Monday, January 28, 2008

Living with the news

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The unexpected sensation of living in the midst of the world's current affairs has been a reoccurring theme since relocating to London. ...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Hadrian's Wall

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In AD122 Roman Emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia, the northernmost edge of his vast and sprawling empire. Following his visi...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Flight BA038

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Today's big news story is the crash-landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow airport yesterday. One 150 people narrowly avert...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Welcome to London!

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I caught the Eurostar to Paris this week from the new St Pancras International station in London. The station was opened on 14 November last...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

A distant memory

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We're back after two weeks of vacation in Dubai and Scotland. This evening, with my first day back at work behind me, our recent adventu...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Edinburgh Castle

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Our northern road trip was dominated by castles. The third and final castle we visited is also Scotland’s second most popular tourist destin...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Snow country

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After a day of almost perfect weather on Thursday, we woke to a spectacular winter's scene the following morning. The foothills around o...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Loch Ness

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Mention Scotland and most people think of Loch Ness. Without a doubt its one of the nation's famous natural landmarks. In 1990 I had the...

King of the castle

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Our first day of the New Year is likely to become the year's most memorable. While researching accommodation for our Northern road tour,...

Liverpool & Blackpool

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I've always wanted to see Blackpool. As a child it epitomised everything that represented the quintessential English seaside experience;...

Safari Schlock

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Aside from shopping, Dubai’s most popular tourist activity is its Desert Safaris. These have to be one of the most cliché tourist experience...
Monday, December 31, 2007

The many, many malls of Dubai

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Dubai is home to some enormous malls (and will soon include the world's two largest). Garry and I visited at least three of them simply ...

Luxury in Dubai

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Garry and I have finished seven wonderful days in Dubai. Our adventure began with an unexpected upgrade to First Class courtesy of British A...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Dhows, Gold, Spice and Frankincense

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Our first full day in Dubai was spent relaxing and wandering around our hotel’s local area. Deira is one of the city’s original districts, f...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Work in progress

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Palm Island Resort, Dubai. Photo courtesy of NASA. Dubai has to be one of the world’s most remarkable places. Here, on the edge of th...
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