Tough Mudder

This weekend I participated in Tough Mudder Scotland 2012. It is a half marathon length assault course designed by special forces and one real challenge!

I was doing it as part of a team from my work, DUSA Dundee. We decided to participate in the challenge back in February and have been training hard since then. The course is set out not as a race but a way to test your stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. It is all about teamwork.

The course carries obstacles such as firewalking, jumping into pools of ice, getting shocked by electricity of up to 10,0000 volts, to name just a few!!!

Through our teamwork and training we all made it to the end earning the orange headband to show we are mudders as well as a t-shirt and a well deserved beer, it was a fantastic feeling!!

So far we have raised £633.75 for Help for Heroes and still taking donations at http://www.bmycharity.com/toughmudderDUSA. Thanks to everyone who has donated and helped along the way and especially to DUSA, who have helped so much funding the travel and our awesome t-shirts!

If you would like to find out more about Tough Mudder and the course, you can do on the website http://toughmudder.co.uk/

Art Deco

So tonight I've been doing a bit of research into different periods of Art and Design, and came across some really cool art deco poster designs, but one stood out in particular:

A recent movie, yet a poster that looks as if it was designed during the art deco period during the 1920's and 1930's. This has really motivated me too look into using vintage design in my work.

Art, and in particular graphic design, has always been an interest of mine and in particular Art Deco posters.

Poster courtesy of: http://blurppy.com/2012/03/09/art-deco-batman-posters-by-rodolforever-reyes/

CHECK IT OUT! :)

Wimbledon!

After the craziness of Wimbledon over the past few weeks (Congratulations Serena and Roger!) I learnt a little more about the engineering that has went into creating the roof that covers centre court.

I was amazed at the little things that don't really get mentioned, like the guttering system in place. From an architectural view as well, it certainly does do as much as possible to give the impression of an open air court.

Photo courtesy of: http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2610154.htm

TRAMS!!

As you an see from the photo, the trams are causing absolute chaos outside my work in Edinburgh.

Although I must say that part of it I have found interesting. In the main, the practice of health and safety on site. The amount of violations as I know anyway, was unbelievable. Scary to think how some engineers view health and safety practice, in particular the lack of it.