Martin McDowell's Blog

V mesecu juniju 2009 so pričeli nedaleč od tod s snemanjem naslednje filmske upodobitve princa tatov – Robina Hooda. Lokacija, kjer poteka snemanje, se imenuje Freshwater West in gre za eno lepših plaž v Pembrokeshire-ju in Wales-u nasploh. Tu so pejšnji mesec celo snemali naslednji film o Harryu Potterju. Produkcija za Robina Hooda pa je [...]

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Now I was not brilliant in maths but I am still hoping my calculations are at least approximately correct. Shell is the most simple to calculate so lets start with them. I tried to calculate how many litres of diesel I had to use to get 100 airmiles. I used the Petrolprices.com website for my [...]

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Here are some photos taken from the beach. They were filming some sort of fight scenes on the beach itself. The whole beach was off limits and only the coastal path was open to the public. If you are tempted to have a look at the filmset you can approach it on the Angle road [...]

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Tinnitus is a non-fatal but potentially a very debilitating disease caused by a +/- ringing coming from one or both ears or the head.

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Just as I thought I was loosing yet another battle with a faceless corporation filled with robot drones I received some good news the other week. The about a problem with purchasing tickets from their website.Their website crashed and I was left unsure whether I actually purchased the ticket as I could not confirm the [...]

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Ever since I moved to Wales 2 years ago I had a quiet wish to climb the highest peak in this country – Snowdon. Last weekend was showing to be a perfect opportunity to fulfil that wish. I was working only till 12 pm and the forecast was for sunshine and high temperatures stretching way [...]

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Had the opportunity to have a walk from Angle to the Freshwater West beach and it looks the production team has a lot of logistics to deal with. They seem to have chosen two locations to pitch-up marquees, one is just of the turn from the road to Angle on B4320 and B4319. The second, [...]

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