Gratham college is offering free adult learningcourses. They include leisure and community courses. There are also some distance-learning options. See: article (2022) .
Tour de France: 2022: This year Le Tour takes place Friday Jul 1st to Sunday July 24th. See Official guide For ITV4 coverage see TV schedule Daily highlights 7-8pm. See viewing options if ITV Hub is not working well. .
Queen on scheduled train: This year, 2018, the queen caught a regular rail service to Norfolk for her Christmas break at Sandringham. See pictures In 2017 she recreated the first rail journey by a British monarch – Queen Victoria. .
Tour de France: 2018: This year Le Tour takes place Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th, Did you know that one of the teams are using disc brakes on their bikes? .
New Eurostar trainsEurostar are replacing their original French built train sets with new German Siemens trains. There are plans to extend services to destinations in the Netherlands and Germany. “In September 2013, Eurostar announced that its new service between London and Amsterdam, intended to begin operation in December 2016, would be operated by the trains. The first Class 374 set entered service in November 2015, ahead of the full launch of the new type; the receipt of the safety authorization from the Intergovernmental Commission was received earlier than expected, allowing Eurostar to begin utilizing the type on a small number of services for in-service testing.”. See Wikipedia for more information. .
“Einstein’s gravitational waves ‘seen’ from black holes.” “Scientists are claiming a stunning discovery in their quest to fully understand gravity.” See article complete with video clip and pictures. In 1916 Albert Einstein predicted that gravity might be found to work like a kind of wave. See: PHD ComicsWikipedia. .
Chris Froome wins the 2015 Tour de France cycle race. See: The finishThe day before. The young Columbian runner up might be one to watch next year. .
A NASA space probe sped past Pluto in July 2015. See: article – with pictures from the probe and illustrations. .
Steve Morsejoined Deep Purple in 1994, and this recording of Smoke on the Water has a particularly good version of the guitar solo. In the 1970’s most teenage boys knew the solo, and pretty much most of them with a guitar had a go at playing it.
Tour de France: 2022: This year Le Tour takes place Friday Jul 1st to Sunday July 24th. See Official guide For ITV4 coverage see TV schedule Daily highlights 7-8pm. See viewing options if ITV Hub is not working well.
Eurostar are replacing their original French built train sets with new German Siemens trains. There are plans to extend services to destinations in the Netherlands and Germany. “In September 2013, Eurostar announced that its new service between London and Amsterdam, intended to begin operation in December 2016, would be operated by the trains. The first Class 374 set entered service in November 2015, ahead of the full launch of the new type; the receipt of the safety authorization from the Intergovernmental Commission was received earlier than expected, allowing Eurostar to begin utilizing the type on a small number of services for in-service testing.”. See Wikipedia for more information.
