tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214440832011-04-21T17:29:57.764-07:00Amanda FVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01473774501859739983noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444083.post-1138903944110618682006-02-02T09:56:00.000-08:002006-02-05T02:12:37.713-08:00<div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6985/2168/1600/Cotswold%20002.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6985/2168/320/Cotswold%20002.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Did you say... climactic conditions?</span></span></span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span></span></em></strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">What more can I say? The weather in England is not known for anything else but clouds and rain! We have the happiest ducks in the world! </span></div><p align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">For a 5 day forecast for the Reading area, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/93j62">click here</a></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21444083-113890394411061868?l=readinguk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amanda FVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01473774501859739983noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444083.post-1138535458565740612006-01-29T03:42:00.000-08:002006-02-05T01:33:13.843-08:00<img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6985/2168/320/Goring%20Spring%2004%20-%201.0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">No, we are not in Afghanistan! This is a field of poppies behind my house in the springtime in England, just 10km from the town of Reading, where I work. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;">I was a little worried about using pictures of Reading taken from the web. The copyright issues made me think twice about uploading photos - but this one can be attributed to my husband, who is quite handy with a camera as you can see. Thank you J-F! </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">So... why the odd title to my Blog? </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Well if you take a quick look at Reading's history, we can see that its development from a market town to the mini-silicon valley it is today, is due to its excellent transport links through the ages. Roads, canals, the Great Western Railway, and more recently the M4 motorway, have all been instrumental in the town's growth, encouraging factories such as Huntley and Palmers (makers of fine English biscuits) to establish themselves here in Victorian times. The last century has seen a gradual change from industrial landscape to a bustling modern city, home to the headquarters of high-tech industries. </span><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#006600;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#006600;">Reading is a great place to work .. but give me a field of poppies any day! </p></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><span style="color:#006600;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21444083-113853545856574061?l=readinguk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amanda FVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01473774501859739983noreply@blogger.com11