Category: reminiscence
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All the countries I’ve ever visited (part III)
I’m fortunate. I’ve enjoyed lots of travel and had good experiences as I’ve done so. For much of the time it’s been business travel but a lots also been vacations when I’ve shared it with my family. In this and subsequent posts I’ve tried to be consistent with what is a country. It’s an independent…
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5 memorable business trips (3)
This the third in a series of posts about memorable business trips. It relates to time some 10 years after the first two and although email was already a part of business life the concept of accessing your email when travelling hadn’t yet caught on. Give the dreadful position that Donald Trump has taken with…
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So that was 2025!
At least it ended on a positive note with a fine but very cold day, my blood pressure at 122/65 and my heart rate at 53. I weighed in this morning at 65.4 kg. Last year the numbers were 120/62 and 54 and 65.5 kg meaning no significant change over the year. I continue to…
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Military precision
I attended my first Xmas party of the year on Friday. It’ll probably be the last, I generally don’t do many, but it made me reflect on similar ones in the past. Given that this was a company party, I’ll limit this to similar occasions when I’ve enjoyed the hospitality of companies or other institutions.…
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5 memorable business trips (2)
This is the second in my series of posts about particularly memorable business trips. As with the first (click here) it dates back to pre-email times 2 On my own in the old Yugoslavia It was in the mid to late 80s and I was a Product Marketing Manager with Dow Chemical Europe. I was…
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(business) communications have changed …
I know that’s stating the bleeding obvious but sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves of how much it’s changed and what it used to be like for the business traveller. I’ve had nigh on 50 years of such travel and here’s an outline of what I’ve experienced. For me it started in the early 70s when…
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All the countries I’ve ever visited (part II)
I’m fortunate. I’ve enjoyed lots of travel and had good experiences as I’ve done so. For much of the time it’s been business travel but a lots also been vacations when I’ve shared it with my family. In this and subsequent posts I’ve tried to be consistent with what is a country. It’s an independent…
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5 memorable business trips (1)
I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve had jobs that have allowed me to travel and taken me to places I’d normally not visit. I’ve always enjoyed the travel part of my job, if you don’t you really should find another job, and every trip gave me positive memories but just a handful were maybe longer…
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Well that was 2024
It’s not been a bad year despite ending with rather a nasty tummy bug between Xmas and New Year. However I do seem to be over that as we ease into 2025 so let’s hope that can be as good. Thinking about the highlights of the year, five as usual. My big little finger op…
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I walked to Ely the other day
Not a big deal you might say if you live in one of its adjacent villages but I live in Histon which makes it a 27 km hike. Even 27 km might not seem that far to some but although I do walk a lot and join groups that do regular Friday morning walks they…
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