Welcome to my little blog, created primarily as I keep forgetting where I’ve been. OK, that’s not the greatest reason to create a blog, but it does me. I like history, quirky things, adventure (not too much), trains, planes, fast food, slow food, craft beer and walking.
So there’s lots about the LDWA 100 and I managed to walk this myself in 2021 (brave and perhaps stupid I admit). I’m the national communications officer for the LDWA (long distance walkers), so I mention this quite a lot….
I like random as well, so I’m also doing my own version of the GeoGuessr challenge, where I get given a random location in the UK and then I just go there. The theory is that there’s an interesting story to be told wherever the destination. I accept it’s not exactly climbing Everest, but it’ll keep me amused in late 2021.
There’s also stuff about Accor Hotels who I stay at quite a lot, as well as flights and lounges which are mostly all about British Airways. I’m also slowly working my way around pubs listed in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. Indeed, I write a lot about beer on this blog, here’s my Untappd account for anyone interested….
Talking of 100s, here’s the last 100 posts, to give a flavour of the torrent of piffle I’m capable of (and some interesting bits along the way I think for anyone who can sift through everything).
Finally, I’m from Norfolk, so there’s quite a lot about that too….
My pub of the year (an award not exactly internationally recognised just yet) in 2019, the Hop and Vine in Hull, who kindly put this on their board 🙂
Recent Posts
Friday to Sunday : The Polish City of Siedlce
I had arrived in the Polish city of Siedlce on time, it’s a relatively short train service from Warsaw. I
Long Distance Walkers Association
Recent Flights
Wednesday : London to Warsaw via Helsinki
Today’s adventure wasn’t an ideal situation, but British Airways needed to change my flight from London Heathrow to Warsaw and
Saturday : Leaving Bev, the Barcelona Airport Lounge, BA into Heathrow and Bus to Hotel
Saturday was the day that we were all returning back to the UK, Bev on Ryanair as she likes the
Monday : Heathrow T5, British Airways and into Barcelona
After a night at the Hounslow Ibis Budget where there were no further arguments with the staff, it was a
Thursday : Burger Lunch, Walk to Nuremberg Airport and Flight to Heathrow
Irrelevant aside for the day, this was 40p in Lidl, I very much approved. Nuremberg can certainly surprise and delight
Warsaw
Friday : Train Journey from Warsaw to Siedlce
My second morning at the Mercure Warsaw Airport hotel and I thought that I’d investigate the fruit section of the
Thursday : Pottering Around Warsaw
I can’t remember the exact number of visits, but this is something like the twentieth time I’ve come to Warsaw,