 80 hours at 25p/hour (50cents) and took home £20 ($40).

My University Years 

Up to the point where I left high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do in life. Several good friends were going to university to study mathematics, and it wasn't quite what I wanted to do, but I had done a bit of computer programming while at school and thought that Computer Science would be a good choice.

I went to Lanchester Polytechnic in Rugby, Warwickshire in the English Midlands, which was away from home, yet only a handful of miles from my Mum's family, so I was still "safe" although learning to be on my own.

The main campus (as it is now) was in Coventry, with our satellite campus only covering Engineering and Computer Science and accomodating maybe 400 students.

Needless to say, the majority of the student body was male, the only females being either already taken or just ugly... It was frustrating at times, especially as English girls in the area had no fashion sense. It was the mid 70's - girls wore dull brown midi skirts that did little to make them look attractive. On a pub crawl (bar hop) through town we would call out ratings for any girls that we saw on a scale from 1 to 10. On a good night we might get as high as -1. Yes it really was that bad!

In my final year a group of us became friends with girls from the local catholic teacher training college 10 miles away and would hang out there most weekends. Since it was run by nuns, the girls had to be careful, and I remember more than once in the early hours of the morning being one of many guys being led through the dorms to avoid the nuns who were doing a search. Ah those were the days.

Well back to computer science... My studies went well, I found that I enjoyed programming, and it's kept me employed ever since.

My 20's And 30's 

Starting My Career

After I graduated, I did what any good Computer Professional ought to do - I moved to the big city, namely London. I got a job with one of the top Audit companies, worked with some big clients, and gradually got to know the computer industry.

London was exciting back in 1977. Star Wars had just been released, the Commodore Pet was in the stores, arcade games were the craze with the advent of Space Invaders and Asteroid... Things were buzzing...

Getting Married

I had only been in London a month when I met the girl who was to be my wife. We met in a pub (sounds like a country song) and were both very shy and naive. But we thought we knew what we were doing, and 8 months later we were married.

Life was ok for a while, we lived with her parents for a year in Islington in North London, then bought our first house, then my son came along, and my wife somehow lost what confidence she did have and never went back to work.

Branching Out

My computing career was going well. I moved to a software house in London that specialised in IBM Midrange computers (if you don't know - don't ask) and who developed one-off systems for their clients. After a couple of years I broke away and set up on my own as a consultant.

This went well at first, until I got to thinking about how to make money without having to work an hour for an hours pay (sounds like today's entrepreneurs doesn't it). So, I started selling computer supplies - floppy disks, paper, printer ribbons etc, and although money did come in, more money went out. That's when I decided to employ a salesman, to get more business it, since I had to keep inventory to sell, and needed more customers to turn the product over so I could make a profit.

All Goes Horribly Wrong

This salesman seemed to be doing pretty good, we moved into a larger office, he got new important clients for us, and then just before Christmas 1986 he got married and went off to the USA on honeymoon.

Well, that's when my troubles began...

I had given him more and more responsibility, invoicing, opening the mail etc, so he could run the office while I spent more time consulting. The day after he left the phone calls and demands for money started to come in. Our vendors were chasing us for money, so I had to chase up our new clients to get them to pay up. And that's when I found out they had never heard of us...

Seems he had been purchasing products from my suppliers on my credit, and selling them to persons unknown for cash, making up phony companies and orders. The demands for money just came in daily, and after several months there was really no solution but to liquidate. Since I had personal guarantees on the company debts, and a lot of the new business hadn't really come in after all, and new things were coming to light every day, I had to call a halt.

And so I ended up remortgaging my house, worked harder and harder at consulting to make ends meet, and about 6 months later was out of debt, other than now having twice the mortgage I did before.

It was at this point that being free of the company, a noose around my neck for years, I decided it was time to seek adventure, and to spend a year in New Zealand.

Poddys Trivia...

I always wanted to travel, but until the age of 18 I had only been to Rugby to see the family, and when I was 5 I went to Belfast to see my Uncle and Aunt (flew on a DC3 Dakota and threw up all the way).

The family took a trip to Majorca in 1973, where I fell for a Danish girl.

On the last day my Mum looked turned to the family and said "Look at those two over there kissing".

A few seconds later...

"Oh my God, it's our Tony".

Took me a while to live that down...

A World Traveller 

The Desire To Travel

My cousin had moved to Auckland, in New Zealand to get married in the early 70's, and I had wanted to out there for years. After all, my Mum had been, my Gran and Uncle and Aunt had been, but to date apart from having been to Majorca when I was 18, Normandy and Brittany in Northern France when I was at university, and Corfu in Greece for my honeymoon, I had never been anywhere else.

From Dreams To Realities

Sure I had dreamed of exotic travel, but the closest I had come when I was younger was collecting postcards from around the world. I wish I knew where they were now, there were thousands of them. They were ones the family had collected since the 1940's, newer ones that people had sent to us or to the family, others that friends and friends of friends gave to me. I had been everywhere - but only in my dreams. Now those dreams were about to become a reality.

Ready To See The World

It took a lot of courage to leave our little house in North London, but we managed to find a company to rent it out, did a lot of research for our trip (and you have no idea how much harder that was without the internet), and in October 1987 we were ready to go.

I had some stocks that I was going to sell to help finance the trip to New Zealand, but a month before we left, the Stock Market crashed (story of my life). The stocks dived so badly that I had to leave the money behind, I couldn't afford to sell them at such a loss. And so we had precious little money to live on out there.

And to cap it all, a week before leaving the famous Storm Of 1987 hit. This horrible hurricane hit England hard. One in ten of all the big old trees came down. I was panicking - thought my car, which I needed to sell would be wrecked, thought the house would suffer a lot of damage, but fortunately, we survived unscathed.

Off We Go

I managed to sell my car with no trouble thankfully. We rented out the house while we were away, so we had to pack up our valuables and store them. Said goodbye to the family and friends, and then headed out to Heathrow early in the morning to begin our big adventure.

First Stop - Los Angeles, California

We had booked most of our flights and some hotels in advance, heading out from London to Los Angeles, where we were to spend 3 days at Disneyland, visit Universal Studios, Knott's Berry Farm, The Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose, and of course Hollywood.

My first trip to the USA was quite daunting. After a 12 hour flight, we arrived in LAX, tired, it was pouring with rain, the Pan Am 747 parked off the end of the furthest terminal from civilization, so we had to be bussed to the terminal, walked for miles, spent forever going through immigration (and this was 1987!), had a nightmare trying to get to the hotel, but finally we got there and it was a nice hotel too.

It seems strange now to think that despite my first impressions, I have spent the last 14 years in the USA, something I would never have imagined back then.

Second Stop - Tahiti

Having spent 6 days in Los Angeles, we then headed out to Tahiti for several days, where we enjoyed the beauty of the island, and visited the Gauguin Museum.

I would say that Tahiti is beautiful, but as my first port of call outside of Europe and LA, I found it quite dirty. However, years later, having been to a number of other islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, it's not really any different to the rest, and the beaches and clear waters are quite spectacular.

I do remember getting off the plane in Tahiti at 5:30am, and as soon as I stepped out of the door into the open I was hit by what I can only describe as a wall of steam. It was incredibly humid there, as sticky as any steam room I have ever been in, and very hard to breath. In fact it never changed the whole of the 3 days that we were there, despite being right next to the ocean.

Well pretty soon we were off again, the final leg of our outbound journey, and we finally arrived in New Zealand.

Life In New Zealand 

We arrived in Auckland to more reasonable temperatures, and a world that was closer to the England that we knew, although as time went on we would find many differences between the two.

The large sign as you leave the airport sums it up - Kia Ora which is Maori for "Welcome". That struck me as funny, since in England growing up, when you went to the cinema, they sold containers of Orange Juice called "Kia Ora".

The people of this great country are so incredibly friendly, many of them will do anything for you, as I was to find out later.

LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND

Things may be different now, but back in 1987 New Zealand was years behind England as far as progress in many ways.

The shops back then opened and shut like the ones in England used to in the 60's and before. They shut at 5 o'clock during the week, and at lunch times, and there was one day during the week when stores would close for the afternoon. On Saturdays they would open at 10am, and close by 2pm. This included most of the supermarkets as well as the department stores downtown. So it took a bit of getting used to.

My cousin had moved out to Auckland to get married in the mid 70's, and her in-laws had moved form England in the 50's. Walking into their house was like going into a house in England in the 50's, it was like a museum in a lot of ways.

The cost of living was higher than in England, and cars were twice the price. For a number of the new friends that we made there, taking the kids to McDonald's once a month was a big treat.

Having less money than we anticipated, plus despite my cousin running an employment agency, it still took me a month to get work. I borrowed a car from her for a while, but then had to buy one of my own, which as well as paying rent on a bungalow took most of our money.

I was lucky to get the job that I did. In those days I would calss myself as an ACE. I had worked on IBM System/34 and System/36 Minicomputers for 7 years, these being the biggest selling minicomputers in the world at the time, and selling faster than you could train people to work on them. I had worked with a very innovative software house in London, then on my own as a consultant for 5 years, so I was very much an expert. In New Zealand by comparison, most of the programmers were home-grown, with very naive skills. So when the largest consultancy in Auckland interviewed me, they said that they would hire me, provided they could get a week of work for me with a client, and during that week they would try to find more work. Well, I worked for the client for the 9 months that I was there, plus 5 other clients as well, so I think I fulfilled the requirements for them.

SCUBA DIVING

One thing I went out and did while I was in new Zealand was to learn to scuba dive. I took a basic PADI Class, and also an Advanced Class, and managed to take a few wonderful trips to some unique places.

This didn't come without some problems, however, as combined with sitting in a bad chair for weeks at work and the weight of the tanks and other gear on my first dive, I slipped a disc and ended up crippled for over a month, including over Christmas. My back did get better with time, but even now, 20 years later, I still have problems with it. So if you ever suffer with back pain, I feel for you...

Diving took me to some cool places, the most amazing being to a little deserted bay north of The Bay Of Islands, on Maori land, where we camped for 3 crazy nights. This trip was to dive on The Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace ship that had been sunk in Auckland Harbour the year before by the French. We had 2 inflatables, and pushed them out through form the beach and through the surf, one of them having a lot of problems making it, but finally we did. Skipped over the waves, passing baby penguins, which surprised me as it's sub-tropical up there. Finally we reached the spot, anchored, and started our descent. The Rainbow Warrior lies 60 feet down, and as we descended you could see a dark outline ahead, then make out that it was a ship, then the dove and olive branch on the funnel, it was eerie and awesome at the same time. It was fantastic going through cabins and watching the air bubbles fighting to make their way out again to the surface. I felt just like Jacques Cousteau.

I did another amazing trip, out to Great Barrier Island, a deserted island 30 or more miles off Auckland. We did a night dive there, while anchored in a calm inlet. After, we fished and drank beers, while watching a moonless cloudless sky, the myriad of stars reflected in the water, which was as smooth as a mill pond, except for the occasional Sprat which was being chased by s King Fish and leapt out of the water. Just an amazing night.

Well that's enough about my scuba diving - I guess you are here to learn about New Zealand, but I digressed, which you will find I do very well at times.

AUCKLAND

More to come... lots more...

THE BAY OF ISLANDS

ROTURUA

WELLINGTON

THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA

FAREWELL NEW ZEALAND

Headed Back Home 

coming soon...

It's A Small World

In Thailand we went on a trip to the Bridge On The River Kwai and the cemetery and museum.

In the museum was a section about Geoffrey Adams, who was a friend of my Grandmother - I used to play with his son. He had written a book about his imprisonment by the Japanese, I have a signed copy.

Back In London 

cold, grey gloomy...
the saga continues...
well soon...

Out Of The Mouths Of Babies...

Back in London and having made several trips overseas on business, my son turned to me one day and said:

"You are so lucky Daddy to do all this travelling"

I replied to him "But you have been around the world and you are only 8"

He added, "Yes, but only once"

I will never forget that...

Moving To The USA 

It's a work in progress...

Today - The Next Phase 

It's a work in progress...

Things I Like 

It's a work in progress...

Things I Have Done 

It's a work in progress...

Things I Still Want To Do 

It's a work in progress...

My Hobbies - Genealogy 

It's a work in progress...

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featured lens The Daily Joke September 2008

The Daily Joke is a series of monthly lenses to help give you a reason to laugh every day of the month. My Daily Joke lenses usually have a joke for every day of the month, but I thought for September I would do something a little different, with a s...

featured lens The Daily Joke - October 2008

The Daily Joke is a series of monthly lenses that were created to help give you a reason to laugh every day of the month. These usually have a joke for every day of the month, but I thought for September I would do something a little different, with...

featured lens The Daily Joke - August 2008

The Daily Joke is a good reason to laugh every day of the month. My Daily Joke lenses usually have a joke for every day of the month, but I thought for August I would do something a little different, with a selection of some of the funniest pictures...

MY LENSES - THE DAILY JOKE Pt 3 

featured lens The Daily Joke - December 2008

The Daily Joke for December just couldn't be anything other than Funny Christmas Pictures. I have a lot in my collection, and I thought that it would be good to share them with you so that you can also get a laugh out of them, which I hope you will,...

featured lens The Daily Joke - November 2008

The Daily Joke is a series of monthly lenses with something funny for every day in the month. For November I thought it would be a good time to send out some of the weird news items that seem to come from all corners of the globe these days. I don't...

featured lens The Daily Joke - January 2009

Everyone needs a reason to laugh. If we didn't laugh then the world would be a dull place. Not only that, if people didn't laugh, their facial muscles wouldn't get much of a work out, well except for when they were eating, so growls and scowls would...

MY LENSES - SAVING AND MAKING MONEY 

It's so hard to get by these days isn't it! I have been looking at ways to both save money on the internet for a while, as well as earning money, and these are areas where I have been successful at both.
featured lens Save Money Shopping Online With Spree

SPREE - CASHBACK SHOPPING OF THE BEST KIND There are many affiliate programs around these days, but most people either don't manage to make a success out of being an affiliate, or are scared to try since they don't know how to create a website or to...

featured lens Tropical Items On Zazzle

Living in South Florida provides many opportunities to take beautiful photographs of tropical scenes. Whether it's the beaches and ocean, the colorful palm trees and vegetation, or the unique wildlife that you get in Florida, the scope is there to ta...

featured lens International Calling Cards - Low Cost International Calls

In the past people usually avoided making international phone calls unless they absolutely had to because of the cost, but in this age of advanced technology there are many ways in which the cost of making international calls can be greatly reduced,...

MY LENSES - DORSET 

SOME OF THESE LENSES ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED HERE BECAUSE EACH LENS IS PART OF A WHOLE - MY STORY

If you read the first sections of this lensography, you will know already that I grew up in Dorset, a wonderfully pretty county in the middle of the South Coast of England. Below are some of the places and towns in Dorset that I love to visit when I am back in England.

The south coast of Dorset varies from golden sandy beaches, to great clifftops, to little harbours and inlets. Part of the coast is called The Jurassic Coast because of the large numbers of fossils to be found there. The northern part of Dorset is more rolling hills, quaint old stone villages and towns, and lots of small farms. The county is also famous for it's old Iron Age fortifications and burial mounds.

So please read on and enjoy learning about a part of old England that I love.
featured lens Poole - Dorset UK (under construction)

Never heard of Poole? Which is quite amazing, since Poole Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world, after Sydney in Australia. 21st May 2008 - This is a New Lens and Under Construction. It forms part of a collection of lenses about...

featured lens Dorset - England's Historic South Coast

Dorset is one of England's prettiest and most historic counties and lies in the middle of the South Coast. It is bordered by Hampshire to the east, Devon to the west, Wiltshire to the northeast and Somerset to the northwest. Dorset scenery varies c...

featured lens Bournemouth - Seaside Beaches Holidays Sunshine

If someone was to mention Bournemouth to you, what would come to mind? If you live outside of the UK, probably not a lot, since Bournemouth isn't on the list of main attractions that you find in the tourist brochures, especially for visitors from...

featured lens Sandbanks - Britain's Malibu (under construction)

Sandbanks is a sandy peninsula in the county of Dorset, in the middle of the South Coast of England. It forms the southern part of the entrance to Poole Harbour, which is the second largest natural harbour in the world after Sydney in Australia. San...

MY LENSES - DORSET - THE PURBECK HILLS 

The Purbeck Hills are the southern end of Poole Harbour. They are rolling chalk hills, which end in spectacular cliffs where they meet the sea. Here in The Purbecks you will find fossils, quaint little villages and seaside resorts, army ranges, a wonderful ruined castle, and much more.
featured lens The Purbeck Hills

featured lens Swanage - Dorset UK (under construction)

featured lens Corfe Castle

MY LENSES - EAST DORSET 

The eastern part of the county of Dorset leaves the cliffs behind, but you still have old towns with centuries old buildings, like Christchurch, and also The New Forest, that was created in the 11th century.
featured lens Christchurch - Dorset UK (under construction)

Christchurch is a historic market town at the eastern edge of the county of Dorset, right in the centre of the South Coast of England. The town dates back to blah blah blah... It is famous for it's Priory Church, as well as the ruins of an old abbe...

featured lens The New Forest - Hampshire UK (under construction)

The New Forest is one of Englands newest National Parks. It was created as a royal forest in 1079 by William the Conqueror for the hunting of deer and was first recorded as "Nova Foresta" in the Domesday Book in 1086. 21st May 2008 - This is a New L...

MY LENSES - THE LONDON AREA 

While I grew up in Dorset, I spent the next 15 years living in various parts of London. These lenses are dedicated to some parts of the London area that I enjoyed.
featured lens Hampstead Heath (under construction)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

featured lens Wimbledon Common (under construction)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION When most people hear the word Wimbledon they immediately think of Tennis, but there is far more to Wimbledon than just Tennis. Wimbledon is a great small town on the southwest side of London. It has lots of great shops, it's on...

MY LENSES - WHERE I LIVE 

featured lens A Walk Around Deer Creek

Deer Creek Country Club is a community on the west side of Deerfield Beach in South Florida. Deerfield Beach is a city on the Atlantic Ocean, at the northern side of Broward County where is meets Palm Beach County. I have been fortunate to live in D...

MY LENSES - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

featured lens The United States Of America

The United States of America is a unique country in that it was formed out of the desire for freedom, not out of the desire to conquer another nation. From the discovery of the "New World" in 1492, the USA and it's neighboring Caribbean and Central/...

 

featured lens USA Lenses - Alabama

Alabama is a state in the South Eastern USA that is bordered by Tennessee in the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama was the name of an Indian tribe who inhabited the area whe...

featured lens USA Lenses - Alaska

Alaska is a Pacific state that is bordered by the Bering Sea to the west, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Yukon Territory to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. It is the northernmost state in the union.. Alaska's flag is eight stars of...

featured lens USA Lenses - California

California is the most populous state in the United States and it is also the third largest in area. Only Alaska and Texas are larger. California lies on the Pacific Ocean and is bordered by Oregon in the north, Nevada and Arizona in the east, Mexic...

featured lens USA Lenses - Arkansas

Arkansas is situated in the West South Central USA and is bordered by Missouri in the north, Mississippi and Tennessee in the east, Louisiana in the south, and Oklahoma in the west. This region comprising the state was bought by the USA from the Fren...

featured lens USA Lenses - Arizona

Arizona is situated in the Southwestern USA and was the last territory in the continental U.S. to become a state, making it number 48. It is bordered by Utah in the north, New Mexico in the east, Mexico in the south, and California and Nevada in the...

 

featured lens USA Lenses - Colorado

Colorado is under construction... Many thanks to www.50states.com for use of the state map.

MY LENSES - OTHER TRAVEL 

New York City Break is a special lens that was co-written by me together with Debnet. It's not only a guide to what to see in New York and how to get there, but it's the story of a fun and amazing long weekend that we spent together. I hope you enjoy it.
featured lens A Weekend City Break In New York

Do you fancy a City Break in New York? Have you wanted to go to New York but need to know about what to do when you are there? Apart from the major tourist attractions in Manhattan like the Statue Of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park a...

featured lens I've Been There

I've Been There" is a novel concept for a lens that I thought up a few days ago. I have been thinking of a way to use some lenses about places throughout the world created by other lensmasters, and the idea for this lens gradually took shape. I thou...

MY LENSES - MISCELLANEOUS 

These are lenses that just don't fit into any other category right now.
featured lens Poddy's Squidoo Friends

This lens is a celebration of some of the wonderful lensmasters that I have made friends with on Squidoo, and that I have shared information with, who have blessed my lenses, helped me out, and in some cases become good friends. This is for you, fo...

featured lens Zecharia Sitchin - Author Of The Earth Chronicles

Zecharia Sitchin is an accomplished Jewish Scholar whose knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages is second to none. He has spent much of his life studying the Old Testament and the history and archeology of the N...

featured lens Enid Blyton - The Best Loved Childrens Author

To most Americans she is unknown, since her books really didn't make it across the Atlantic Ocean, but to use children growing up in England in the 1950's, 1960's and even the 1970's, she was our world. Enid wrote a phenominal number of books, from...

featured lens My RSS Feeds

Since I have a lot of lenses on Squidoo as well as various blogs and web sites, I thought it was time to add a lens that brought all the RSS Feeds for my various sites together into one place. On Squidoo we already have Lensographies (a collection o...

featured lens Archibald Russell - One Of The Last Tall Ships (under construction)

The Archibald Russell was one of the last great tall ships to be built in Britain. My grandfather sailed on her 1st voyage in 1906. Copyright Notice: Many of the pictures used in this lens are used with authorization from their owners. Credits have...

MY LENSES - MOVIES 

These lenses are about movies that I like, or that are due for release soon.
featured lens The Lion Of Judah Movie

The Lion Of Judah is a new animated movie that is due to be released at Easter 2009. This film is a heart-warming account of the Easter story as seen through the eyes of a bold lamb (Judah), a lovable pig (Horace), a faint-hearted horse (Monty), a p...

featured lens Emma Of Lulworth Cove (under construction)

First the book, now the movie, to be filmed at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. UNDER CONSTRUCTION http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.2418839.0.film_shoot_would_put_cove_on_the_map.php New movie, book by Ray Stokes, starring Roge...

MY LENSES - FOOD 

These are my food lenses. Ok, so only one so far, but I have plenty more in the pipeline when I have time to create them.
featured lens What's the best breakfast food for staying healthy?

I didn't always eat so healthy, but as I have got older, I now understand the importance of trying to stay healthy, and starting the day off right (well most of the time) is a good way to help keep your body in shape and to prevent problems later in...

MY LENSES - MUSIC 

I love Classical Rock from the late 60's to the early 80's, and in my opinion a lot of music from that era sounds just as good now as it did back then.

When I moved to the USA in the mid 90's I grew to love Country Music, mostly the New Country, that is a mix of Rock and Roll and older more traditional Country Music.

On my travels to Latin America I also fell in love with Merengue and Salsa in particular, and really enjoy listening to this at times.

I also appreciate the unusual... In particular I enjoy some New Age music like Yanni, Italian Progressive Rock Band PFM, and Japanese New Age artist Kitaro. Add to that a love of tribal drumming, especially the rhythms from Burundi or West Africa, and that's quite an unusual mix.
PFM - Premiata Forneria Marconi
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) are one of Italy's most influential progressive rock bands. Formed in the 1960's, achieving worldwide success in the 70's, and making comebacks with a world tour in 2002, their music is as relevant today as it ever was. They are going stronger than ever, and this lens has some good You Tube clips of their best known songs.
Lyrics - Walking On The Moon - The Police
The Police are a highly successful rock band made made up of Sting (vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar, vocals) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion, vocals).
Lyrics - Wild West End - Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a great English rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977. Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock ruled the charts, their unique style of Rock Music immediately brought them recognition.
Lyrics - Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Money For Nothing from Dire Strait's biggest selling album Brothers In Arms was also their biggest selling single.
Lyrics - Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms from the album of the same name is one of Dire Straits bets known anthems.
Lyrics - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is an English musician who first achieved fame as the lead singer of the super-group Genesis.He was born Peter Brian Gabriel on 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England.
Lyrics - Piano Man - Billy Joel
Billy Joel is a well known and respected American Pianist and Singer/Songwriter. Piano Man was released in 1973, the first in a long line of hits.
Lyrics - Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart was born and grew up in London, although with his Scottish accent and tartan clothing you would think that he was Scottish.
Lyrics - Your Song - Elton John
Sir Elton John was born in Pinner, Middlesex in England on 25th March 1947. His real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he changed it to 'Elton John' in the mid 60's, in homage to Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
Lyrics - Lola - The Kinks
The Kinks were formed in 1963 in North London by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, along with school friend Peter Quaife and his friend John Start on drums, soon to be replaced by Micky Willett.
Lyrics - Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer was an English Singer/Songwriter, born 19 January 1949 and sadly passed away recently on 26 September 2003, in Paris France, of a heart attack.He joined his first band at the age of 15 while still at high school in Yorkshire.
Lyrics - Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American singer/songwriter, who both records and tours with his own band, the E Street Band.
Lyrics - Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter; he was born 23rd September 1949 in the town of Long Branch, New Jersey. He is best known for his own style of Heartland Rock, many songs being full of American sentiments and patriotism.
Lyrics - Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American singer who records and tours with his own band, the E Street Band. He is best known for his hits "Born In The USA", "Born To Run" and "Hungry Heart".
Lyrics - Low Rider - War
War was an American funk band from California, who were best known for their hit songs 'Low Rider' and 'Why Can't We Be Friends?'.The band were formed in 1969. and War was the first and most successful musical crossover, their music fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B
Lyrics - Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a great English rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977 and best known for their hits Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing. As well as Mark Knopfler, the band comprised also his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums).
Lyrics - Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Donna Summer was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is an American singer-songwriter and musician who came to fame during the disco era. She is best known for her number one dance hit singles in the late 1970s, and was dubbed the Queen of Disco.
Lyrics - Up The Junction - Squeeze
Squeeze are an English band that hit the charts during the New Wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They formed in London in 1974, and are known for their hit songs Cool for Cats, Up the Junction, Tempted, Black Coffee In Bed.
Lyrics - London Calling - The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band, who from 1976 to 1986 were part of the original wave of UK punk rock bands. As well as punk rock, their music included a mix of reggae, funk, rap, dub, rock and roll and rockabilly.
Lyrics - My Girl - Madness
Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town in Northwest London that formed in 1976 and were one of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s 2 Tone ska revival, achieving most of their success in the 1980's.
Lyrics - Eton Rifles - The Jam
The Jam were an English mod revival band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although they shared the angry young men outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore Mod style neatly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes and incorporated a number of mainstream 1960s rock i
Lyrics - Town Called Malice - The Jam
The Jam were an English mod revival band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This is my favourite song of theirs, typical of their music with a driving energetic beat.
Lyrics - News Of The World - The Jam
The Jam were an English mod revival band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. News Of The World is a Sunday tabloid in the UK. The song was written about not believing all that you read in the tabloids.
Song Lyrics - Baggy Trousers - Madness
Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town in Northwest London that formed in 1976 and were one of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s 2 Tone ska revival. "Baggy Trousers" is a great lively song about the chaos of schooldays.
Song Lyrics - Our House - Madness
Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town in Northwest London that formed in 1976 and were one of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s 2 Tone ska revival. "Our House" is one fo their best known singles, and has a great accompanying music video.
Lyrics - Going Underground - The Jam
'Going Underground' was the first single by The Jam and was released in March 1980. It went straight in at number one in the British charts, a rare achievement at that time, and spent three weeks at the top. It was the first of three instant chart-toppers for the group.

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aj2008 wrote...

Just back for another visit to see how this has developed. Looks like there's more lenses I need to visit.

ReplyPosted September 01, 2009

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sandyspider wrote...

Thanks for the invite to add my lensography here. Since I just became a Giant Squid, I noticed this is your second Squid Anniversary. Happy Anniversary. Great lens. 5*

ReplyPosted July 02, 2009

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kitz007 wrote...

5 Stars for the person and to save my head :P lol !! You Rock Man !!

ReplyPosted July 01, 2009

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sittonbull wrote...

Tony, This was to be a quick browse, for I had things to do... but I just couldn't stop reading your lensography. You must have an incredible schedule and incredible energy to do all that you do and you continue to build upon it all with travel, prolific writing and reading, and last but not least... romance. You and Deb are a great fit and a great story. Great lensography and all the best to you!

ReplyPosted June 26, 2009

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coachniquenya wrote...

This is a really great lens! I hope to be like you when I grow up! Cheers!

ReplyPosted June 22, 2009

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daria369 wrote...

Having a pretty tough day ahead of me, I'm glad I chose to read your lens this morning. Enjoyed every sentence and can't wait for more. Awesome lens, thank you!! :)

ReplyPosted May 28, 2009

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ChineseKitesforKids wrote...

You sir - kick Squidoo (__[__) TOTALLY!! We love your lenses!

ReplyPosted May 27, 2009

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Jewelsofawe wrote...

Thanks for putting my lenses on your blog! I enjoy reading the blog!

ReplyPosted May 25, 2009

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Jewelsofawe wrote...

Your story is very interesting. I can't wait until you add more so I can read those too.
Great lens!

ReplyPosted May 18, 2009

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Mountainside-Crochet wrote...

Hi - enjoyed your description of your life in New Zealand. And the quote from your son about having travelled 'around the world' only once by age 8! Adorable. Nice to meet you. Thanks for visiting my lens. I have a long way to go to catch up to you as a lensmaster :-). Best of luck to you. I think you're right about the Pendleton sisters (OhMe and Joan4) making Pendleton, SC the Squidoo 'capital'. Very talented lensmasters and lovely, caring ladies. It's a privilege to know them. I'll be back to read more of your interesting lenses.

ReplyPosted May 17, 2009

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Webcodes wrote...

Loved the read Tony.. sorry that salesman screwed you over. It's hard to trust anyone in business unless you do it yourself. 5* and fav.

ReplyPosted May 15, 2009

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spirituality wrote...

Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)

ReplyPosted April 27, 2009

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Rewards4life wrote...

Hey, Tony! It is very nice to meet you! This lens is just wonderful. You've traveled so far away from home, and still managed to find a perfect women, here in the UK! I'm very happy for you both. =)

ReplyPosted April 24, 2009

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Nochipra wrote...

Wow! Great Lens! You are one busy guy! Congrats on being a Giant Squid!

ReplyPosted April 23, 2009

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Pastiche wrote...

Dear Poddys, you've lived more of life than many 55 boomers already, plus you have so much to offer to Senior Geek Squids. Please feel free to submit your lenses to the group and we will welcome you most heartily in advance of your milestone birthday celebration. I have the power to time shift ... tada! Pastiche

ReplyPosted April 13, 2009

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Janusz wrote...

A fine example of an AWESOME Lens.. Blessed by a Squid Angel :)

ReplyPosted April 12, 2009

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clouda9 wrote...

You are one busy person online and offline! How do you keep track? Great share and especially love your pic with the cowboy outfit and two-shooter :)

ReplyPosted April 07, 2009

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TherapyDept wrote...

Thanks for the jokes!

ReplyPosted April 02, 2009

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IncomeTeam wrote...

Congrats on the Giant Squid Status.

I am still working on mine. (don't want to rush it)

About the Bear Marketing System, one of the sub programs is "Work For 3 Dollars"

It is a 1 time fee of $3.40, Brian Bear joined under me and I got 40 new downline just since his system launch at noon EST on March 31st. (24 hours ago)

I re-signed up under him, (double dipping). If you want to gamble $3.40 and see if you can get spillover from Brian Bear's System, the link is http://WorkFor3Dollars.com/easy3dollarmatrix

It is not a monthly fee, so I am not sure if it is really MLM or not.

No pressure though, friend.

ReplyPosted April 01, 2009

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Beaman wrote...

Wonderfully in-depth lens on your life. I'm an only child too but like you I feel it gave me many advantages in life and how I see things. I've never been to the South West part of England but it looks a delightful part of the country.

ReplyPosted March 16, 2009

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