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5 September 2009
We met a former colleague of mine, Catherine for lunch today at a Malaysian restaurant Jom Makan just off Trafalgar Square. Mmmm, very yummy. Then we met friends of Kim at a wine bar before going to a West End show. It was my very first time at a London show despite my previous visits. […]
4 September 2009
With the time change from New Zealand to the UK, day is night and night is day. We’ve previously found that if we stay up till about 6pm then getting a good night sleep, our body clocks will be more or less fine in a couple of days. That’s our way of putting our right […]
21 August 2007
Above: Bad photo of wind farms in the sea north of the United Kingdom. We reached the United Kingdom from the north, spotting some wind farms in the sea. We landed at Heathrow about 1100 and took the tube to our hotel, the Cromwell Crown. Having been to London in recent years, there was no […]
22 June 2004
Above: Dog walker on the streets of London. Morning in London Today we will hopefully fly to Los Angeles and then to Auckland. With departure at 1615, we had some time to spend in London. Breakfast at the hotel around 0830 was a pleasant continental but the star of the buffet for me was the […]
21 June 2004
We landed at Gatwick around 1700 and took the slow train into London for GBP8 instead of the Gatwick Express which cost about 50% more but only saved 3 minutes journey time. In London, we had booked to stay at the modest Stuart Hotel where we had stayed less than a year ago. But they […]
6 June 2004
With the somewhat diametrically opposite time-zone from New Zealand, I woke at 0400, as I did yesterday. Fortunately, I was able to sleep again till 0800 unaided, whereas yesterday I needed half a sleeping pill. We lazed at Wendy’s place till around 1100 before driving to my sister’s place in Downham Market for lunch. Mike […]
22 October 2003
Above: Castle Cornet at St Peter Port, Guernsey. We got David to drop us in St Peter Port this morning to have another wander. We started at the La Vallette underground military museum, which covers the island’s military history during World War One and the German Occupation of the island from 1940 to 1945 during […]
21 October 2003
We had a lazy start and left home, driven by David, around 1130. We headed out towards the south-western tip of the island before driving along the southern main road towards the east to Torteval, St Martin’s and back to St Peter Port. We stopped at various points of interest at various points, for photos […]
20 October 2003
Above: At Ely Cathedral. Short trip to Ely We had spent all of yesterday with family, in Norwich and in Kings Lynn. Today, we have a good chunk of the day to kill before our evening departure to Guernsey at 1840 tonight, to visit my other sister. Mike lent us his car so we could […]
18 October 2003
Today we did an excursion to Norfolk Broads. It took about 1h15 to reach there from Downham Market and one there, we rented a boat. Kim did a marvellous job navigating the boat in the canals which were speed-restricted to 5 mph. We stopped for a cuppa tea at a pub, then ate lunch on […]