by David Aldred | Jan 30, 2024
January is named after the Roman god Janus who is depicted with two faces; one looking back at the past and the other looking to the future, symbolising both the ending of some things and the welcoming of a new start. On a personal level January brought the ending of...
by David Aldred | Dec 19, 2023
Welcome to the December update of the building of our jet hydroplane Longbow. This month we are proud to announce another new product sponsor has come on board with our little venture by way of the Nadella Group, who specialise in precision linear motion worldwide....
by David Aldred | Nov 28, 2023
Welcome to the November update of the building of our jet hydroplane Longbow. This month we are proud to announce a new product sponsor on board with our little venture by way of RACEPARTS who are based in Wallingford in Oxfordshire and was founded by Peter Bloore in...
by David Aldred | Oct 31, 2023
They do say timing is everything. In our case it was somewhat fortunate that we had timed the epoxy coating of the inside of our jet hydroplane, Longbow’s hull, out in the glorious warm sunshine of last month; as the weather here in the U.K. this month has...
by David Aldred | Sep 26, 2023
Following on from last month I did say that I would post a photo of my youngest daughter Jenny, my little Princess, marrying the love of her life Kieran, so here is one of myself as proud father walking her down the aisle on the big day: In the period following the...
by David Aldred | Aug 29, 2023
Only a brief update this month folks, as I have been wrapped up with our youngest daughter Jenny and her fiancé Kieran’s pre-wedding arrangements and then the big day itself, where we all had the best of times over the August Bank Holiday. I trust you will all...