Monday, March 31, 2008

Water and ice

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Day Three in Iceland saw us make our way east towards Vatnajokull, the nation’s largest icecap. The vast frozen zone covers more than 8300sq...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Jokulsarlon

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Our fourth day in Iceland was scheduled to be dominated by a lengthy drive to Reykjavik . Over the previous three days, we’d driven almost 4...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Reykjavik

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Our last 1.5 days in Iceland were spent exploring the capital city. Reykjavik is an odd place. It’s surprisingly cosmopolitan, yet still has...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Iceland update

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We are back from six wonderful days in Iceland. We were incredibly lucky with the weather. Our first three days were largely filled with sun...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Time travel

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The wonderful thing about this blog is that I now have a two-year history of life in London. It's fascinating to look back and recall wh...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

A roof over our heads

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Repairmen came in yesterday and fixed the roof. Sadly, our recently redecorated bedroom is ruined. The ceiling and walls are once again co...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Fresh air for nothing

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We renewed our resident's parking permit last weekend. Since August last year the cost of a permit has been based on our car’s estimated...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

The Bucket Brigade

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It's here! The season's worst storm has arrived. At 6:00am this morning we were woken by the sound of roof tiles being dislodged. Sh...
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The waiting game

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The BBC has published satellite photos of tomorrow's approaching storm. This evening severe flood warnings have been issued for the ent...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Winter makes its final stand

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It would appear that I've spoken too soon . This winter's worst storm is predicted to hit us on Monday morning. We've been told...
Friday, March 07, 2008

Death of a server

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On Monday night our new home office network server died. Garry couldn't believe it. A brand new machine failed four weeks after he'd...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Snow? We'll have to fly in for it

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Spring is definitely on its way. The trees outside Swiss Cottage station have burst into blossom. It would seem we've experienced our f...
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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Shaking and moving

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I arrived back from Boston yesterday morning in record time. An unseasonally strong jet-stream whisked my plane across the Atlantic in less ...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Big Apple update

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I'm back in New York for work again. The Atlantic never seems to get any smaller. However, BA has finally begun upgrading its inflight e...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Six thousands visitors

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In March the visitor counter on this blog hits the two year mark. Today it passed another milestone, recording 6000 visitors. For the last 1...
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A spring in our step

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Winter is clearly on the way out. The first daffodils are blooming in our front yard, while several trees in our back yard burst into blosso...
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Friday, February 22, 2008

Men at Work

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Our local Tesco Express store is located on England’s Lane. Until the 19th Century the only buildings in the area were located on this road ...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Snow and Ice

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I've just returned from a wonderful weekend in Kitzbuhel with my brother and his family. We spent a superb day outdoors on Saturday; ice...
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