[caption id="attachment_2396" align="alignright" width="200"] The huge 220m high Verzasca 'James Bond dam' in Switzerland[/caption] Do you remember the opening scene in the James Bond film Goldeneye? Our 007 hero (played at the time by Pierce Brosnan) makes a rather sharp exit by bungee jumping off the edge of a very tall, mysterious-looking dam before whizzing off on a motorbike to catch a runaway plane in mid-flight. Like you do. Well, we were on holiday in Locarno (that's the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore, geography fans) and we discovered the James Bond dam! It's actually called the Contra dam in the...
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[caption id="attachment_2386" align="alignright" width="250"] Find out how simples it is to adopt a real meerkat with Into the Blue![/caption] The boffins over at the Collins English Dictionary have been err…doing what they do to research new words and have made some surprising additions to the dictionary for 2011. We like the fact that Aleksandr the meerkat is being honoured by having his catchphrase ’simples’ included as an expression we use for ‘easy to do’. Aleksandr is not the only furry thing on TV to inspire a new word in the dictionary. It seems Simon Cowell’s acronym BGT for Britain’s Got...
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[caption id="attachment_2380" align="alignright" width="250"] Dear Cher, please stop rapping on X Factor, it hurts our ears![/caption] Whether you love or hate it, the current series of the X Factor has certainly got us all talking if nothing else. This Monday when we pottered into the Into the Blue kitchen to make ourselves a cuppa (Earl Grey, splash of milk, no sugar - thanks) the 'water cooler' talk was all about the weekend's telly viewing. The intrepid Into the Blue team decided unanimously that Matt Cardle's chilled out acoustic version of Britney Spears's 'Baby One More Time' was sublime, but opinion...
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[caption id="attachment_2355" align="alignright" width="250"] A neat bit of parking in London![/caption] So we all know finding a parking space in the centre of London (or any UK city for that matter) isn't easy, but this little Renault Clio seems to have found the perfect way to park! These photos made us laugh when we saw them, especially when we spotted the traffic warden just subtley walking away from the scene, probably unsure what to do! Parking upside down on double yellows in Regent's Park is rather an extreme way to avoid being clamped, but we like it! In fact, the...
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[caption id="attachment_2336" align="alignright" width="250"] Celebrate National Chocolate Week 2010 with some tasty deals on chocolate experience gifts[/caption] Etched in our diary for aaaages now, the 11th to the 17th October is officially UK Chocolate Week 2010. And what a week it's set to be as we gleefully stuff our faces with gorgeous chocs all week and no-one can say anything as it's all 'in aid of' supporting chocolate awareness, obvs. We're more than a little partial to the delights of Swiss chocolate. So smooth, so creamy with all those happy cows munching on fresh green grass in mountain pastures. We...
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