Michaels trip to Scotland : A Friday-photo-montage

Last Saturday on the 8^th June, Michael set off on a trip with Vaughan Phillips, his son Louis and his friend, to the World Downhill Mountain Bike Championships, on the very fast steep slopes of Ben Nevis. Louis races downhill himself, sponsored by Manor Adventures, a company that specialises in school adventure holidays in England, Wales, Scotland and France. Michael has written a two part blog post for next week that chronicles his journey to Scotland in the Jet Ranger. To give you a taster of what is in store I have put together a Friday-photo-montage of his adventure! Come back next week for pictures, videos and the full low-down on the Ben Nevis adventure!

The iRobot Horne 500

So, as Kidwells pushes forward with being a technology leading law practice we are thinking that the Ava 500 iRobot tele-presence may be the way forward! We could install one of these in all our clients offices. Just imagine you could have your very own Michael Horne ready to pounce on any legal issue, at any time! Hmmm, I hear you say, maybe a bit off putting with Michael's head enclosed in a robot lurking in the corridors, let's take a look! 

No No we hear you shriek! A Horne 500 in evey hallway, surely not!

Just to show you we are not dreaming this up, have a look to the promo video and here is a link to the original artical link to gizmag

Our visit to Tiger Helicopters

Yesterday the marketing team and Michael Horne spent some of the afternoon in the wonderful sunshine at http://www.tigerhelicopters.co.uk/. We had gone to see the facilities and to organise the Helicopter Hover event with Alan Ramsden - Managing Director of Tiger.

 Events quickly moved from the logistics of where to hold a bbq to sitting in helicopters! We got a feel for the Jet Ranger which will take the winner of the competition around Hereford and also the Robinson 22 which is a very compact and neat flying machine. Ed took these two pictures but there were an awful lot more - some of them of engines! Think he has got the flying bug. We had a chat with Paul in the control tower too who has a wonderful view of the surrounding area.

For full details about the competition go to http://www.kidwellssolicitors.co.uk/kidwells-blog/2013/5/24/helicopter-hover-competition.html To be entered into the event please send your details to cs@kidwellssolicitors.co.uk or telephone the marketing team on 01432 278 179.

Casey Horne

Guess who drove a real steam train on the weekend??!!!

Yes! Michael (Casey) Horne took charge of the big steam machine this weekend with a massive grin on his face!  Michael said,  “ I had a fabulous time, the people were absolutely the best with an enthusiasm that is not rivalled in my opinion; thank you especially to Charlotte the real train driver who expertly oversaw my first time at the controls; an experience I would recommend to anyone”.

Too young to remember Casey Jones? Well, have a look at this! An amazing resemblance Mr Horne!

Jeremy returns a hero

Our client Jeremy told us this story that we thought we would share:

"On the last day of my honeymoon in Barcelona, we were having a few drinks outside a bistro enjoying the sun.

A guy walked past a table of French Businessmen in the bar next to us and grabbed a ruck sac and a lap top – the French guys didn’t notice but our waiter did.

He gave chase and grabbed hold of the ruck sac, the pick pocket threw him to the floor and made a run for it. I gave chase and tackled him to the floor and restrained him. A passer by restrained his other arm. I told him to keep hold of him as he may have a weapon. We marched him back to the bar and held him until the police arrived.

The police came and arrested him (he was known to them), questioned the victims and then went on their way.

The French people paid my (rather substantial) bar bill and gave the waiter a 40 Euro tip – happy days"