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The Paris Spy
A Maggie Hope Mystery
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Series: A Maggie Hope Mystery, Book 7
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
The Queen's Accomplice
England, 1942. The Nazis' relentless Blitz may have paused, but London's nightly blackouts continue. Now, under the cover of darkness, a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper's crimes. What's more, he's targeting women who are reporting for duty to be Winston Churchill's spies and saboteurs abroad. The officers at MI5 quickly realize they need the help of Special Agent Maggie Hope to find the killer dubbed "the Blackout Beast". A trap is set.
I love these books, but had to stop listening....
By Jodi Muller on 10-06-16
The Prisoner in the Castle
A series of baffling murders among a group of imprisoned agents threatens the outcome of World War II in this chilling mystery from the New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Churchill's Secretary. World War II is raging, and former spy Maggie Hope knows too much. She knows what the British government is willing to do to keep its secrets. She knows the real location of the planned invasion of France. She knows who's lying. She knows who the double-crossers are. She knows exactly who is sending agents to their deaths.
Best one yet?
By byjove on 08-13-18
Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante
December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, DC, along with special agent Maggie Hope. Posing as his typist, she is accompanying the prime minister as he meets with President Roosevelt to negotiate the United States' entry into World War II. When one of the first lady's aides is mysteriously murdered, Maggie is quickly drawn into Mrs. Roosevelt's inner circle - as ER herself is implicated in the crime.
By Jean on 12-17-15
The Prime Minister's Secret Agent
World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the pastoral coast of western Scotland. Home from an undercover mission in Berlin, she settles down to teach at her old spy training camp, and to heal from scars on both her body and heart. Yet instead of enjoying the quieter pace of life, Maggie is quickly drawn into another web of danger and intrigue.
The narration spoils the book
By Margaret Vance on 07-06-14
The King's Justice
London, December 1943. As the Russian army repels German forces from Stalingrad, Maggie Hope takes a much-needed break from spying to defuse bombs in London. But Maggie herself is an explosion waiting to happen. Traumatized by her past, she finds herself living dangerously - taking huge risks, smoking, drinking, and speeding through the city streets on a motorbike. The last thing she wants is to get entangled in another crime.
By Dr Dina on 03-23-20
His Majesty's Hope
World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid spy and expert code breaker Maggie Hope. After serving as a secret agent to protect Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, Maggie is now an elite member of the Special Operations Executive–a black ops organization designed to aid the British effort abroad–and her first assignment sends her straight into Nazi-controlled Berlin, the very heart of the German war machine. Relying on her quick wit and keen instincts, Maggie infiltrates the highest level of Berlin society, gathering information to pass on to London headquarters. But the secrets she unveils will expose a darker, more dangerous side of the war–and of her own past.
Liked the series but....
By Leigh Billingsley on 06-16-13
Princess Elizabeth's Spy
Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot - one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5.
Terrible Narration
By Person on 11-22-12
Mr. Churchill's Secretary
Narrated by: Donada Peters
London, 1940: Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and gifts for codebreaking, though, rival those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her a level of clearance she could never have imagined....
By Katherine on 10-22-12
Murder on the White Cliffs: A Cozy Historical Murder Mystery
The Posie Parker Mystery Series, Book 8
By: L.B. Hathaway
Narrated by: Clare Wille
Posie Parker once failed a client. And now that client is dead. Elsie Moncreiff, a housekeeper, has fallen from the White Cliffs of England in a howling storm. But the question is, was it bad luck, or was it murder?Armed with just her guilty conscience and a less-than-helpful Sergeant Rainbird for company, Posie vows to get to the bottom of things. But what she finds is not at all what she was expecting.
Outstanding audio book - now can I please, please listen to: marriage is murder.
By Joan S Hemeli on 12-24-20
The Saltwater Murder
A Cozy Historical Murder Mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series, Book 7)
Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet. Amyas Lyle, London's top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater. It's the perfect murder. But who hated him enough to do such a thing? Following a trail of strange notes, all of which speak of the sea and saltwater, Posie travels from London to the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, looking for answers. But nothing can prepare her for what she finds there.
Optional Heading That is Required?
By Elizabeth Kyes on 12-28-20
Murder in the Snow
A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 4
By: Verity Bright
Narrated by: Karen Cass
Winter, 1920. Amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is feeling festive. She is playing host to the entire village at Henley Hall. She's also purchased perfect presents for each of her household - not forgetting the biggest bone in the butcher's shop for her partner in crime, Gladstone the bulldog - and is looking forward to celebrating her first English country Christmas. As snowflakes fall, Eleanor is cheering on contestants in the traditional Christmas fun run in the grounds of the hall. But tragedy strikes when one of the runners drops dead at the finish line.
I love this series and look forward to more!
By Marnie MacLennan on 12-28-20
Deadly Cargo
Mydworth Mysteries - A Cosy Historical Mystery Series 5
By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
Mydworth's Excelsior Radio Company is world-famous for its expensive radio-phonographs. But suddenly the Excelsior delivery lorries start being hijacked, and the very future of the company is in doubt. Is this just about stolen radios - or is there something more secret and dangerous going on? When Harry and Kat are brought in to help, they decide to go undercover to solve the crimes and soon discover there are many more secrets to this mystery than meets the eye.
Good clean fun
By Emily Lauderdale on 12-07-20
By: Matthew Costello, and others
In This Grave Hour
A Maisie Dobbs Novel
By: Jacqueline Winspear
Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
When listeners last heard Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938, and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Führer himself. In In This Grave Hour, a year has passed, and Maisie is back home in England - yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead.
A good Maisie story again
By Maine Knitter on 03-17-17
Murder on the Dance Floor
A Completely Gripping Historical Cozy Mystery (A Miss Underhay Mystery)
By: Helena Dixon
Narrated by: Alex Tregear
November 1933. Amateur sleuth-cum-dutiful granddaughter Kitty Underhay stifles a sigh of boredom as she attends the annual Hoteliers' Association Dinner and Dance on behalf of her grandmother, the proprietress of the Dolphin Hotel. She hopes the company of ex-army captain Matthew Bryant will enliven the otherwise dull evening. That is, until bullish and overbearing local councilor Harold Everton drops dead into his bowl of consommé.
Another great one!! 🤩
By Stacey R. Gibbs on 12-22-20
Journey to Munich
It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks toward Fitzroy Square - a place of many memories - she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie - who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter - to retrieve the man from Dachau....
Very intense thriller!
By Wayne on 03-30-16
To Die but Once
Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War" - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a "hush-hush" government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.
Maisie, Billy, and All Return. Yes!
By cdo on 05-11-18
A Dangerous Place
Maisie Dobbs Mysteries, Book 11
Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability - and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England; her aging father, Frankie Dobbs, is not getting any younger.
Reboot or Finale?
By Carole T. on 04-06-15
The American Agent
When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice - Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie get out of Hitler's Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon's death.
American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World War II in the latest novel in this New York Times best-selling series - "a treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers alike" (Booklist, on The Prime Minister's Secret Agent).
Maggie Hope has come a long way since serving as a typist for Winston Churchill. Now she's working undercover for the Special Operations Executive in the elegant but eerily silent city of Paris, where SS officers prowl the streets in their Mercedes and the Ritz is draped with swastika banners. Walking among the enemy is tense and terrifying, and even though she's disguised in chic Chanel, Maggie can't help longing for home.
But her missions come first. Maggie's half-sister, Elise, has disappeared after being saved from a concentration camp, and Maggie is desperate to find her - that is, if Elise even wants to be found. Equally urgent, Churchill is planning the Allied invasion of France, and SOE agent Erica Calvert has been captured, the whereabouts of her vital research regarding Normandy unknown. Maggie must risk her life to penetrate powerful circles and employ all her talents for deception and spycraft to root out a traitor, find her sister, and locate the reports crucial to planning D-Day in a deadly game of wits with the Nazi intelligence elite.
©2017 Susan Elia MacNeal (P)2017 Random House Audio
"You will grieve with Paris. You will be outraged by the destruction. You will be terrified for all the heroes, be there with them every step, and care desperately that they succeed and survive. And perhaps above all, like me, you will be overwhelmed with their sacrifice for the freedom we still enjoy." (Anne Perry, New York Times best-selling author of the Pitt and Monk Series)
"This has to be Maggie Hope's most exciting adventure yet. Vivid and fast-paced, crammed with authentic detail, The Paris Spy is an extraordinary trip through the edgy drama of wartime Paris, skillfully plotted and studded with cameos of real historical figures." (Jane Thynne, author of the Clara Vine series)
" The Paris Spy is a new mystery you won't put down until the absolutely stunning conclusion. Only Susan Elia MacNeal - and the extraordinary Maggie Hope - could wrap such a tale of courage and betrayal around a secret that will cost lives and honor to protect." (Charles Todd, New York Times best-selling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge series and the Bess Crawford series)
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What listeners say about The Paris Spy
British World War II historical novel
THE PARIS SPY is a very pleasant surprise for me. It is Book 7 in the Maggie Hope series, but is my introduction to the series. The story is gritty and realistic. Some reviewers complain about the narration which I think is wonderful.
Maine Knitter
Good book spoiled by bad narrator
I pre-ordered this, as I have with all of the author's books. I'm really thinking I should read the book rather than listen to the audiobook. The narrator is poor and creates quite a distraction. I went back to read my reviews of the previous books in the series and I've said this same thing in practically ever review. Maybe one of these days I'll learn.
The story itself was not bad. I found the last third of the book was non-put-down-able. Great suspense and action. The ending is interesting.
mkm1217
Loved this book! Love the series
I loved this book! It's as great as the rest of them in the series! I hope the story keeps going!
Sing-Song Narration
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I've have enjoyed the prior books in this series. I am having real problems listening to this one. The story is slow to develop with much time spent on small details while other elements in the story seem undeveloped. My mahor issue is the narration which has made this very difficult to listen to.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Her delivery does not change regardless of the events described. She has a very sing song presentation which makes it difficult to fully engage in the story.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
one of the best Maggie Hope mysteries
I've been flying through the Maggie Hope series and enjoying them all but this one was a cut above the rest. constant tension, plot twists, exquisite new characters, and huge risks for old characters really made this a thrill!!
Gary L. Richardson
A Good Entry
This is a good entry on the series. I thought the characters were well developed and the reader is left with a complex ending. Perhaps a bit too much retrospect in the middle that could have been replaced with action....but overall, if you like the series, you will like this book.
VickiFromArkansas
this narrator is horrid!
the book is a little naive but okay enough, but the narrator is awful! she is so incredibly "sing-song"-ie. It feels like a 5th grader is reading it. for the last time, get a new narrator, or I'm done with Miss Maggie Hope.
The book was ok; the narrator was annoying
It's hard to fairly judge the book, as the narrator's thrumming rhythm became like a rumbling engine in my ears. She did a very good job with accents, foreign languages, and depicting the cast of characters. But her droning reading style almost caused me to give up a few times.
Compelling!!
A whirlwind of emotions! Lost sleep a couple of nights, anticipating what would happen next. The ending has me immediately going to the next in the series! For me, Susan Duerden's narration adds an excellent ingredient to the magnetism of this one.
Sadly Disappointed
What disappointed you about The Paris Spy?
I loved the rest of the series, but this one was disappointing. The main character did not appear until well into the second chapter and the story did not really get rolling for some time after that. The plot was predictable except for the ending and the narration did not contribute anything. The ending was very unsatisfactory. So, overall, after waiting for this book to come out, I was disappointed enough that I do not know if I'll read another one in this series should there be one.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Would you be willing to try another one of Susan Duerden's performances?


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Avazhikkarai is a village in the Tharangambadi Taluk and Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Etymology
Avazhikkarai=Aa(Cow)+vazhi(way)+karai(path) =>way for the cows and woodcutters to reach the Nedum kadu(long forest) named Nedungadu.
Nandalar River flown through this village so karai means hear as sidewall of Nandalar.

Literacy
100% of people known to read and write Tamil Language

Gallery

Nearest Notable Places
 Mayiladuthurai (23 km)
 Tharangambadi (16 km)
 Poompuhar (30 km)
 Karaikkal (16 km)
 Thirunallar (8 km)

External links
 Map from Google Maps
 Electroller Roll pdf Downloadable
 Electroller Roll for Poompuhar constituency

Villages in Mayiladuthurai district

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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No training due to chest infection!
Christmas came slightly early on December 23rd as £1,150 was added to the charity fund total in a little over 60 minutes. I was just in the middle of starting/finishing my Christmas shopping in the Metrocentre when the emails from justgiving.com came through on my phone.
First up was a £50 order for Run Geordie Run t-shirts from Paul Robinson. He ordered one for himself and a couple for his niece and nephew in the USA (New Jersey). They are going to spread the word of the run stateside while wearing the t-shirts! Brilliant!
Next up was a £100 pledge from Geoff Atkinson with the message "Good luck with your monster run! I may have to come out and see it with my own eyes when you are passing through Pennsylvania".
At the time, these 2 donations put the charity fund up to £4,660. I was very pleased with that total. Especially given that this time last year I wrote "The fundraising target is a very ambitious £50,000. At the time of writing there is £1395 worth of pledges on the board. That's not bad at all given that the run is still over 2 years away! I'd like to think that by the end of 2009 that figure will have nudged close to £5000.".
Well at £4,660 you can safely say that the figure did indeed nudge close to £5,000."
But we don't want to give you that!" as Mr Tarrant would say!!!!
Fast forward an hour in the Metrocentre and you'd find me knee deep in lingerie. For the missus of course! I got another couple of emails on my phone and I couldn't quite take the words in quick enough. I couldn't quite believe what I was reading! The 2 emails were from The Northern Rock Foundation notifying me that my application for the matching of some of this year's donations had been successful! In fact the application had been very successful and they had sent both St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation a cheque for £500 each.
"WAHOOOOO!!!" I exclaimed waving my iPhone in one hand and a matching Miranda blue bra and thong set in the other!!! (as you do!).
You should have seen the dirty looks I got from the nearby shoppers! Although the moment flashed by in an instant, I can recall countless stunned faces with accusing, squinted eyes fixed right in my direction.
Thinking back, my celebrations were not unlike the moment Ebenezer Scrooge woke up on Christmas morning with the realisation that he is still alive: "I don't know what to do!'' cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath. ``I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!''.
Needless to say, I left the shop rather hastily and, thanks to the Northern Rock Foundation, Mrs Allison won't be getting any undies for Christmas this year! The fact that the 2 charities will be receiving £1000 more than makes up for it though!
But seriously! On behalf of St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation I'd like to sincerely thank, not only the Northern Rock Foundation, but also every single individual who has contributed so far to the charity fund. It currently stands at £5,660. I'd like to think that, by next Christmas, the fund will have nudged close to £15,000. It's an ambitious target but this is a big, nay massive, run and it needs a massive fundraising target!
Finally, while we're in the Christmas mood, I'll leave you with another line from Dickens' A Christmas Carol - "And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!".
Tis the season of goodwill and I'd like to take the opportunity of saying a sincere thank you to the following generous supporters of Run Geordie Run.
Random act of kindness in the snow leads to a fund milestone!
I got snowed in yesterday, so it was a case of having to get the bus to the Newcastle v smoggies match. Now I reckon the last time I got the bus to any match was when Ossie Ardiles was the manager! That's nearly 20 years ago! Those were the days! Me and the lads would sometimes treat ourselves to a seat in "The Benches" for £6 in the East Stand when we were flush! Anyway, I digress!
There I was standing at the bus stop, ankle deep in snow waiting for the number 45 bus. There was a good 2 hours before kick off, but with a distinct lack of a sighting of any bus I was not too confident of getting there on time. Missing the kick off, by the way, is my ultimate nightmare! It's only happened once in 24 years of going to the match and I don't intend to ever let it happen again.
I hadn't been standing there for very long when another chap joined me at the bus stop. He too, as it turned out, was off to the match. We got talking and it turned out that he was a runner with an impressive running CV as I later found out. We got onto the subject of my run across the USA and he said "Ah, so you're him!". I was taken aback at first but it turned out that this chap had just been reading about the run via nufc.com the previous day. What a small world! I always find talking to new people about the run across the USA a very enjoyable experience and this occasion was no exception.
After about 40 minutes the bus eventually turned up! What a relief! The chap kindly insisted on paying my fare into town saying "Put it into the charity fund". So when I got home after the match I went straight onto www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 paying £4 to St Benedict's Hospice. Out of interest I did a quick calculation to see what the latest total figure was. To my sheer delight, I found that it was a nice round £4,500.00. Brilliant!
Thanks to Don Kent (of Blackhill Bounders Running Club) for paying my bus fare and getting the charity fund up to another milestone. And thanks to the team for getting 3 points against a very poor smoggies side. A good day all round!
Thank you to Complete Football!
I got a smashing email last week from the kind folk up at Complete Football at Newcastle Race Course. It was an offer of complimentary gym membership lasting up until the run across the USA in 2011. Of course, I accepted the very kind offer without hesitation.
Having another option within my training schedule will be very useful indeed. It's a well stocked gym with plenty of machines spread across a very generous floor space. In fact, it's one of the largest gyms I've ever been in. I've got a feeling I'll be getting to know those treadmills very well during the winter months!
Although I've yet to use the facility in anger, my first impressions of it were very good. The thing that stood out straight away was just how polite and helpful the staff I spoke to were. That's a very good sign as far as I'm concerned.
I'll post an update on the gym when I return to training in the next few weeks. I reckon I'm about 10 days away from getting fully rid of this chest infection!
In the meantime, if you're looking for a spacious, well stocked gym with friendly staff in the Gosforth area then I reckon you should give the gym at Complete Football a try. With membership prices starting from as little as £18 per month there is great value to be had here. For more information why not visit www.completefootball.net. Tell 'em I sent you and I hope to see you running on a treadmillbeside me in 2010!
Whereeeeerrrreeereee has the t-shirt been this week?
Yet another week goes by and another set famous faces get pictured with the now infamous Run Geordie Run t-shirt. We started off with Melinda Messenger and Kate Walsh from Live from Studio 5 a few weeks ago. Then it was the turn of the Newcastle Falcons squad. Following that, was ex-Newcastle United midfield general Paul Bracewell.
"Where does the Run Geordie Run PR machine go from here?" I hear you ask. Well today's destination was the Sky studios in Isleworth, West London!
First up, before the shooting of Sky's Saturday morning show Soccer AM was the very lovely Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden. I've watched the show for almost 15 years now and the picture to the left just hasn't sunk in yet. That's a Run Geordie Run charity T-Shirt on the set of Soccer AM! Very surreal!
When Helen and Max were told a few details about the 3100 mile run across the USA in 2011 they were gobsmacked! "He's doing what??!! Really??!!".
As an added bonus, I've been invited to join the actual live audience on the Soccer AM show in the New Year! Training schedule permitting, I'll try my very best to attend. Newcastle still have 2 games to play in London so I could kill a few birds with one stone!
Well, you'd think it couldn't get any better than that! But you'd be wrong! Next to lend his support to the Run Geordie Run cause was none other than the legendary Jeff Stelling!! This shot was taken just before Jeff took his place at the head of the Soccer Saturday panel.
Again, like Soccer AM, this is a show I've watched since the mid nineties and again the picture to the right seems a very surreal one! To see Jeff pictured with a Run Geordie Run t-shirt is an amazing sight for me personally. Jeff, is of course, a Hartlepool lad and is most respected, in my opinion, for his very unique style of enthusiastic punditry.
When I were a lad, growing up in the 70's/80's, it was Dickie Davies who I always remember on a Saturday teatime delivering the results. Thereafter, and what seems like a lot longer, it's always been Jeff and the team. That's just to put this into context and to try and explain just how thrilling this all is for me personally. More importantly though, is that fact that the word is spreading! The word is spreading thick and fast about one man's quest to become the first Geordie's to run 3100 miles across the USA in 2011, raising as much cash as possible for St Benedict's Hospice (Charity No 1019410) and The Children's Foundation (Charity No. 1000013).
Don't forget to tune in next week to find out where the t-shirt has been! Oh and at the time of writing I can report that sales of Run Geordie Run t-shirts have contributed just over £2,000 to the current total of £4496.
1) Pay £10 per t-shirt required to www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation). Or you could choose to split your payment and pay £5 to each charity. The choice is yours. Cheques payable to either charity are also accepted. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.
2) Email rungeordierun@googlemail.com with details of how many t-shirts you would like, size(s) and where they should be posted to.
Finally, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Susi Moser for arranging the support and taking the photos.
Sunday 13th December - 10.5 mile run, The 6 Bridges Challenge. (01:48:22).
I was very honoured recently to be asked to give an interview to the most excellent Run Run Live Podcast. The show is based in the USA and is hosted by Chris Russell.
For those of you who haven't heard the interview yet, you can hear or download the interview in episode 93 of the Run Run Live Podcast by clicking here and then selecting the pod button.
I'm on about 10 minutes into the show. If you have a few spare minutes it's well worth a listen.
As I reported yesterday; "It was obvious at the end of the run that I had returned to training too early and the plan now is to rest up until the cough has gone. Fingers crossed that I'm only a week or two away from running again.".
I took the drastic step (for me) of visiting my own Doctor this afternoon. After sounding my lungs out, right enough, she agreed that the chest infection is still there! Gutted!
She prescribed me some antibiotics and steroids to take over the next week and advised no exercise for 2 weeks. Gutted!
I'm taking consolation in the fact that this will give me a chance to enjoy more of Christmas with my family. It will also give me a chance to concentrate on the many, many tasks involved with the planning and preparation for the USA 2011 run. Believe you me, my USA road atlas is very well thumbed indeed! I may need another one very shortly at this rate!
I'll also be spending time researching how I can best avoid another chest infection. I think another 37 mile run in cold, wet conditions is never to be repeated! I've got nothing to prove now. I know I can go the distance in a single session. It pains me to say it but I think I need to make better use of the treadmill on the colder days where longer distances and considerably more time is needed! I'm also looking into arranging another winter training week abroad in as difficult a climate I can find. After all, these are the conditions I'll be running in during the Summer of 2011.
Finally, I'm in constant contact with trainers and mentors David Fairlamb and Mark Fleming. I'll be continuing to ask them for their advice and re-assurance every step of the way. These 2 guys have played a massive part so far in my preparations for the run across the USA in 17 months time! 17 MONTHS TIME!!!!!!!!!
Well then! The Run Geordie Run t-shirt continues to lead one heck of a journey. Last week it was in the company of The Newcastle Falcons squad. The week before that Melinda Messenger and Kate Walsh got their hands on one.
This week it was the turn of one of my heroes from the nineties. I remember his debut for Newcastle and the goal he scored in that game as if it were yesterday!
So you can imagine my excitement when ex Newcastle United midfielder Paul Bracewell declared his support for the Run Geordie Run cause this week. I was lucky enough to meet him while on a tour of the superb COMPLETE FOOTBALL complex near Newcastle Race Course.
"Brace" seemed to be very impressed when I told him about the run and after a good half an hour chat he was more than happy to sign a Run Geordie Run t-shirt. Perhaps another one to auction off in the future?
I must admit that I found Paul to be a very nice guy indeed. As for the COMPLETE FOOTBALL complex that he is involved with, all I can say is that the facilities are absolutely first class. My son, Jack, started goalkeeping coaching there this week and he loves it. He's also signed up for the Christmas Football Camp they are running in association with the Newcastle United Foundation. I think he's almost more excited about that than Christmas Day (Almost!).
Don't forget to tune in next week to find out where the Run Geordie Run t-shirt gets to.
My plan to sweat out this chest infection has failed miserably! On Friday I spent an hour on my Spinning bike. I felt really good after this session so it was off to David Fairlamb's Beach Bootcamp on Saturday morning. That was a really tough session with little room to get your breath back. Very, very enjoyable as ever though! Straight after Bootcamp I managed 4 lots of steps in King Edward's Bay. It was a very poor effort but I saw it as a start all the same!
I went into Sunday's 10.5 mile "Peter's Pies 6 Tyne Bridges Challenge" with the aim of just getting round in 1 piece. The first 6 miles were slow but at least I didn't experience the coughing fits that have plagued me for 4 weeks now. I had to stop quite a few times during the final 5.5 miles to cough and spit. Nice!
It was obvious at the end of the run that I had returned to training too early and the plan now is to rest up until the cough has gone. Fingers crossed that I'm only a week or two away from running again.
In the meantime, all of a sudden, I have lots of time on my hands with which to continue the planning, preparation and fundraising for the USA 2011 run. Every cloud!!!
Saturday 12th December - David Fairlamb's Beach Bootcamp. (00:45:00).
Saturday 12th December - 3 x steps in King Edward's Bay.
Time to sweat it out!
I haven't done any running for 8 days now due to this nasty chest infection. I trained through the first 2 weeks of it but enough was enough last week and I ended up taking a very rare trip to the doctors and getting prescribed some antibiotics.
It's the third time I've had a chest infection in 12 months incidentally! I hardly ever pick up a conventional injury so it seems like my immune system is the thing that is most likely to let me down.
I've been getting only marginally better each day while taking the antibiotics and tomorrow sees my return to light training. If I wait until I feel 100% again then it could be weeks more before I start training. I'll be hitting the gym for an hour or so in an attempt to try and sweat this thing out.
Saturday will see my return to David Fairlamb's Beach Bootcamp. Regular readers will know how much I enjoy this 45 minute session on Tynemouth Beach. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get the weekend off to a great start with an overall body workout. You don't have to be a total athlete either! David Fairlamb has the knack of letting you train at your own pace. The session starts on the beach opposite the Grand Hotel in Tynemouth at 9 am. I would recommend getting there 10 minutes early in order to register etc. Click on the following link for a video of a typical session.
After Beach Bootcamp, I will be attempting a few runs up the steps in nearby King Edwards Bay (pictured above). The aim this week is 5 lots of steps. I think my poor suffering lungs should just about be able to handle that.
Week 59 of USA 2011 training starts on Sunday and I'll be doing a gentle 10.5 miles on the 6 Bridges Challenge route. Or should I say the "Peter's Pies 6 Tyne Bridges Challenge". Yes folks, the regular Sunday morning run that has been going for just 5 weeks now has an official sponsor and it's the 2 charities who will be benefitting. I'll talk more about this run and it's importance and relevance in the build up to USA 2011 at a later date. If you fancy joining the merry band of runners who attend then we meet at the Newcastle end of the Millennium Bridge at 9 am each Sunday. Click here for a review of our first outing last month. In the meantime, I hope to see as many of you as possible on Sunday morning on the Quayside.
So then, it's an important 3 days! It's a 3 days where I'll be easing gently back into the old routine. I'm probably 2 weeks away from getting the full schedule up and running again. After that, the aim is to build up to 31 miles per day on consecutive days. If all goes to plan I should reach this target by the end of March 2010. I'm not thinking too much past the next 3 days, though, for now.
The Run Geordie Run t-shirt grand tour continued this week in great sporting style when captain Carl Hayman brought his Newcastle Falcons squad to Northern Rock for a signing session.
I took the opportunity to get some Run Geordie Run t-shirts signed by the full squad. Which was nice! Perhaps I'll auction these off in aid of the 2 charities in the near future. Any offers folks?
Before the squad signed the shirts, the Falcons PR girl asked me to stand up, introduce myself and tell them all what the run across the USA was all about and who I was raising funds for. It's a good job that talking about and promoting the run is very much my forte these days. The lads looked very impressed indeed when they heard about how many miles I had to run and how many days I had to do it in!
As I made my way round the squad with t-shirts to sign I was bombarded with questions from all angles. "How many miles do you have to run each day", "What time of year will you be running?", "Do you hope to get out of Vegas?" were just a few examples. I've got to say that I very much enjoyed answering each and every question that was thrown my way.
The lads were really friendly and the fact that they showed a genuine interest in the USA 2011 run has served as a massive morale boost!
Thanks go to Louise Rourke and Louise Ormston for arranging the signing session and to Carl Hayman and the Newcastle Falcons for making my day, month and year!
Don't forget to tune in to the same place next week to find out where the Run Geordie Run t-shirt gets to!
It gives me great pleasure to report that the fund for St Benedict's Hospice (Charity No. 1019410) and The Children's Foundation (Charity No. 1000013) has burst through the £4,000 barrier and currently stands at £4,031.50. For the benefit of readers in the USA, at the current exchange rate, that's converts to $6,539.03.
I think this is an amazing amount of money, given the current financial climate, rising levels of unemployment and the fact that there are so many people doing so many amazing things these days to raise funds for charity.
Without doubt, the recent publicity on www.nufc.com has been instrumental in seeing the fund leep from £3,000 to over £4,000 in just 3 weeks!!!! As a result, Run Geordie Run t-shirt sales have increased massively. I'm very proud to say that I've posted t-shirts all over the North East region as well as various places and the UK and even some to Australia, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates!!
My thanks go to Biffa at www.nufc.com who has backed me to the hilt on numerous fundraising events in the past and he continues to do so. He has a vast audience of Geordies worldwide. To allow me to spread the word of the next big run to all of those good folk will be the one factor that makes a massive difference to the charity fund and the event in general.
Thanks also go to Peter's Pies who have been matching everyone's contributions at a ratio of 50p in the £1. This has made a massive difference to the total and, as per the sponsorship agreement, the deal will soon be coming to an end. Rest assured, though, I'll continue to push as hard as I can to unlock as much money as I can from that agreement. I'm on the look out for similar deals in 2010 from various companies. So if you would like to sponsor Run Geordie Run in a way similar to Peter's Pies then please get in touch.
Aside from contributions to the charity fund, I've had some very interesting emails from various people offering help and support in the USA. I'll be pursuing each one of these and hopefully I can make best use of these very kind offers.
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed to the charity fund so far. Your support really is appreciated not only by me but also by the staff at St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation. If the charity fund stands at £4,031.50 now, I shudder to think what the final amount will be when I reach New York in August 2011.
....one of these very stylish and exclusive Run Geordie Run t-shirts (as modelled by Kate Walsh and Melinda Messenger)? If the answer is yes, then please follow these 2 simple steps.
1) Firstly, choose which of the 2 charities you'd like to pay your £10 (per t-shirt) to. This can be done at www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 for St Benedict's Hospice or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 for The Children's Foundation. Or you could choose to split your payment and pay £5 (per t-shirt) to each charity. The choice is yours.
Cheques are also accepted and should, again, be made payable to 'St Benedict's Hospice' or 'The Children's Foundation'. The choice is yours. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.
2) Once your payment has been made please email me at rungeordierun@googlemail.com with details of how many t-shirts you would like, size(s) and where they should be posted to. T-shirts are available in small, medium, large, extra large and extra extra large.
So, in summary, it's as simple as making your payment using the justgiving links specified above and then get in touch with details on quantity, size(s) and your address.
Finally, I'd just like to say many thanks on behalf of St Benedict's Hospice (Charity No. 1019410) and The Children's Foundation (Charity No. 1000013) in anticipation of your support. Having personally seen the services that these 2 outstanding North East charities provide, you should be confident with the knowledge that your contribution will be put to very good use indeed.
Wheeeerrrreeeeee has the t-shirt been this week?
Oh boy, oh boy! The Run Geordie Run t-shirt is certainly getting about these days. Today, I was very grateful to Kate Walsh and Melinda Messenger for taking time out between makeup and appearing on screen on "Live from Studio Five".
This snap was taken by their makeup artist Susi Moser who told the girls all about the up and coming run across the USA in 2011. Susi said that "They were both gobsmacked when they found out about the run".
To say that I was "over the moon" is an absolute understatement when Susi passed on the girls good wishes and told me that they wished me "lots of luck".
Thanks to Suzi for putting the Run Geordie Run t-shirt she bought recently to very good use indeed. You can catch Kate and Melinda (and Ian Wright) on Channel 5 weekdays from 18:25 until 19:30.
I've tried my best to train with this chest infection, however, last night things came to a head. I was just setting off on my 3rd session of the day, a short 3 mile run back home, when I all of a sudden had a shortness of breath. I'd hardly gone a 1/4 mile when I felt as if the flow of air through my lungs was severely restricted. It was so bad that I walked the rest of the way home!
It's not like me to go to the doctors but after a couple of people suggested that I should go I made the trip to the Walk In Centre in Newcastle. What a brilliant service! I was in and out within 30 minutes and came away with a prescription for antibiotics and a recommendation to rest for 7 days.
I'll be taking this advice and I'm gutted that I'll be missing out on a few runs but especially gutted to be missing 2 training sessions with Mark Fleming, David Fairlamb's Beach Bootcamp and, of course, the now traditional Sunday morning run across the 6 Tyne Bridges.
As soon as this chest infection is over, though, I'll be starting the next major cycle in my training. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, the next stage of training is all about building up big mileage and doing it day after day. By the end of March I hope to be able to comfortably run 31 miles one day and then do it all again the next. The target after this, is to run 31 miles per day for 7 days. I hope to achieve this by the end of August 2010.
Given, all of the running I've done so far, and the support and encouragement I'm getting from so many people, I'm pretty confident of reaching the next major target in August 2010. The margin for error next year, though, is so very small. I've got away with making a lot of bad decisions this year. Next year is a completely different ball game. The scope for missing runs is virtually non existent. I've got to sort my nutrition out once and for all. Finally, choosing the right time to rest is very important too.
There are challenging times ahead for sure. For the next 7 days, however, it's all about resting and taking antibiotics!
Sunday 29th November - 10.5 mile run, The 6 Bridges Challenge. (01:37:13). PB!
Tuesday 1st December - 2.9 mile run, Jesmond to Gosforth. (00:29:57).
Tuesday 1st December - 5 mile run, Race Course. (00:49:27).
Tuesday 1st December - 2 mile run, Gosforth to Jesmond. (00:28:50).
Ways to support Run Geordie Run's 2 chosen charities.
There are a number of ways to support the 2 charities that Run Geordie Run is raising funds for (St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation). In response to a few emails that I've received today here they are. Oh and I should mention that thanks to my pals at Peter's Pies, for every £1 paid, they will add 50p! This unbelievably generous offer expires at midnight on 31/12/2009.
Geordie Band, THE EXILES, have written and recorded 2 songs to support the 3100 mile run across the USA. They are entitled "Runner on a lonely road" and "Beneath the angel's wings once more". The artist's time and expenses were kindly given free of charge allowing the full £3 per CD to go to the 2 charities.
1) Pay a minimum donation of £3 per CD required to www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation). Or you could choose to split your payment and donate to each charity. The choice is yours. Cheques payable to either charity are also accepted. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.
2) Email rungeordierun@googlemail.com with details of how many CDs you would like and where they should be posted to.
Running 3100 miles across the USA is a massive undertaking. Just like the 2007 run from John O'Groats to Lands End, I'll be running in memory of lost family members such as my parents Margery and Terry and my brother David. I don't want the dedication to lost loved ones to stop there, however.
I want to open up this event to as many people as I can. Apart from the obvious effects of raising 10's of thousands of pounds for the 2 charities, it is my sincere hope that this run will have as far reaching an effect as possible and will serve to inspire and to give hope and comfort to as many people as possible. I know from the 1000's of emails I've received over the last few years, just how much the run in 2007 and the cause I was running for meant to all of those people who got in touch. It soon became apparent that for every 1 runner like me, there are thousands of stories of great loss but usually great inspiration also.
It is my hope that 3000 miles of the run from California to New York in 2011 will be dedicated to the memory of a lost loved one. I will create a register on this site of all of the names and provide space for a comment or dedication to be left if the recipient wishes. These people will be in my thoughts as I run each mile and I will most certainly hope to draw on the dedications left for inspiration as well as running in their memory. There will be a nominal cost of £2 for each mile. It will be the recipients choice whether this will go to St Benedict's Hospice or The Children's Foundation.
1) Pay £2 per mile that you wish to dedicate in memory of a lost loved one to www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) or www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation). Or you could choose to split your payment and donate to each charity. The choice is yours. Cheques payable to either charity are also accepted. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.
a) Your name or family name.
b) The name of the person I'll be running in memory of.
c) A dedication and/or some information about the person I'll be running in memory of (Optional).
d) A picture of the person I'll be running in memory of. (Optional).
e) Whether you'd be happy for me to include some or all of the above details in a register on this website and if you'd be happy to have the person's name mentioned on this site during the run. You can supply as much or as little information as you would like.
Hopefully, all miles will be dedicated but one thing is for sure, it will be an honour and a privilege to run in the memory of all of those people who are sadly no longer with us.
1) Make your pledge to www.justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 (St Benedict's Hospice) orwww.justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 (The Children's Foundation). Or you could choose to split your payment and donate to each charity. The choice is yours. Cheques payable to either charity are also accepted. Please get in touch at rungeordierun@googlemail.com for details on where to post your cheque.
Running 3100 miles across the USA is a massive undertaking. Just like the 2007 run from John O'Groats to Lands End, I'll be running in memory of lost family members such as my parents Margery and Terry and my brother David.
I don't want the dedication to lost loved ones to stop there, however. I want to open up this event to as many people as I can. Apart from the obvious effects of raising 10's of thousands of pounds for the 2 charities, it is my sincere hope that this run will have as far reaching an effect as possible and will serve to inspire and to give hope and comfort to as many people as possible. I know from the 1000's of emails I've received over the last few years, just how much the run in 2007 and the cause I was running for meant to all of those people who got in touch. It soon became apparent that for every 1 runner like me, there are thousands of stories of great loss but usually great inspiration also.
It is my hope that 3000 miles of the run from California to New York in 2011 will be dedicated to the memory of a lost loved one. Nearer the time of the run, I will create a register on this site of all of the names and provide space for a comment or dedication to be left if the recipient wishes. These people will be in my thoughts as I run each mile and I will most certainly hope to draw on the dedications left for inspiration as well as running in their memory. There will be a nominal cost of £2 for each mile. It will be the recipients choice whether this will go to St Benedict's Hospice or The Children's Foundation.
1) Pay £2 by visiting either justgiving.com/rungeordierun1 for St Benedict's Hospice or justgiving.com/rungeordierun2 for The Children's Foundation. The choice is yours as to which charity to donate to.
c) A dedication and/or some information about the person I'll be running in memory of.
d) A picture of the person I'll be running in memory of.
Hopefully, all miles will be dedicated, but one thing is for sure, it will be an honour and a privilege to run in the memory of all of those people who are sadly no longer with us.
Run Geordie Run sinks to new depths!
Have a look at this superb photo! I was gob smacked when I first saw it. It was sent to me by work colleague Richard Scholfield who was also a very generous sponsor of my run from John O'Groats to Lands End in 2007.
Richard was one of the first people to buy a Run Geordie Run t-shirt and he's obviously put it to very good use in an attempt to help spread the word of the next big run across the USA in 2011.
The photo was taken at a depth of 30 metres on the floor of "The Canyon"; a famous dive site near Dahab, on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
I'm reliably informed that 30 metres is generally accepted as the maximum depth achievable using recreational scuba equipment! Richard went on to explain "The wall behind us rises about 10-12m vertically, and there is a similar wall (creating the canyon) just behind the photographer, so its a fairly claustrophobic place, and not an easy dive.". Wow!
Pictured from left to right are Doug Biggs (Instructor & Guide), Susi Moser and Richard Scholfield. It sounded like a bit of a multinational effort, as Susi is Swiss, and the camera was deftly wielded by Mia, who is Swedish!
Sunday 22nd November - 10.5 mile run, The 6 Bridges Challenge. (01:39:46).
Friday 27th November - 2.6 mile run, Jesmond to Gosforth. (00:23:54).
Friday 27th November - 2.7 mile run, Gosforth to Jesmond. (00:24:26).
Saturday 28th November - David Fairlamb's Beach Bootcamp. (00:45:00).
This is the latest draft of the route to give you a rough idea of where I'll be running in 2011.


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Okay. Cards on the table. I enjoyed the shit out of The Neighbors.
This kind of surprised me because, one, I haven't really liked any new comedies this year, and two, it's not been getting very good reviews. Everyone seems to think that it's hokey, too tame for ABC even, and doomed to failure. Which really sucks, because I'm pretty sure this is the most original sitcom we've seen in a while.
Let's break it down. The Neighbors is about a nice normal family who move to the suburbs and discover that all of their neighbors are aliens. Admittedly, that does sound more like the premise to a Disney pilot, but the show works with what it's got. The aliens are very funny, there are a lot of fantastic running gags, and the actors (though literally all of them are relative unknowns) are fantastic.
But more than any of that, which is not to poo-poo it either, The Neighbors is the rare comedy these days that manages to be both heartwarming and funny. That's impressive.
It seems more common now that you get one or the other. Either you have a smarmy, self-satisfied preach-fest like The New Normal, or you've got a cynical, bitter snark-fest like Animal Practice. You almost never get both at the same time.
So, really, in a strange way, this show reminds me most of another recent comedy that starred almost no one you knew (except Cloris Leachman), and is doing just fine. It reminds me of Raising Hope.
What made the Raising Hope pilot, and really the whole first season, so damn watchable was the way the show treated its characters. The Chance family are not smart. They are not rich. And they are not particularly touchy-feely. But damn do they love each other. Although it was rare to see a scene where either of Jimmy's parents hugged him, or where there wasn't at least a little teasing and some hair-raising references to Jimmy's fraught childhood, you always knew that this was a family that loved.
It's pretty much the same deal in The Neighbors. Now, admittedly, the focus is less on the actual family and more on their situation, but the way that the show is dealing with these characters is very familiar. Debbie and Marty fight a lot. She's mad that he doesn't seem to take her concerns into account and is constantly trying to fight her for dominance in the family. He's frustrated because he thought she wanted him to do that. Their kids are pissed because they've just moved to a new neighborhood and it's really weird.
But you never forget that this is a family that loves each other.
In a lot of ways, this does feel like an older show. It's very reminiscent of 3rd Rock from the Sun, which was awesome. Aliens confused by our humanity but desperately wanting to understand it.
The pilot episode deals with the way that the aliens are looking for a reason for their place on Earth, and trying to grapple with the human feelings they have. It's all pretty cool to see, even if it does feel dated. For some reason, those aren't things we get to see on TV much these days.
The Neighbors does feel retro. But the good kind of retro. The best kind, actually.
This even fails to mention that the show is pushing the envelope, and I'd argue more than shows like The New Normal do. In this series, we have a husband and wife who challenge perceptions of gender normativity. Jackie fertilized Larry so that he could bear their children. It's mentioned casually and normally, and in comparison to the fact that they're aliens, the humans on the show accept it as just another thing. It's not weird. Not compared to them all being green lizard people.
By focusing on the outlandish premise and the little jokes surrounding it (the aliens thought it would be a great tribute to Earth to name themselves after its best athletes), the show is allowed to go to extreme places in its social commentary. It all comes off as so harmless and charming that you hardly realize you're being given a sociology lesson on your own culture.
That's what good pop culture does. It doesn't preach or shove it down your throat, it just pings the back of your mind while you're busy laughing your butt off as a posh housewife repeatedly says "poopod".
I never said this was a sophisticated show. Just a good one.
The Neighbors airs on Wednesdays at 8:30pm on ABC.
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I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that it's a challenge given that it's presented as one of the many weird attributes of an alien species more than anything else - I don't see this challenging different parenting or gender norms.
Certainly not more so than a show that hasn't completely erased GBLT people and actually includes humans who don't follow the standard straight families.
What surprised me was the number of POC on the show, especially for a sitcom where erasure is likely to be ignored or cast aside and not commented on- but it actually does depressingly better than several "more serious" shows
I did definitely like how diverse the cast was, and I think it was a nice mini-comment that you could interpret this as simply that it didn't occur to the aliens that race was a thing. Which is the sort of mini-comment I like.
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Q: Location Coordinates On Computer Showing X=-32000, Y=-32000 I have a C# application that saves its state when it is closed and then reads in the saved state when it starts up.  One item that is saved is the location of the main form.  Normally this works great - in my code there is a line like this that saves the location to a file that is then read back in on startup:
streamWriter.WriteLine("location:" + this.Location.X + "," + this.Location.Y);

Normally, the location coordinates look like this on my machine with multiple monitors:
location:-1069,283

Occasionally I'll see coordinates that are saved like this:
location:-32000,-32000

And then when the user brings the app back up, the form is way off the desktop and can't (easily) be retrieved by an average user.
What is happening to make the coordinates be read this way and are there suggestions to prevent this situation?

A: Use the RestoreBounds property on your Form.
Edit: here's a copy/paste from some of my code (could probably use a bit of cleanup, but it gets the point across). This is from my main form's FormClosing event handler:
// Save the last form state
Program.AppSettings.MainWindowFormState = this.WindowState;

// Check if the window is minimized or maximized
if ((this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized) ||
    (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Maximized))
{
    // Use the restored state values
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowX = this.RestoreBounds.Left;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowY = this.RestoreBounds.Top;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowWidth = this.RestoreBounds.Width;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowHeight = this.RestoreBounds.Height;
}
else
{
    // Use the normal state values
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowX = this.Left;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowY = this.Top;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowWidth = this.Width;
    Program.AppSettings.MainWindowHeight = this.Height;
}
And here is how to restore the state on load (remember to set your form's initial position mode to Manual to avoid flicker):
// Set the initial form state
this.WindowState = Program.AppSettings.MainWindowFormState;
this.Left = Program.AppSettings.MainWindowX;
this.Top = Program.AppSettings.MainWindowY;
this.Width = Program.AppSettings.MainWindowWidth;
this.Height = Program.AppSettings.MainWindowHeight;

A: The coordinates you're seeing are due to the fact that the application is minimized when it is closed. Windows "hides" your form by actually moving it from its coordinates to some ridiculously large negative X,Y coordinates.
Verified programmatically:
Output from a form app on Vista:
Current coordinates X: 184  Y: 184 *Default Location
Current coordinates X: -32000  Y: -32000 *Minimized Location
From the code:
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Current coordinates X: " + Location.X + "  Y: " + Location.Y );

To solve this I would simply check for such a value when your app is closing and not actually save it to file.
If you don't want to mess with doing math on arbitrary coordinate values you could also check the WindowState. See here on MSDN

A: Answering to the main question "what is happening":
I have found this being easily reproduced while pressing Ctrl+D while the app is running (= shortcut to minimize all windows and view Desktop).
While your window is being minimized and you set window.Visible = False immediately you will get both coords (top,left) = -32000. This attempt is incorrect since the window is already minimized (=hidden) and you are double changing the coords.
Instead you should be setting window.ShowInTaskbar = False which is more correct, and the problem with coord -32000 dissapears.

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In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat until bubbling but not browning. Whisk in flour and cook for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
Slowly stir in chicken stock until well blended. Add spices and cook until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken. Ladle mixture into freezer bags and seal. Freeze.
Add carrots and peas, simmer, drop on dumpling dough, cover and cook.
Add sliced mushrooms, simmer. Serve over toast or in puff pastry shells.
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make it even easier, I usually cook a whole chicken in my crock pot, then add water and some chicken bouillon to get the right amount of chicken stock.
Also, I normally go ahead and add peas and carrots before freezing.


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Lieutenant Governor's correspondence file mainly relating to social and patronage matters
Reference: A/A2/25
Date: January 19th 1957 - December 31st 1962
Date: January 31st 1963 - December 30th 1966
Date: January 9th 1967 - May 5th 1969
Digital copy of the Annual Report of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1988. [Some details redacted].
Reference: C/D/AW1/A3/3/WD004838
Digital copy of a History of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1981. [Some details redacted].
Digital copy of Exhibit [MH]1: History of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1981. [Some details redacted]. Used as evidence in relation to [Margaret Holley]'s Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 15 May 2015, [C/D/AW2/B3/26/WS000575].
Reference: C/D/AW2/A7/33/WD005488/1
Digital copy of Exhibit [MH]10: Annual Report of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1989. [Some details redacted]. Used as evidence in relation to [Margaret Holley]'s Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 15 May 2015, [C/D/AW2/B3/26/WS000575].
Reference: C/D/AW2/A7/33/WD005488/10
Digital copy of Exhibit [MH]17: Annual Report of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1988-1989. [Some details redacted]. Used as evidence in relation to [Margaret Holley]'s Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 15 May 2015, [C/D/AW2/B3/26/WS000575].
Digital copy of Exhibit [MH]3: Annual Report of Brig-y-don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home, 1972-1973. [Some details redacted]. Used as evidence in relation to [Margaret Holley]'s Witness Statement to the Inquiry, dated 15 May 2015, [C/D/AW2/B3/26/WS000575].
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