Archive: Dooza

London to Brighton Bike Ride 2012

I have decided to give the London to Brighton Bike Ride another go in an attempt to raise some money for the British Heart Foundation and to see if I can beat last years time of 6 and a half hours. I am hoping to get an earlier spot this time so I won’t have the slow people getting in the way.

If you have a spare pound or 2 and would like to donate, please use this link: http://www.justgiving.com/teamdooza

This year my good friend Neil is joining the team, he is an old friend and my training buddy. Right this moment he is much fitter than I am, but my training schedule is being put in to place, so I should be in good shape for the ride.

Kirituhi Tattoo at the Great British Tattoo Show

This years Great British Tattoo Show, held at Olympia, London on the 21st and 22nd of April 2012 looks set to be amazing. I will be going along but won’t be getting any work done due to financial commitments, but that doesn’t mean you can’t!

Tony Unwin from Kirituhi Tattoo will be there and available for work. Tony is the UK’s only dedicated maori, polynesian, samoan and hawiian tattau artist. He did my forearm sleeve and one day will complete my arm.

Movember 2011 – The Final Mo

This is what I managed to grow this year. I am very happy with the results, its much better than my 2009 effort. So far I have raised £130, but as a team we raised £1,520, which is fantastic for 9 people!

I have to admit it was harder getting donations this year, as there are so many more men taking part. Everyone I spoke to knew several people who were doing it, so the money had already been donated. This isn’t a problem as the money goes to the same great place.

Globally almost £70 million has been raised in 2011, and I am sure more will come in. Its amazing to be part of something so simple to raise money for something so worthy.

Movember 2011 – The Preperation

It’s that time again when men all over the country decide to grow a tasty mo for charity.

Movember helps raise money for prostate and testicular cancer research. During the month of Movember we grow a moustache and have some fun raising money.

I did this 2 years ago and raised £205. My attempt was good, but my mo was not very impressive due mainly to me being ginger and having fair hair, so it wasn’t very noticable to begin. To this end I decided to grow a beard for a month before Movember to give myself a fighting chance of having  decent mo.

Tomorrow morning I will have a long over due shave. Its not been very nice, its itchy and messy and my wife hates it. I might even get a barber to give my mo some love.

If you want to donate please visit my Mo Bro page: http://mobro.co/dooza. I am part of a team with friends from work, so far we have raised £138, I am sure we can raise a lot more!

Wanted: 1 x Genexxa GX-400 Speaker

Many years ago I worked for Tandy in High Wycombe. Somehow I ended up buying a speaker that didn’t have a partner. Its been in my possession ever since. Its a great sounding speaker, and I have always wanted to find its partner, another GX-400.

I always hoped that one day the internet would provide me with one, but sadly after all these years I can’t find one, not even a photo of one, hence why I have decided to post a photo of mine.

The speaker isn’t big, its a mere 40w at  6 ohms, but its a great speaker for the living room.

Most of its life has been spent as a centre speaker in a surround sound system, but since the amp died its been sat gathering dust in the corner. If you have one, or more likely 2, and no longer want them, please get in touch and lets talk.