It has been a couple of weeks since the last Podcast and I am sad that there has been this delay but time and connectivity has challenged me schedule and won somewhat. After the last show I was heading off to the premier podcampUK event held at Birmingham and then back to Wokingham for a few hours before setting out for Dingle on the West coast of Ireland.

The weather really perked up for the podcampUK weekend which was great news as it allowed us to explore the refurbished Birmingham, in the few hours of spare time that the event allowed, and gave us a dry run to and from the event. This was the start of a sunny and warm spell in a bit of an Indian Summer. This weather has extended to Ireland and has seen crowds of children and adults swimming in the sea, without wet-suits, a rare sight even in this holiday area.

I will bring you more news of the highly successful PodcampUK weekend later but now I would like to play a track by the guest band from the Saturday Night. It was a rare treat to be greeted individually by the lead singer of the main act of the evening, but that is how we met Esteban, and from their recent EP I bring you a appropriately named track. As the restaurant space in the hotel was rather small for a powerful, high energy band that Esteban are.

Music: Esteban: “Say it Loud”

“ Say it Loud” from Esteban, who start a Dutch tour in october. Get details at http://myspace.com/estebanuk

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I n Wokingham news I found Berkshire in headline news.

On the last show I was looking forward to Reading (previously known as the POP) festival, and we had concerns of the mud and muck that was likely. Well the wash-up review brought good news, a washup, not a washout, all the hard work sucking up surface water paid off. The weather turned hot and sunny and many 'sweltered' in the heat. A real surprise turn for the good. And the music was succesfull too. An with my technology binoculars focusing on the festival I found a surprising new business opportunity being exploited by a trade vendor, not hot-dogs, donuts, wellies or sunhats, but a long line of folks queuing for juice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/08/25/rfest070825_feature.shtml

BBC Berkshire on the 28 th Aug said: “The View” seem to be today's most popular act, but the hundreds of people in another queue near the entrance might never see them. I followed the snaking queue to its head and discovered: a mobile phone recharging hut. According to one festival-goer midway back in the queue, they'd taken an hour just to reach that point. Moral of the story: get one of those wind-up mobile phones, or buy a spare battery! Or, of course, learn to live without one. Would you miss hours of festival action for the sake of a text?

Isn't technology wonderful.

The official report in to the causes of the Foot and Mouth or Hoof and Mouth outbreak has been published, and from the news reports it seems that it cites the floods, poor drains, management and a multiple of non specific reasons of no particular responsibility for the outbreak. I has not read the actual report yet but this sort of conclusion comes as no surprise to me.

I was invited to help the web team at WDC review the updated website that they launched a year ago and provide them with my user feedback. I was pleased to do this. One area I commented upon was the lack of any RSS feeds for news and updates, and the non-promotional nature of the home page compared to counties like Kent. We are all in marketing now! My contribution is part of a wider public consultation, so if you have any comments or ideas contact the web team at the council. I look forward to seeing the changes appear.

I saw that Bloomberg(.net) news are reporting a local Berkshire law case that has reached the lofty heights of the European Court of Human Rights. A U.K. property developer has lost their ten year legal battle to regain ownership of 23-hectares of agricultural land worth many millions of pounds when the court ruled that laws on squatters' rights had struck a fair balance. The owner had agreed some decades before that a couple could use the land for grazing. When that agreement expired at the end of 1983, the couple ignored an order to leave and continued to use the land without permission. In 1997 the couple said that under U.K. law enough years had elapsed to make the land rightfully theirs. Going against the 2005 ruling of its lower chamber, the European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber today dismissed by 10 votes to seven the property developer's complaint

Going against a previous ruling of 2005 by the lower chamber, the European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber today dismissed, 10 votes to 7 the complaint.

The court did acknowledge that the U.K Land Registration Act of 2002 puts the registered owner of property ``in a better position.'' where under the new rules, squatters who want to register as new owners must make a formal application after 10 years of adverse possession and give reasons why they are entitled to the land if the legal owner opposes the application.

They say that the ruling will still have an impact on other property disputes because the 2002 law isn't retroactive.

The case is 44302/02, Pye v. the U.K.

To contact the reporter on this story: Anna Jenkinson in Brussels at ajenkinson@bloomberg.net

News of madeline mccann, the liitle girl missing in portugal, continues to headline the news media, which was the original stated goal of her parents. A lot more speculation but no sign of the little girl yet.

In our “Green Space Watch” Segment

In a previous show I talked about the plans for a mini town on the TRL (previously known as TRRL) site. And the Daily Telegraph reported on the 30 th August that

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nhomes130.xml

Gordon Brown's building plans rejected Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 29 Aug 2007 ... yesterday Government inspectors for the south-east of England said that 32000 homes a year should be built annually in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, ...

In our “its a great place for visitors” segment

On the last show I promoted the 25 Aug 07, performance of the Aldbrickham Clog & Step Dancers, from Reading.

I shot some video, took some pics and did an interview with their caller. The quality of the video was somewhat compromised by the quicktime compression process, but I feel the content brings the spirit of the event to a wider audience and I hope it will encourage people seek out one of the live performances of this entertaining troop. Find the Movie at http://inWokingham.podshow.com and the pics are up on Flickr.com

And to finish, a quick review of our trip to PodCampUK. Well over a hundred people passionate about podcasting turned up at the NTI in Birmingham England for the two day event. Many stayed at the recommended hotel, the Aston Business School and Conference centre. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. The rooms are modern clean and quiet, even with Esteban performing downstairs. The conference rate gave us a big discount other wise it would have been too pricey, and the bar was priced to suit.

The podcampUK sessions were close by at a place called the NTI and streaming video was provided at http://blogtv.com , and the archives can be viewed there still. I found the visitors came from a wide range of backgrounds, a lot of marketing and media people, amateur podcasters and mixed business entrepreneurs.

I briefly met a chap called John Lindsay, a profess-er-orial character who was involved with the Internet when it was only a series of tubes, and seemed a really interesting chap to chat to, although I didn't get enough time.

The organisers, John , Linda and others had done great job and continued their hard work all weekend. For those who thought of going and didn't make it, I can only say to get your name down for the next one. In my case that next one will be podcampIreland http://podcampireland.com , which I can tack on to the end of my Dingle trip.

Recording: Brian-Greene bumper

Recording: Keep it real

For those that wanting to "keep it real - ale that is" our pub of the street

The CAMRA http://camra.org.uk/ Good Beer Guide (GBG) proved itself the invaluable guide that is promoted as, when we found the Bull, in Price Street , while at PodcampUK This is a genuine Inn, run by a very welcoming landlady and bar staff. A bit like a mother hen she looked after her guests like lost sons, getting taxis and giving advice on making the most of a stay in Brum. They served a great pint of Ansells mild, and real ales both regular and guest. And beer is many pence a pint cheaper than in Wokingham pubs. We would not have known it existed without the GBG and would not have found it had it not been for a friendly bobby heading in the cop shop for a tea break who directed through the maze of tunnels that surround Birmingham city centre.

“ On this day” segment

I found a website dedicated to to all things Bond, and they listed a local connection to 007.

http://commanderbond.net/article/2516 . This Month In Bond History, September 3, 1984: The “A View to a Kill” film crew recreated the Royal Ascot races at the Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, England.

Now I will play out with another track from Esteba, I am well pleased to promote them after their gig at podcampUK and if you are in the Burton on Trent area on Saturday 22 Sept check them out at BAR 15, or 5 Lamps in Derby on Friday 26 th October.

With an 80's style start and thoughtful lyrics, this track comes their extended EP. Take a trip to their website at http://myspace.com/estebanuk

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I'll see you on the next episode and in the meantime "cheers from inWokingham"

MUSIC: Esteban: Mass Aura.

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