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Flight Ek 344

Gatwick to Auckland is one of the longest of long hauls – taking you through 11 time zones. Fortunately we could disembark at Dubai where there are shower facilities. From there we travelled with the All Black and Samoan rugby sevens sides back to Auckland. There was no evidence of any [...]

December 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

In transit

A somewhat hasty and brief note from the Emirates Lounge, Dubai International Airport en route to Auckland where the All Blacks are also present in shorts and polo clustered in groups all on their mobiles. One of the oddities of air travel is that, however much you pay, the airline has little [...]

December 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Leaving for Down Under

Today the National Rust delegation leaves for a trip Down Under to Australasia. We asked each of the party for their views   Algy Bellville “Think New Zealand wines and you think Sauvignon Blanc but their cool climate with hot summers produces a lot of interesting wines. I am [...]

December 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

up the i360

I was by no means in favour of the i360 watchtower, a project that cost the Brighton council £42m, though nearly half has been recouped by the British Airways sponsorship. I could see more worthy causes and doubted whether it would attract the 1 million extra visitors anticipated. Yesterday was my [...]

November 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Reflections upon a trip

Yesterday was essentially a ‘travel day’, i.e. my return home from Palma via Gatwick Airport. After a fairly crowded schedule spent shadowing my son Barry for 48 hours, it began with me having a light hotel breakfast, checking out and then strolling down the hill to the main drag opposite the [...]

November 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

French Riviera And Its Artists/ John Baxter

This is the fourth book I have read on the artistic life on the Riviera. I am therefore tempted to ask John Pargiter to quote me odds on how long it takes any author to cite Somerset Maugham’s description of it as “a sunny place for shady people”. According to John Baxter, a [...]

November 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Dame on the Train

Yesterday I had an odd experience that might have happened on the start of a Hitchcock film whilst travelling up to London on Southern Railway. I was co-organising a dinner later that evening and looking forward to a leisurely journey. I had started the Telegraph crossword but was put off by a [...]

October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wrapping up

My first trip to Andalusia was successful and I would repeat it. Next time, having seen Córdoba and Granada, I would head south from Sevilla to Ronda and Malaga. Because of the extreme summer heat when the temperature reaches 50 degrees I would only go in October again. I was fortunate to be in [...]

October 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sevilla-lisation

I had a free day in Sevilla before a French friend Valerie was due to join me. I still had to see the interior of the cathedral but chose instead to do what I enjoy most namely to wander around the city going wherever I choose. I set off in the direction of the bull ring. I have mixed views on [...]

October 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Heathrow wait

By family arrangement last night I drove to Heathrow Terminal 2, parked in its short stay (pick up) car park and then made my way inside in order to await an Anglo-friendly family member by marriage who was arriving from Canada at approximately 9.00pm. My task was to convey him to the home of one [...]

October 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

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