Alas, one of the world's most spectacular rally drivers Colin McRae, and his young son, have lost their lives in a horrific helicopter accident.The present news headlines in the UK confirm the sad loss of someone I admired greatly. Well, to be honest, I was horribly envious of the guy. The way … [Read more...]
Watch it!
July 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Be careful around Milan's central station at the moment, particularly the area shown in the photo. There is a band of kids who specialise in stealing things from handbags operating in this area. They are bold and quite adept and have even gained some media attention with some items on the news here, … [Read more...]
Sharm El Sheikh, bombs etc
May 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Well, I have finally got round to scribbling something about our 'holiday' in Sharm. Here it is:Well, everything got off to a slowish start as our morning flight was delayed by an hour or so. When we touched down in sunny Sharm the temperature at the airport was blisteringly high. Then … [Read more...]
Sharm El Sheikh and bombs etc.
July 27, 2005 By 2 Comments
Two years ago my other half went off to Hurgharda, which is in the Sharm El Sheikh area - ie the Red Sea - for a brief holiday. She had a great time and we've been thinking about going back there or checking out Sharm El Sheikh with our two year old son. Not now.For the moment the terrorists … [Read more...]
Prince Harry
January 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Well, blogs can be used for anything, but so far I have not really done the common blog thing of commenting on happenings in the world, but I feel moved to do just that by the rather unthinking actions of one of the members of the british (the small 'b' is not a typing error) royal family. Jewish … [Read more...]
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