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My name is Peter Woodthorpe and I'm an Engineering Design Research Associate for the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom working with a precision engineering company in Otley, West Yorkshire.
On this site you will find a selection of the work that I have completed in academia, as a career and as a hobby. In addition to this I will comment on design trends and the important things going on in my life.
Please feel free to look around my website and if you would like to contact me please do so on pwoodthorpe@gmail.comMy Projects
Monthly Archives: November 2010
PDes Revisited
Saturday night was a crazy time warp for me, it was the first time I had met up with some of my old Leeds University Product Design class mates since we graduated two and a half years ago. It was very … Continue reading
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Revolution Cross: The Review
The bike has been through what can only be described as a thorough shake down, one week, 90 miles in rain, wind, sleet, snow and sub zero temperatures. Saying that, I have also been through a thorough shake down! This … Continue reading
The Week That Was W/E 21st November
So, what’s been going in the week? I hear you ask, well look no further than the paragraphs below… Actually there has been some pretty cool stuff going on in and around my life at the moment. I’m having a … Continue reading
Life Under The Lights
It is now very much winter here in Yorkshire and we have been under a fixed blanket of fog for most of the last week with it only relenting to be very frosty or raining. We are also only a … Continue reading
Bike Shopping
It has been nearly a month since I was last on a bike for any decent length of time and nearly 3 weeks since my bike was stolen and with it now most likely never to be seen again I’ve … Continue reading
Roundhay Park: Bonfire Night 2010
I gave my camera a thorough work out last Friday night for Bonfire Night at Roundhay Park here in Leeds. The event is one of the largest in the country with over 70,000 people in attendance. Photography isn’t really one … Continue reading
Bonfire Night
Well having survived mischief night surprisingly unscathed it’s now the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes’ Night, or bonfire night to many. I love bonfire night, I always have done and it is a big deal over here. It is the … Continue reading
Mischief Night
Tonight is Mischief Night in Leeds which is kinda the non-pagan, localised English version of what Halloween used to be before it became about sweets and dressing up as zombies. In Yorkshire Mischief Night is the day before Bonfire night … Continue reading
It’s all just a little bit of history repeating
Unfortunately I have to report that my bike has been stolen AGAIN! This time however is a far more serious event than just having my lock snipped and someone cycling off with it. Turns out a group of “gentlemen” hopped … Continue reading
