tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18030450617887868112011-11-27T23:55:08.253ZTo promote the use of our free space in the UK; whether that is parking spaces, driveways, garages, storage space, attics, barns, sheds, empty gardens, land, car share spaces, or accommodation.Anne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709939135530157710noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803045061788786811.post-53294737081558430482011-03-26T13:25:00.002Z2011-03-26T13:29:05.543Z

Wow! I am amazed how long it has been since a blog update! Shows what a busy schedule and being a new parent does for you, not that I would change anything but hey, I have missed a lot of blog time! There has been an awful lot happening over the last few months (nearly a year!) and it’s almost impossible to even start beginning a blog discussion on these.In terms of us here at Spareground towers,

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...or thankfully not in the literal sense, as was anticipated could be the case for planes flying over UK and European airspace in the last few days.No doubt the ash crisis has been an enormous inconvenience for a huge number of people, hundreds of thousands of which are still stranded in places they no longer wish to be.I know a few still struggling to get back to Blighty but the resolve shown

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Wow! Where did December go?!? Had hoped to get a blog post squeezed in before Christmas but alas time was not on my side.It was a very busy month for me, lots of exciting things happened family wise and Spareground took a bit of a back seat ride but still,…we’re back on track now.A lot of money making websites have been encouraging people to look after their money better and make more of it as

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Catch upIt’s been a very busy few weeks on all fronts and it’s a dark rainy Cambridge morning now where I finally get clicking on this keyboard!At Spareground towers , we’ve been looking into ways of improving the website and after sending out consultations to various individuals and groups such as the UK business forums, we now have our Version 3 designed which will be fully launched in the New

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Last week the Cambridge Evening News published its article on the impending hike in car parking charges in Cambridge. Parking spaces in Cambridge are now likely to reach the £23 a day figure in the city which is hardly likely to be greeted with open arms. There is no easy solution to this, you have to ask why this figure has to be so ridiculously high and one would guess that the increase in fees

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Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindnessSowing in the noontide and the dewy eveWaiting for the harvest and the time of reapingWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheavesWhen I was a kid, I used to love singing this in Sunday School,…I had no idea what “the sheaves” were but nevertheless I used to enjoy singing it with gusto and eyeing up the harvest produce display on the front altar.

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This is not going to be a ‘War and Peace’ blog entry, these last few days have been pretty hectic and with some horrible lurgy working its way into my system, I have little energy to expend!This week saw another radio interview; this time for BBC Radio Nottinghamshire on 21st Sept. Quite a good interview, questions I had not been asked before mainly concerning security of property etc and as I

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It’s been another week of more radio coverage for Spareground. This week, I was invited along to the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire studios to be interviewed for the Andy Harper show. Both he and the producer Carol Carman really are lovely people and have kindly invited me back in a few weeks for an update on what’s happening with Spareground.For once it was nice to see the inside of a radio studio

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If someone had told me earlier this year that I would have spoken on the radio in front of millions, I would have suggested they take a trip to the nearest witch doctor for some treatment. Alas, it has happened! Yesterday saw me interviewed by Rebecca Pike, aka Foxy on the Chris Evans show on BBC Radio 2. Its weird how for the few hours beforehand, you are gripped with nerves and the imminent on

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It’s been a busy few weeks both on the Spareground front and with my other business commitments so no blog posts for a while! …and after all my earlier promises!Well, this week saw my first ever radio interviews about Spareground on BBC Radio5 and also on BBC Radio Ulster (Northern Ireland). I must admit I was shocked with how nervous I felt beforehand but once we were ‘live’, things went well

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Two of my favourite sporting events have now passed and my life is now back to its normal ebb and flow.I am really disappointed for the Lions that they didn’t come away from South Africa with a series win but very pleased that this tour was no whitewash and albeit for a few narrow margins, the result could easily have gone the other way. Still that’s sport for you. Just ask Andy Roddick, with

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One week left to go before the influx of visitors to SW19 for the best tennis tournament in the world! Sadly for me I have no tickets. I did enter the public ballot but was unlucky this year. My parents however, were more successful and will be on Court 2 on the 29th of June. Lucky them!Spareground now has its first tennis related listing, some lovely private accommodation available just a ten

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It’s happened again! Once more, I disappear from the desk for a few days chill out by the sea and Spareground has another influx of high hits!Clearly, I should spend most of my time messing about by the seaside if this is the effect. Its great news and very welcome!It’s nice to have had some very positive feedback on the Spareground concept and good to see that people can see how useful such a

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I don’t know where the time is going at the moment!Since my promises to update regularly were uttered in April, we are now fast approaching the end of May already and soon it will be summertime.At Spareground, we are in the throws of thrashing out some new promotional ideas and ways to encourage people to use the site to their advantages during the summer months.Summer means the festival season

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Yesterday’s London Marathon was great!I must say I enjoyed it from the comfort of the armchair but with an annual promise to enter the ballot next year. I will do it today. Unfortunately the website is busy at the moment,…honestly.My friend Alan competed yesterday and finished with a respectable time of 3 hours 25 minutes, equally impressive as it was a rather warm day and he was dressed in a

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Time is flying under my nose and I’ve just realised that it’s nearly three weeks since I last crunched bone on keyboard to write a blog entry.As well as the upsurge in interest following the write up on springwise.com in March, this month sees Spareground mentioned in www.trendwatching.com as one of a few named ‘Sellsumers’. (A phrase to describe enterprises or businesses that help people make

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..Spareground goes mad!What a pleasure it was on return from a week at Center Parcs to find the stats on Spareground had gone through the roof in my absence! I clearly need to go away more often!And the cause of this sudden rise in the Spareground stats? A feature on the Springwise website (www.springwise.com).This website scouts through the world for new and enterprising business ideas and

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Red Nose Day is here!Charity Organiser Comic Relief (http://www.comicrelief.com/) raises millions of pounds from this biannual event with the proceeds going towards projects here in the UK and Africa for the reduction and relief of the effects of poverty. Even small amounts of money can make a difference to disadvantaged people supported by this charity.However, in 2009, the effects of the

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I didn’t make it to France. An accident on the M11 and an airline with a customer service policy leaving much to be desired put paid to any roamings in the streets of Poitiers. Instead, the coastline of Norfolk beckoned. This area has to be one of the nicest places in the UK for soothing the soul. The villages on that coast remain unspoilt by the lure of the fast food establishments, widened

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The spring is fast approaching and thoughts are turning to the lighter nights, the arrival of lent and no doubt to the new seeds and plants and the preparative digging for the garden and allotments.Being an allotment holder myself, I know it’s a back breaking time, especially if you have clay soil like mine, more suited to modelling pots from than growing things in. Even so, I know I am a lucky

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This is probably one of my favourite times of the year and one of the inspiring reasons to start up Spareground in the first place.Last Saturday’s action in Cardiff was watched in a pub in Chesterfield with friends. Nothing can ever beat actually being there in the Millennium Stadium but the pub doesn’t do too bad a job!What can I say about the match, well, I am just very glad Wales won! I was

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Friday 13th February 2009Probably unlucky for some but it's the first day of my blogging career!My initial aim is to operate this blog in conjunction with the websitehttp://www.spareground.com/This website is one of the new kids on the block and one which will no doubt be of benefit to the majority of people at some stage in their lives.It operates on a very simple philosophy; using the space we

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