Category: travel
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Tokyo revisted; 13-15 Jun 12
I first went to Tokyo some 40 years ago. I worked in the oil and gas business and wrote computer programs which ran on big fat mainframes and were used to support contract negotiations between my employer at the time, Shell, and its Japanese utility company customers. This meant that I enjoyed 2 extended stays…
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Shanghai nights (2; and 1 in Guangzhou)
Sometimes it’s best to turn left. In fact it’s advice that the current UK government could well heed. I wouldn’t expect the dominant Tories to think that way of course but their Lib Dem coalition partners could well behave a little more left like. Not left like the labour party mind but a little more…
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Midnight in Moscow (twice)
Wednesday was to start as it was to finish: in the company of Slavs. My taxi to the station was driven by a Bulgarian and this first stage of my journey went as smoothly as the rest: train to Kings Cross, underground to Paddington, Heathrow Express and a Transaero flight to Moscow.
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St Pancras Grand; 11 Mar 11
The train ticketing systems in the UK defy logic but fortunately if you can find your way around them there are some super deals to be made. Last Friday I needed to begin my day in Catalonia and to end in Sheffield. I didn’t really want to be driving north late at night so the…
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Overnight in Tamworth; 23 Aug 10
Tamworth isn’t an obvious leisure destination. I first remembered it as a town on the A5 which I used to drive along half a dozen times a year to and from University. But those days are long gone and now there’s the M6 so many people wouldn’t know where Tamworth is these days.
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Bridgnorth; 7-9 Jul 10
I’m tempted to describe Bridgnorth as a poor man’s Ludlow but that would be wrong and no doubt bring down the wrath of many. Like Ludlow it’s a Shropshire market town and both have town centres which date back centuries. However whereas Ludlow enjoys its gourmet epithet Bridgnorth owes more to the Black Country and Thomas Telford.