Nomis, Bridgnorth; 28 Jun 12
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I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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Getting over heel problems seems to take for ever. The experts tell me that it’s because the flow of blood is limited and, I guess, that the injured party never really rests it enough. I’ve had my tendonitis problem for…
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Tokyo revisted; 13-15 Jun 12
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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,…
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Shanghai nights (2; and 1 in Guangzhou)
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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…
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Another day with the NHS; 18 May 12
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in lifeTravellers with easyJet arriving at Stansted will be familiar with the route. First down the stairs to get off the plane and then walk across the tarmac to the terminal building. Then up stairs again and a walk along the…
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Midnight in Moscow (twice)
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in travelWednesday 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…
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Blue Lion, Hardwick; 24 Feb 12
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in restaurantsI’ve known Eddie for over 40 years. We were at Churchill together albeit that I was a year ahead of him. We were both natural scientists with a focus on chemistry and we both coxed although Eddie was more full-time…
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Rose and Crown, Histon; 12 Jan 12
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in restaurantsI live in Histon. It’s a large village north of Cambridge and separated from it by the notorious A14. It’s closely connected to a sister village, Impington, and later this year the two villages will be ‘joined’ resulting in just one…
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2011 in review
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in newsThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,000 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it…
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Xmas dinner at the Glee Club: Dec 11
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There’s a difference between a city and a big town (or in the case of Cambridge, a big village). We all know what it is instinctively but sometimes it’s difficult to set down what the precise criteria are. But one of…
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2 days and a wedding in Wentbridge: Sep 11
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Where? Wentbridge is to the west of the A1(M) close to the junction with the M62. It could be in South Cambs: well-kept village, parish council, good local pub and high property prices. But they do speak different. Wentbridge is in Yorkshire.
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