Posted in Cultural, England, The Main Thread on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Another thing you should expect to do if you’re visiting London is walk. I always seem to walk miles & miles - which I think is a combination of indecisiveness, wondering what’s round the corner, and fairly frequently getting minorly lost. Second piece of advice therefore is always carry a good map.
You should also try [...]
Posted in Cultural, England, The Main Thread on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
While you’re in London always take the trouble to take in a West End show. If you line up the theatres/shows your interested in and then hit the box office at each and see what’s going for the evening. I tried We Will Rock You and Mary Poppins with no luck - no seats [...]
Posted in Cultural, England, The Main Thread on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Having first visited London over 10 years ago I have to confess I was never really that much of a fan - there’s no doubt it’s exciting to be in London - but when for example you come here for work it’s always a rush and too much time looking at the inside of a [...]
Posted in Cultural, England on Dec 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
You know you’re in England when they’re talkin’ on the radio about ‘going indoors’ and ‘hose pipes’…
Or driving across Cambridgeshire early on sunny morn and the hard frost has painted the landscape white - vertically as well as horizontally -
tree frames covered in picture postcard fluffy frost from top to bottom.
Or watching the BBC Scotland’s [...]
Posted in Bits'n'Bobs, The Main Thread on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
With occasion lately to be confronted with death - for the first time, personally for me - which at 42 I consider somewhat ‘lucky’ (that I haven’t had to face this type of grief before now).
My cousin, Anthony (Tony) Wright, died on the 29th of November this year. A victim, like many others in any [...]