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The only photo I took in Madrid
Things we made in Staithes
John and I have just returned from another fabulous holiday at Northside Cottage in Staithes. We first went in January 2006 and loved it to bits but what with starting our own companies and everything, we’ve not really had time to go again. We finally decided a break was in order last month and though [...]
Our weekend in London in numbers
20 – cost, in pounds of our return train fare (each) 15.1 – miles walked (above the surface) 16 – painkillers popped by John (who hurt his back on the way to the train station in Leeds) 7 – cost, in pounds, of a sundae in the Haagen Das restaurant (worth it) 5 – drinks [...]
Berlin
I went to Berlin with Team Brightbox last week (1st-5th September) and as much as KLM conspired to make it otherwise, I had a great time. It took almost 24 hours to get there with the quote-unquote “Reliable Airline” because the flight between Leeds-Bradford and Amsterdam was delayed, causing us to miss the last connecting [...]
Sunset in Sunny Southport
We took a trip to Southport today for a day out and to see my mum’n’dad – and we got a lovely day for it for a change – sunny, crisp and clear. We bought some books (including a cool photo one on human dissection), wandered around the town for a bit and ate some [...]
A long weekend on Lindisfarne – Monday
We had to leave the cottage around 10am so got up around 9am to finish packing and have breakfast in good time. We packed everything into the car then took it down to the visitors carpark (in case the cottage’s cleaner, who was due to arrive imminently, needed to use the driveway). Then as we [...]