Crawford's Crib

Valentine’s Trip to Berrington Park

On Valentine’s Day we took a trip into Herefordshire to visit a National Trust property that was new to us. It was one of ‘Capability’ Brown’s final landscapes, Berrington Park. It was our first visit to a National Trust property this year, we used our membership cards which were kindly renewed by Mr & Mrs Crawford Senior, as we made good use of it last year and hope to...

Tips for Search Engine Optimisation

So you have your shiny new website on the internet and you expect it to appear in the search results of engines such as Google and Yahoo but have you done your homework? The method by which your website is optimised to rank highly in the search engine indexes is commonly known as Search Engine Optimisation or SEO. SEO is not a simple task, there is no one hit solution, it is dependent on a number...

Why Blogs are Good for Business

Have you heard of ‘Blogs’? Do you know what they are? Do you think they sound a bit geeky? Or even a bit pointless? You are reading one now! A blog doesn’t have to be called ‘My blog’ you can call it anything relevant to you and your company. Unfortunately I think blogs are misunderstood, they can be an invaluable addition to any company. They are a fantastic way...

Epitaph for Paul

Paul Breakwell Today I had the most devastating piece of personal news I’ve ever had the misfortune of receiving: Paul Breakwell died yesterday, 3rd October 2009. At 9.30am I received a phone call from his wife Amanda and have been in a daze of confusion and disbelief ever since. I am finding the fact that I will never see or hear him again extremely hard to comprehend; one of the most beautiful...

Organise Your Portable Media Devices

Do you have one or more Potable Media Devices, for example a mobile phone, iPod or PSP? Do you have different computer programmes to manage each device? Well now you can manage all these devices from one software application. If you are familiar with the iTunes software then the doubleTwist application will already have a familiar layout and feel as they have based their interface design on the hugely...