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Snail Makes Tracks

A huge congratulations to all of you who completed the London Marathon this weekend, or who supported someone else in their marathon endeavours.

Now, we all love a man with a moustache around here. But there's more to Jonathan Reynolds here than his lip caterpillar - he finished Sunday's marathon in an impressive time, whilst wearing a snail outfit. (Nice costume skills there, Jon.) Here he is showing off his guns:

We supported Jonathan in his fundraising efforts for the Primary Immunodeficiency Association, a charity he chose as his wife suffers from CVID. From his victorious position over the finish line, we got this quote from the Snail Man himself:

“I didn't go too badly, but was pretty hot so only managed 4hrs 12mins and got beaten by an ostrich..!”

Phew! It's about time you put your feet up. Pass the biscuits, would you?

Send Your Toy On a Voyage Around the World

When did your toys last go on holiday... without you?! Because this weekend members of the ToyVoyagers website are planning a co-ordinated worldwide release of toys into the wild. Since 2005 members have been sending their toys to complete strangers with a message for them to take pictures and send it on its way, clocking up thousands of airmiles! This was all inspired by the film Amelie (with its tale of a gnome taken on a round-the-world-tour).

One bear named Ivor travelled over 55,000 miles, visiting exotic places as far-flung as the USA, Ecuador, Australia, Azerbaijan and Norwich. We are already thinking of sending one of our Fonies on his way... you can too just by registering your toy free on the ToyVoyagers website!

We like... James Price

The following four films are from a series called 'People In Order', commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 in 2006 and made by short film director James Price.

James says "The concept behind our films was simple: we asked ourselves if you can reveal something about life by simply arranging people according to scales. Three minutes is a very short time to communicate something – perhaps too short to tell a story, or to get to know a character – so we wanted to make this series by setting ourselves some very straightforward rules, and then following them through over a long trip. The rules had to be simple so it would take the audience virtually no time to understand them. We established what scales we’d look at, and then chose how each film would be framed. Then it was a case of getting in a campervan and driving round Britain, filming as many people as we could over 4 weeks in February, coping with microphones crackling and our camera refusing to work."

People In Order: 1. Age from James Price on Vimeo.

People In Order: 2. Birth from James Price on Vimeo.

People In Order: 3. Love from James Price on Vimeo.

People In Order: 4. Home from James Price on Vimeo.

"Quick SCARPAR!"

And the award for best powersports vehicle goes to...
The SCARPAR, Powersports for Board Riders.

This amazing vehicle will have you from A to B in next to no time. Imagine cruising around the shops with this mean machine. We want one, and we want one NOW.

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