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
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue – Day 302, 303 and 304
Scull Thatcher One of the slightly more jovial definitions in Grose’s book, this means “a peruke maker”, with a peruke
Long Distance Walkers Association
Recent Flights
Thursday : From Prague Airport, Walk Across London at Night and Back to Norwich
Carrying on from the previous post, this is now late Wednesday evening. After a hot day of public transporting around
Sunday : Canterbury to Prague via London Victoria
The weekend in Canterbury had gone quickly and the four of us in Carena House waved goodbye to the landlady.
British Airways : Minimum Connection Time Between Flights at Heathrow Update
I excited the nation with my fascinating post a couple of weeks ago about my flight being shifted from Heathrow
Tuesday : Nearly Missing the Bloody Train in Krakow, Finn Air to Heathrow and Ibis Budget
After a few days in Krakow eating pizza and complaining about the heat to anyone who would listen, whilst calming
Warsaw
Wednesday : Warsaw to Heathrow T3 with Finn Air (via Helsinki)
Yet another breakfast photo, woooo….. I posted this one as there’s a bay leaf on it and I enjoy it
Tuesday : Leaving Katowice for Warsaw
After a relaxing and productive week in Katowice, it was a late morning intercity train back to Warsaw, costing around