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UPDATE: 15/03/06 - contact | guestbook now back on-line after much struggling and (annoyingly) having to use frames
UPDATE: 04/03/06 - calendar section now shows English/Welsh Bank Holidays
UPDATE: 19/02/06 - http://haymee.com/pda.htm added which will have the last 10 or so blog entries only, for pda/mobile users
UPDATE: 14/02/06 - added page showing UK road toll charges in stuff | reference
UPDATE: 04/02/06 - added 2007 to calendar
UPDATE: 22/01/06 - started working on pics section
UPDATE: 22/01/06 - got rid of quotes & facts section (it was silly)
UPDATE: 22/01/06 - added Greek holiday journal to travel (actually travel section has been expanded before but not recorded here)
UPDATE: 22/01/06 - added 2006 to calendar (also started to grey-out past dates, but this was not recorded here)
UPDATE: 30/10/05 - modified blog to include space for related links after each entry
UPDATE: 24/10/05 - changed name of stuff | lists to stuff | reference
UPDATE: 02/10/05 - uploaded the stuff | lists | DVDs page (only up to B so far)
UPDATE: 01/10/05 - sorted out the links page and redesigned the home page (again)
UPDATE: 28/09/05 - moved travel pages from stuff to their own top menu section to allow room for more detail
UPDATE: 07/08/05 - redesigned blog | index page, adding anchor links to specific entries; renamed blog page to 2005
UPDATE: 06/08/05 - redesigned (simplified) homepage; added this about | this website page; made some minor changes to page header information
UPDATE: 14/05/05 - finally got the blog started again, and added the jotter
UPDATE: 02/05/05 - jolly useful 2005 calendar added (2006 to follow soon!)
UPDATE: 24/04/05 - put restaurant reviews back online
UPDATE: 17/04/05 - started an archive for quotes & facts
UPDATE: 10/04/05 - new-look home page completed
UPDATE: 28/03/05 - blog | archive now online

Welcome to the reincarnation of haymee.com, updated with interesting stuff a bit more often. I'm quite proud of the new, unified design of the haymee.com you are looking at now. After loading the homepage into your browser, you shouldn't need to click more than three times to access any area, and navigation and a sense of where you are on the site should be obvious - well that's the plan anyway. I'm sorry it's taking such a long time to populate all the sections. Absolutely loads of material is written in draft, and just needs a bit of tidying and then posting, so check back frequently. Several people have asked where all the galleries are from the old site; I wasn't very happy with the organisation of the photos, or of the layout of the gallery pages, so that is taking a bit of time. Please be patient. I'm trying to use the whole experience of designing and updating this website as a way of learning new techniques. I'm not an advanced site designer by any means, and actually I quite like a simple approach as I think it usually causes fewer problems (which is why I'm not using frames any more). Well, that's my excuse for not knowing much! However, I do want to learn more over time, particularly about SQL databases, and other ways of updating the site remotely, and of interacting with it. If you have any ideas of ways in which I could improve haymee.com, please let me know, as I'd really appreciate input from as many people as possible. I want this new version of my site to feature interactivity. Hmm.... I think what I mean is that I want users or viewers or browsers (or whoever you are) to interact with this site and with me and with each other. At the moment there are some ways to do this (e.g. the by-line pages, and a new guestbook and possibly a 'friends & family' forum under contact), and I want to develop more. I have ideas...	<a href="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://haymee.com" id="clustrMapsLink"><img src="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://haymee.com" border=1 alt="Locations of visitors to this page"onError="this.onError=null; this.src='http://www.meetomatic.com/images/clustrmaps-back-soon.jpg'; document.getElementById('clustrMapsLink').href='http://clustrmaps.com/'"> </a>

UPDATE: 15/03/06 - contact \| guestbook now back on-line after much struggling and (annoyingly) having to use frames UPDATE: 04/03/06 - calendar section now shows English/Welsh Bank Holidays UPDATE: 19/02/06 - http://haymee.com/pda.htm added which will have the last 10 or so blog entries only, for pda/mobile users UPDATE: 14/02/06 - added page showing UK road toll charges in stuff \| reference UPDATE: 04/02/06 - added 2007 to calendar UPDATE: 22/01/06 - started working on pics section UPDATE: 22/01/06 - got rid of quotes & facts section (it was silly) UPDATE: 22/01/06 - added Greek holiday journal to travel (actually travel section has been expanded before but not recorded here) UPDATE: 22/01/06 - added 2006 to calendar (also started to grey-out past dates, but this was not recorded here) UPDATE: 30/10/05 - modified blog to include space for related links after each entry UPDATE: 24/10/05 - changed name of stuff \| lists to stuff \| reference UPDATE: 02/10/05 - uploaded the stuff \| lists \| DVDs page (only up to B so far) UPDATE: 01/10/05 - sorted out the links page and redesigned the home page (again) UPDATE: 28/09/05 - moved travel pages from stuff to their own top menu section to allow room for more detail UPDATE: 07/08/05 - redesigned blog \| index page, adding anchor links to specific entries; renamed blog page to 2005 UPDATE: 06/08/05 - redesigned (simplified) homepage; added this about \| this website page; made some minor changes to page header information UPDATE: 14/05/05 - finally got the blog started again, and added the jotter UPDATE: 02/05/05 - jolly useful 2005 calendar added (2006 to follow soon!) UPDATE: 24/04/05 - put restaurant reviews back online UPDATE: 17/04/05 - started an archive for quotes & facts UPDATE: 10/04/05 - new-look home page completed UPDATE: 28/03/05 - blog \| archive now online

haymee.com is copyright 2004-2006 Hamish Walker. Views expressed are my own, unless otherwise stated. I am responsible for the content of this site, but not responsible for other sites linked from this site. Any pictures on this site which are not my own have generally been downloaded from a website which has unrestricted access and are therefore deemed to be public domain; if you believe you are the copyright owner of a picture on this site, please contact me. This website has been constructed using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Photos and other images have been manipulated in Adobe Photoshop. haymee.com has been tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and for Mac, and Mozilla Firefox. Other browsers have not been tested, but I would welcome feedback if you use one. The design of the menu system means that the site doesn't work very effectively on PDAs, ~~but I may work on a PDA version sometime~~ STOP PRESS - PDA site now available (blog only) at http://haymee.com/pda.htm See projects section for other future ideas; RSS feeds and podcasts may be in development... This site is hosted by Fasthosts.