17th May - A great Powerboat Experience day - a birthday present from Mark. The weather was dull, damp and cold, but didn't spoil the fun at all. We buzzed over at 45knots to the Isle of Wight - Osbourne Bay, Cowes, Newtown Creek, Beaulieau River, and then back to Southampton. Steering it was like trying to control a bucking bronco! Pictures on Chris/50th Birthday menu 
13th May - Updated website with new colour scheme and fonts. New menu Flyball/Milly-in-Action. Moved 50th Birthday to menu Chris
12th May - We went to the "All About Dogs Show" in Brentwood, Essex on Saturday to do a Flyball Competition. It was a great day out with the DBARC Flyball teams. The weather was very hot and not good for the dogs to race. Milly, in the Brimblecombe Babies Team, came 5th (although she disgraced herself by chasing after another dog in the other race lane during an actual race!) 
18th April - Search for me on Facebook too! - www.facebook.com
10th April - Added "Places I have visited Map" to Chris main page.
7th April - Added Milly/More Pictures - Flying Dog!
2nd April - Added Gallery/50th Birthday videos of 4x4 OffRoad driving day. A great birthday treat from Barbara. This was at Rockingham Castle estate and run by Land Rover.
23rd March - A fantastic days fun at the Flyball Starters competition at Maddoxford Farm in Botley, Southampton. The weather was simply atrocious - rain, sleet, blizzrd, biting wind with intermittent sunshine!. Milly's team - Brimblecombe Babies - came 2nd in their division! A nice rosette each for the team. The other DBARC team - Brimblecombe Rescuers - came first in their division! See the videos in the new Flyball menu :http://www.cbhughes.com/26.html. Select the Botley submenu
Added Flyball menu and pictures. Added new videos and pics in Milly menu
14th March - The Freelander 2 finally arrived today - delayed due to DVLA getting the number plate transferred. Porsche finally gone - boo hoo :-( However, mountains, floods and traffic (I can drive OVER the traffic now!) here I come!
24th Feb - Mid-Life Crisis is Over! The Porsche Cayman S is being changed for a more practical car for the dogs - a brand new Land Rover Freelander 2 (HSE spec in Grey). It is a surprisingly good car and full of toys in this spec. Should take delivery in about 2 weeks - depends on how quick DVLA can turn around the number plate transfer. My 7th car in 8 years! - must stop spending money on cars .... Milly is 2 years old today!. How time flies! Added new pics in Tosca menu |
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10th Feb - A great weekend for Milly. She did well in Agility classes on Saturday. She is so ahead of her classmates that we had to practice by ourselves sometimes whilst the other dogs were trying to have their go. Then again on sunday at Flyball, she was able to go down the jumps without the nets!Moved from the "with nets" group to the "without nets" group! She will definitely be ready for the competition in Botley at Easter weekend. Added Tosca 19 weeks picture to Tosca menu |
29th Jan - Added Tosca 17 weeks old pic to Tosca menu
16th Jan - Milly came 2nd in a PetsAtHome in-store photo competition. Prize vouchers to spend in-store will come in handy for our monthly petfood purchase. See the Milly menu for her prize winning shot.
27th Dec - A quiet but pleasant Christmas. My brother, Mark, came for a couple of days and we had a good time catching up on all the news..New menu option Chris/Family which includes a piccie of Mark and I. Added Chris/School Reports menu - my first and last school reports from the Royal Hospital School! Added piccie of Tosca 13 weeks old
23rd Dec - Had a great afternoon walking along the Thames river at Thames Valley Park (Microsoft campus area) with the 2 dogs. They chased each other and the ball for ages. Tosca followed Milly into the river and had a paddle - both looked like drowned rats afterwards. Great fun. Everyone slept when we got back home! Added "Tosca 12 weeks old" pics and Milly 22 months old pics to menus.
20th Dec - Added "Tosca 11wk old" pics. Added "Milly/Flyball" menu option with pics and video
9th Dec - Added "Tosca 10wk old" photo and "Dad with Mark" photo
8th Dec - Added NAFF Menu item - just a bit of a laugh! ;-)
7th Dec - Added "Hughes - The Origin of" menu. Added Brathay Hall picture to Chris/Adulthood
5th Dec - Added submenu from Chris called - "Dad". Pictures and info added. Added "Pictures - Childhood" menu to Chris. Restructured the Sailing menu and added new pics of all boats I have owned.
4th Dec - Added picture of me, Mark and Sam on Chris/Pictures menu
2nd Dec - Uploaded new content - Added Barbara menu. Added new pics of Milly 9 months, Milly 21 months. Added sub-menu to Chris on Angioplasty. Added Rosie menu. Removed News menu as it wasn't adding any value. | ![]() |
26th Nov - Uploaded new content:- another Spice sailing video to the Sailing menu, Kalkan Holiday Album in the Gallery, Back Garden transition Album to the Gallery, and 8 wk old piccie of Tosca in Tosca menu. Added Visitor Counter to Contact Me page.
25th Nov - Flyball training for Milly at Church Farm at Eversley with the Brimblecombe Barkers Flyball team. She did fantastically well for a beginner and she enjoyed it too. A star in the making.
19th Nov- Well, we have our little Tosca at home now, just 7 weeks old and a little cutey she is too. Milly gets on just fine with her, so I can see a great life for the both of them playing together. See more piccies on her own menu. 10th Nov - iPhone - you just have to get one! 
25th Nov - Picking Tosca up on on 25th Nov
17th Oct - Pre-ordered iPhone from Carphone Warehouse. Just need to pick it up on Nov 9th!
15th Oct - Site Launched
14th May - As a result of TOWER Software being acquired by HP, I am now officially an HP employee today! One of 170,000 around the world. Yikes!

