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It’s all getting too much …

Having proved to my total satisfaction on Wednesday that taking one’s car for granted is a foolhardy conceit, my nightmare of a week continued yesterday with a weather forecast of constant rain all day … a slew of scheduled family commitments in central London … and then a need to pick up a [...]

May 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

The best laid plans of mice and men …

I have been a member of the Automobile Association since 1978 and – as far as I can recall – have had little need to resort to calling upon their assistance. Perhaps half a dozen times in thirty-seven years? One of the oddities of ‘the system’ is that, from about 1990, I took advantage of [...]

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Day two

Firstly I would like publicly to thank Henry and his brother for all the fine work they put in to ensure we all enjoyed our trip. Their prep was first-rate. Secondly, and not for the first time, I disagree with Daffers. As Henry and bro took us from cemetery to cemetery I could only unconditionally [...]

May 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Falling off the pace

Ten days ago I came across a couple of signs that modern life is leaving me behind. I first received a communication from DVLA in Swansea announcing that my car tax disc was due to be renewed at the end of the month. Actually, hold the phone, that isn’t quite true. My tax disc wasn’t due for [...]

April 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

From Utrecht to Paris : the longest day

I explained to Alice that organising travel tours are highly stressful as you need to cope with unplanned eventualities calmly. Yesterday was a prime example. The plan was to arrive in Amsterdam in good time and to take the 11-17 Thalys, a high tech express train to Paris. Well at least we arrived [...]

March 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

i360 – white elephant ?

Work has started on the 575 foot tower on the Brighton seafront opposite Regency Square and facing the defunct West Pier. Controversially the council approved a £36m loan to the architects Marks Barfield who constructed the London Eye. The repayment of the borrowing is to come from income [...]

March 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Back to good old Blighty

Yesterday I returned to the UK and almost immediately wished that I could have turned on my heel and booked myself a one-way ticket back to Portugal. THE FLIGHT By chance I had booked a seat less than ten rows back on the right hand side from the front of my budget airline flight. When I [...]

February 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/the restaurants of Lewes

The last and only time I was in Lewes must have been 15 years ago en route to Glyndebourne. Olly and I were going to the opera with some clients of his and Daffers was on her best behaviour as we boarded a routemaster bus the men in black tie and us ladies in our finery which took us to the famous [...]

February 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Travelling in Brighton

Yesterday I took the number 7 bus into the centre of Brighton. Every bus in Brighton is named after a famous resident of the city. One is named after the deceased painter and sculptor Eric Gill who is the grand uncle of Polly. There was some controversy as it is said that Eric Gill allegedly had [...]

February 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rail chaos

In my own minor way I can contribute to the debate on the breakdown of railway travel. I was travelling from Bournemouth to Brighton to spend a few days with Ivan Conway before we both went today to Fulham v Brighton. Like all windows cleaners I am used to getting up early as we often start work at [...]

December 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

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