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.
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
Thursday : Mikkeller Bar in Barcelona, A Steak Gone Wrong and the Beach
Sculptures aren’t often easy to define as cute, but this giraffe is winning the argument here, although it’s designed to
Long Distance Walkers Association
Recent Flights
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
Thursday : Heathrow T3 to Nuremberg
I arrived early at Heathrow T3 in case there were any security hold-ups, as it has been a challenging couple
Thursday : From Warsaw to Feltham via Helsinki
The Mercure hotel seems to have invested heavily in its food offering and I noticed that they’re promoting lunches now
Warsaw
Thursday : From Warsaw to Feltham via Helsinki
The Mercure hotel seems to have invested heavily in its food offering and I noticed that they’re promoting lunches now
Wednesday : From Piotrków Trybunalski to Warsaw and a New Craft Beer Bar
Another breakfast at the Mercure Piotrków Trybunalski, with the same friendly and energetic staff member as the previous morning. I’m