no, I’m not really… I have just been a bit busy. Had a much less intensive weekend this one just past than I have lately. I think I am getting over the…
Country #22
Country #22, South Africa,was underwhelming. Perhaps I’m being unfair. It was the worst kind of business trip for country appreciation: airport-hotel-office-hotel-another office-airport.But even so, with the best will in the world, Johannesburg…
London Christmas (in the style of Samuel Pepys, c December 1660)
20071224_holland_park_fog Being Christmas week of 1659-60, and latterly moved to the great city of London, I find myself two days past Boxing Day in fine health and of abstemious temperament. This Sunday,…
the days are just full…
20071217_earlscourt_embankment I was a whirlwind of activity this weekend – I’m quite exhausted this morning. I don’t think I have ever been so domestically minded in my life! Among other things: Took…
Hardship Posting (my new home in London as told by Fungus the Bogeyman)
20071201_london_abode Back in Bristol after two days in London waiting for my airfreight to show up. One day someone will explain to me how they can move a person in 20 hours,…
Taking the waters
20011125_Bath_general took the BBC at its word today, and assumed that a weather forecast of “bright” meant “occasional glimpses of sunshine filtered through clouds and no actual precipitation”. Never mind the Eskimos…
11 flats, 8 agents, 4 possibles and one offer
200711_london_hunting Took a whirlwind tour of central London on Wednesday to find the perfect flat. I was not wildly optimistic – I had heard too many stories of gazumped offers, greedy agents,…
The Brunel Mile (after mile after mile)
20071118_Bristol_Brunel as promised, I had a Brunel adventure on the weekend.On Saturday, I walked from my cosy flat at the water’s edge to the Clifton Suspension Bridge where it spans the Avon…
feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole (not)
20071115_ishmaelia first thing to point out about Ishmaelia – it’s not really Ishmaelia – names have been changed to protect the innocent. I can confirm it is a small, French-speaking country in…
7:00 am and the sun only just came up
well, that was the first 24 hours in the UK. Unmemorable trip over. Sat next to a young woman with her (thankfully) good-natured baby, watched movies, tried to sleep.Arrived 5:00am, 4 hours…