This week I’ve been staying at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen. In fact it’s the only Hilton in Stockholm.
I’ve been very impressed. There is an “Environmental Statement” 12-page booklet in your room which tells you how much the hotel has done to help the environment. So I can tell you that, for example, energy consumption in [...]
I recently spent a week in Prague at the Intercontinental Hotel. Unfortunately, their swimming pool was closed for maintenance for the entire week. However, they arranged for a hotel car to take guests (for free) along to the Hilton where we were able to use their pool and spa facilities. When I finished, I just [...]
Big Martyn has started on his Mega Cruise. Hurrah! I’m pleased to report there’s a daily update from the man himself on his new blog:
http://bigmartyn.blogspot.com/
By the way, did I mention I lost another 3 and a half pounds last week? Check it out!
Last week I apologised for being weight-obsessed.
This week you’ll just have to deal with it - I’m losing weight, I need to tell you about it
This week I lost 1½ lbs. So, less than last week, but still going in the right direction.
I think last weekend was particularly problematic because we were on [...]
It’s Panto season again, and this year we went to see Cinderella at the Old Vic theatre near Waterloo station in London.
This particular version was written by the always excellent Stephen Fry, and featured Sandi Toksvig as the narrator (amongst other roles).
The Ugly Sisters were called Dolce and Gabbana, the result of which is I [...]
Our first year we went up the Grand Union Canal and just about got outside the M25. Kings Langley is where we turned around.
Last year we went the other way, along the Regent’s Canal to the Hertford Canal and then up the Lea Navigation and the Stort River to Bishop’s Stortford and then Hertford.
This year [...]
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Posted 15 August 2007
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Tagged: Aylesbury, Bishop's Stortford, Canalplan AC, Gino's, Grand Union, Hertford, Kings Langley, Limehouse, Oxford, Stort, Teddington, Thames
OK, so I posted a quick list of everything we did in Glasgow, but I didn’t make any comments on anything. So, I’m catching up with that now
I’m pleased to say I was flying business class from Bucharest to Heathrow, because that was the only kind of ticket left when I booked. Damn, [...]
If you count Friday afternoon/evening as well, last weekend I did all these things…
Flew back from Bucharest in Romania
Went to the leaving do for Payam, Hans and Ben
Drove to Nottingham
Took my parents to EMA - East Midlands (Nottingham) airport
Flew with my parents and Ruth (of course) to Glasgow
Went on a boat trip through the Falkirk [...]
This week I’ve been to Bucharest with Ruth and Shaun. I was working with Shaun and Ruth was on holiday.
We arrived on Sunday late in the evening. Fortunately the Phoenicia Hotel is near the airport.
Monday and Tuesday Shaun and I were working hard, 12 hours each day. Wednesday was easier, and Shaun travelled back to [...]
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Posted 14 April 2006
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Ruth and I arranged to have a day off today, so we decided a trip to France was in order
After getting up at some ungodly hour, we arrived at Dover about 45 minutes before the departure of the Norfolk Line’s ‘Maersk Dunkerque’.
What a fabulous boat! It’s one of the new craft being introduced [...]