I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I’ve had a long relationship with Indonesia. I lived there for a couple of years in the 70s, I’ve got a continuing marital connection and I gave my cameras, cash and credit cards to an unnamed Balinese a few years…
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Sao Paulo revisited: 13-16 Aug 12
Imagine … you’ve got an international flight from the main airport of the biggest city in one of the world’s leading economies. You’ve been told to go early because there’s some sort of industrial action which will slow your progress…
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Nomis, Bridgnorth; 28 Jun 12
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
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)
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
Travellers 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)
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…
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Blue Lion, Hardwick; 24 Feb 12
I’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
I 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
The 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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