Writing this in Heathrow lounge. Despite Volcanoes, airline pilot strikes and other events, it appears I will be leaving at 930 for Melbourne. Will write more from Singapore if I get a chance. Last time was extremely dodgy in terms of actual time in the Airport. And I have to buy some cigarettes for a [...]
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Going
Posted in UK on May 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Going
Posted in UK on May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last full day in Britain. Have spent it going to Winkleigh to visit graves and thatched cottages. Have spent the day packing and unpacking. My first pack was 8 kg over weight… eek… but have now managed to get it 3 kg under weight. No idea how i managed that. Sending a 4 kg parcel [...]
The Genuine Article
Posted in UK, tagged Devonshire Tea on May 25, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Perhaps this may not apply to American readers, but the Australian and New Zealand (and English, natch) readers would be aware of the genius that is the Devonshire Tea. Cornwall has recently trademarked its cornish pasties so that, unless it is made with Cornish ingredients and/or in Cornwall, a baker cannot call it a Cornish [...]
Leaving, Sorta
Posted in UK on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Technically I am due to return to Australia on Thursday. The Iceland volcano may have other ideas. I would be dead pleased if I did get stuck here. Great excuse. So knowing my luck, there will be no interruption. The nice news is I do not have to get off the plane and start work. [...]
Sunday Afternoon Pics
Posted in America, UK on May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
No one reads the blog on a Sunday so I’m having an easy post. Here instead are some pics that I took and liked on the trip.
Grave Matters
Posted in Switzerland, UK, tagged Graveyards on May 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Spent the day visiting graves of long ago relatives. Fascinating measure of cultural identity, graveyards. The British graveyard is, at times, completely forgotten and in disrepair. Given the age of the graveyard it is not at all surprising as the relatives that buried their kin are now long dead too. However the most recent graves [...]
I Have No Idea What Day It Is Or What My Name Is
Posted in America, UK on May 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Teensy weensy blog post today just to let anyone who cares that I got from Charlotte to Exeter alive but rattled after 24 hours of non stop travelling. Normally it doesn’t take that long but, to my extreme annoyance, I arrived in Toronto to find that I could have indeed caught the earlier flight to [...]
London, Albeit Briefly
Posted in UK, tagged Heathrow on May 6, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This was meant to post but somehow got missed. In terms of chronology it was before the Toronto post. Returned from Zürich today. Zürich remains quirky is the best word for it. I didn’t realise how much I missed being able to understand every word in a sentence as opposed to three-quarters of every sentence. [...]
Dissection Of A Marriage
Posted in UK, tagged Kate Middleton, Prince William, Royal Wedding on May 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
You may have noticed there was a Royal Wedding yesterday. It had a bit of press. Unlike the last Royal Wedding, which I think was Edwards, people actually cared about this one. Well, sorta. Being in Britain leading up to a Royal Wedding is a fascinating affair. Unlike the Silver Jubilee or Charles and Diana’s [...]
We Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Posted in UK, tagged Jam and Jerusalem, North Tawton on April 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Royal Wedding tomorrow. I gotta go to bed! One from the vaults. In the interests of continuing visiting television locations as they look pretty onscreen, today Jen and I visited North Tawton, which is the location of the Jennifer Saunders comedy ‘Jam and Jerusalem.’ This is likely to be less known to practically everyone as. [...]
