Reblogg. You may wonder why I show a picture of the clock at Waterloo for this piece. Some of you may know about Brookwood-its a specific station just beyond Woking and not that far from Guildford. More of that later. I had a painful call to review things […]
It was that voucher from McDonalds that did it. I needed to give a lift to the station for the commuter train. Before I knew it, I was back following a repeat if newer version of what had been so familiar when I was at work. So the […]
Did you look at the Thames the last time you crossed it. Its ever changing yet strangely unchanged. We crossed by Lambeth Bridge, nearby is Lambeth palace, the 800 year old palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The bridge has recent changes with defensive barriers following of the […]
Here are a few photographs from a recent holiday. We thoroughly enjoyed and were very well cared for by the hotel staff. Looking around however made me consider Hopes and Dreams The hotel had recently been refurbished having been in existence for 50 years. Indeed when we arrived […]
I have previously written about the Talisker Whisky Atlantic rowing challenge. I was impressed when I saw the Ocean5 rowing boat and wanted to know more. Looking at the challenge website I saw some interesting statistics. https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/ One of these was that the teams will each have rowed […]
Today was a straightforward day. No great issues to deal with and yet having retired there was a slight feeling of what do I do today. I went into the town and despite some sun, the mood seemed rather low. This was not helped by there are a […]
I have earlier written about being inspired by the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Rowing Challenge. They have to cover 4800 Km from La Gomera to Antigua. https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/the-challenge/ I have looked at the race figures for 2018 and they are humbling. They travel 4,800 km. The fastest team in 2018 […]
Having just passed one of the Concept2Rowing milestones recently I was feeling rather encouraged. At the gym however, there was a team who are due to compete in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge which is in another league altogether. https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/ The team in question was “The Ocean 5” […]
Ice cream is the classic symbol of holiday travel. It could be that Soft Ice cream cone you had as a child on a day trip to the beach or now that you older a wonderful dish at the holiday resort you are visiting. We were on holiday […]