William Newton does the ALS/MND Ice bucket challenge - 27th August 2014

I have been begging Mummy and Daddy for the last few days to do the Ice Bucket challenge and today I got to finally do it.  Enjoy!

I have donated with my own money.

Remember Nominees - You have 48Hrs to complete the challenge :-) 

Skegness - 26th August 2014

Today I went for a day trip to the sea-side, Skegness.

I loved all the amusements.

 The 2p games were my favourite.

Hooray I won!

But I put my winnings back in again.

Look at all these lovely yummy foods.

Ice cream is my favourite.

We sat and looked out to sea whilst eating it.

It was very very windy.
(If you look closely I have written my name and Skegness 2014 in the sand)

Can you see the wind farm out to sea?

I love a donkey ride!

This one was very naughty and kept moving the cone.

His name was 'Ripley'.

Stop moving the cone 'Ripley'

We won the donkey derby.

Ripley and me.

Skegness Pier.

Enjoying the view.

I can see for miles.

Running down the pier.

We had a look at the RNLI lifeboats and station.

Here I am looking from the viewing platform.

Summer Series Birmingham Athletics Grand Prix - 24th August 2014

Today I went to watch the athletics at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.  We were very lucky and won the tickets from Sainsbury's.  We saw lots of famous athletes.

Here's our tickets and programme.

On the way to our seats.

Look at that big TV.

Here's our view.

I was so excited.

I hope I get to be on the BBC.

Pole vault was my favourite, it was so funny!

Look at the pole bending.

Can you see Christine Ohuruogu in the 400m?

David Rudisha (in black) in the 600m.

David winning easily.

David Rudisha waving on his victory lap.

There were events going on in all directions. 

100m they were so fast out off the blocks.

Lynsey Sharp in the 800m.

Eilidh Child in the 400m Hurdles.  One athlete hit the hurdle and fell over right in front of us.

Here's the 200m about to start.  We had to be very quiet whilst the race started so the athletes could hear the starting gun.

The Steeplechase.  I loved it when they splashed through the water on the bend.

Can you see Greg Rutherford, getting ready for the long jump?

Watching the field events.

Go Mo Farah!

Mo Farah after his record breaking run, breaking the British 2 mile record by almost 6 seconds.  A record that has stood for nearly 36 years.  

Mo being interviewed on the BBC.

We watched some of the IPC Athletics too.  There was some amazing people.  Just below us blind athletes were completing in the long jump.  A guide was telling them when to run and when to jump.

I had a really fun day.

Day in Birmingham - 23rd August 2014

 Today I went to Birmingham.

At the Birmingham Library.  It was massive!

I got to meet the Gruffalo at the Town Hall.

Day Trip To London - 19th August 2014

Today we went on the train for a day trip to London.

Here's my train from Nuneaton to London.

We took the underground to Oxford Circus and walked to BBC Broadcasting House.
This is the BBC's London headquarters since moving out of BBC Television Centre in White City, London a couple of years ago.
(I look like a reporter......."William Newton, BBC News, Broadcasting House, London")

Will.i.am (Yes Really!)

This is the clock and globe used in the 1980's BBC 1 ident.

Looking directly over the central newsroom. (this is the biggest newsroom in Europe)

Can you see into the news studio on the right?

The One Show Studio.

Mummy and me playing table tennis.
(The One Show studio is behind the glass windows on the right)

In the Apple store Regent Street.  We also went to Hamley's across the road.

We walked down to Leicester Square for lunch.

Five Guys are the best!

We then went for a look around Covent Garden before boarding a South Eastern train from Charring Cross to Lewisham.  At Lewisham we changed onto the Docklands Light Railway to Cutty Sark station, Greenwich.

Going by train over the River Thames on Hungerford Bridge.

Pretending to be a sailor in front of the newly refurbished Cutty Sark Tea Clipper.

The Cutty Sark.

At Greenwich, we walked up the big hill to The Royal  Observatory.

What a great view of the City!

 The Royal Observatory, Greenwich,  London played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian. It is situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the Thames.

Me Standing on the world-famous Greenwich Meridian Line, which represents the Prime Meridian of the World – Longitude 0º. As you can see I have 1 foot in the western hemisphere and 1 foot in the eastern

Every place on Earth is measured in terms of its distance east or west from the Greenwich Meridian. The line itself divides the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth, just as the Equator divides the northern and southern 

Greenwich clock with standard measurements.Standard lengths on the wall – 1 yard (3 feet), 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches (1/2 foot), and 3 inches. The separation of the inside faces of the marks is exact at an ambient temperature of 60 °F (16 °C) and a rod of the correct measure, resting on the pins, will fit snugly between them
(This clock is strange because it is an analogue 24 hour clock!)

The bright red Time Ball on top of Flamsteed House is one of the world's earliest public time signals. At the top of each hour the ball drops and sailors on the river Thames could see this and set there ships clocks accordingly.

Enjoying the view and thinking about my day.

What a pretty bench.

You can see the whole of London :-)

My sign.

Driving the Docklands Light Railway.  On the way back home.

Here's one of my Station pictures.  (I like to have my picture taken at all the stations I go to).

Wednesday 20th August.

 As a treat for working hard at my OT session Mummy and Daddy gave me a present.  I love it and didn't take it off for the rest of the day.

My new hat ready for the winter.