The Neil Mathewson Project is all about adventures in the outdoors, travel & culture.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Canoe & Kayak Slalom Event on BBC-2
Canoe & Kayak Slalom Event from Simon Willis on Vimeo.
Danny MacAskill - Way Back Home
Friday, November 12, 2010
A cook on the wild side - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
HAYMAKER Trailer from Huckin Huge on Vimeo
HAYMAKER Trailer from Huckin Huge on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Portal - Credits Song 'Still Alive'
Monday, November 1, 2010
YouTube - AnalyticalSurvival's Channel
Warren Miller's "Dynasty" Teaser
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Forbidden Fruit & Other Illegal Foods
Monday, October 18, 2010
Movember United Kingdom - Home
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Cassetteboy vs The Bloody Apprentice
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Akhnaten / Act 1, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Ski and Snowboard in British Columbia - Live on the edge
World Cup Snowboarding at Canada Olympic Park
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Ella Fitzgerlald - Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
Top Gear: Polar Special part 3 - BBC
Top Gear: Polar Special part 2 - BBC
Top Gear: Polar Special part 1 - BBC
Killing a Toyota - Top Gear - BBC
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Ray Mears: Why I won't be hunting Nessie during tour of Scotland - The Daily Record
The Top 50 Best Restaurants 1-50 | The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Eat Pray Love, vomit
4 out of 10
Not actually as bad a film as I was expecting, but let’s not get carried away with ourselves this is still very much one to miss unless you have a very high tolerance for clichés and touché feely drivel.
I can over look the glaring anomalies such as the Julia Roberts encouraging us to embrace the “Muffin top” whilst never actually appearing to put on any weight, etcetera, etcetera
However what I really don’t get is that despite having enjoyed the luxury to have such a life affirming/ changing experience she chooses to ignore all the sound but banal clichéd “Bumper sticker” advice that she gleans along the way and instead seems to be every bit as lost, unscented and neurotic as she did after the divorce.
She started out strong, decisive and brave but by the end of the film/ year (and it felt like a year) she was incapable of making any decision without some sort of Guru acting in loco parentis. Now that’s hardly progress and certainly not something to boast about, oh look at me I feel so liberated and free now that I have other people structuring my life and telling me what to do....uuuhhhhch!!!!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Le bon Viveur: Too Good To Be Gluten Free Brownies
Neil Mathewson Two finger pull-ups
Dog sledding Adventures in Callaghan Valley BC Canada British Columbia
Snowshoeing in the Callaghan Valley BC Canada
la sagrada familia barcelona spain 2010
Whistler and Blackcomb Adventures in British Columbia Canada
Els Quatre Gats 'The Four Cats' in Barcelona Spain
St Joseph market in Barcelona Spain - 2010
Tapas at Ciudad Condal in Barcelona Spain
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
California Supernova on Vimeo
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
Friday, September 10, 2010
the craziest political speech you ll ever see ohio county treasurer nominee goes postal
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) HQ
You've Got The Love (XX Remix)
Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)
@LaurenConrad Get Us On The Hills! - Super Mash Bros
Ulrich Schnauss - Monday Paracetamol
Burial & Four Tet - Moth (Official Music Video)
The Notwist - 'Where In This World' - Video
Benjamin Biolay Une chaise à Tokyo
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Burial - Archangel (Boy 8-bit's simple remix)
We Plants Are Happy Plants - Apollo (Full version!)
BBC News - Lion lunges at trainer at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
Days Out Stirlingshire Aberfoyle Scotland
Ladies Driving Challenge: Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland
Collective Gallery : Homepage
Archery Edinburgh – World Cup Final 18-19 September 2010 -
2010 IFSC World Youth Climbing Championships at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, Ratho, Eica Ratho
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Video: CCTV footage of P&O cruise liner in freak storm - Telegraph
Tang’s - cool, relaxed and seductive Sushi.
Situated just behind the famous Greyfriars bobby, Tang’s is a cool, relaxed and seductive Sushi restaurant.
Food = 17
The Sushi was as good as I’ve had in Edinburgh, and included some interesting options.
Décor & Ambience = 16
A blend of Japanese Kitsch with old Scottish tenement.
Service = 17
Enthusiastic, accommodating and good-looking staff were unobtrusive, knowledgeable and polite. I would have liked for more continuity in who is waiting our table.
Value for Money = 11
Some of the portions were a touch bijou for western appetites.
Total = 61 out of 100 (M)
Food/ Décor & Ambience/ Service/ Value for Money are rated on a scale of 0 to 25
· 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
· 16-20...very good to excellent
· 11-15...good to very good
· 6-10...fair to good
· 0-5...poor to fair
Cost reflects our estimate of the price of dinner for 2 with one drink each and tip.
The price range is indicated as follows:
· VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
· E...Expensive - £41-£65
· M...Moderate - £26-£40
· I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
Falko - Schlock me Amadeus!
Schlock me Amadeus! What a miserable dining experience.
Food = 2
In excess of £10 for a meagre looking bread, cheese and ham ‘platter’... salad dressed in manure vinaigrette (actual clods of muck!).
Décor & Ambience = 16
A good example of pretentious Euro coffee culture chic, which I rather enjoyed despite the annoyingly low hung lighting.
Service = 2
Poor, 45 minutes for some bred a couple of slices of cheese and salad covered in c**p! This is not acceptable. I hope that our experience was a one off, however it took a team of incompetent staff to ensure we had a memorably bad time.
Value for Money = 0
How much would you pay to be ignored, complain for nothing to happen and then find SH!t in your food?
Total = (disqualified) 20 out of 100 (VE)
Food/ Décor & Ambience/ Service/ Value for Money are rated on a scale of 0 to 25
· 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
· 16-20...very good to excellent
· 11-15...good to very good
· 6-10...fair to good
· 0-5...poor to fair
Cost reflects our estimate of the price of dinner for 2 with one drink each and tip.
The price range is indicated as follows:
· VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
· E...Expensive - £41-£65
· M...Moderate - £26-£40
· I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
BBC News - Medieval diet aids healthy eating message
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
If you’re fed up with the same old generic pop clichés try the strange but wonderful ‘Wild Beasts: Two Dancers’.
Not an easily accessible record, compelling and better with every listen as it reveals more and more depth.
8 out of 10
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
Friday, September 3, 2010
Oishii (176 Rose Street, Edinburgh) | The List
Cold, uncomfortable and cheap. This place is crying out for colour and cushions.
Poor service, which was totally unacceptable, as we were for much of the time the only people in the restaurant.
To add insult to injury we were ignored whilst the staff corpsed at their own flatulence!
- 21-25...extraordinary to perfection
- 16-20...very good to excellent
- 11-15...good to very good
- 6-10...fair to good
- 0-5...poor to fair
- VE...Very Expensive - £66 or more
- E...Expensive - £41-£65
- M...Moderate - £26-£40
- I...Inexpensive - £25 and below
Redneck Scrapbook : QuicKutz Outlet, The official outlet of QuicKutz
Forwarded Messages: Rice Fields of Japan
BBC - BBC Two Programmes - The Great Climb
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Choice, 02/09/2010
The decision to become a matador meant he had to fight his way into the most dangerous and controversial sports in the world. It brought him ridicule and condemnation along with injuries in the ring and death threats out of it. But it was a choice he kept making despite a fearful wife and family and eventually despite ailing health.