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From One day in Bangkok
Tag: food & drink
Good stuff to eat and drink.
I’d never visited anywhere in Asia before, so we took advantage of the journey from NZ back to the UK and stayed in Bangkok for a day. We arrived late at night. It was very dark, very humid, very hot and lightning filled the air. The next day was our full day in Bangkok; we …
With the weeks seeming to flash by here at Halley, even Christmas was over fairly quickly...
Spending a weekend with Andy and Sabiene at Arthur’s, I was motivated up a mountain by the knowledge that when we got back champagne and chocolate cake were on the menu. (These were to celebrate Sabiene’s last day at work – though sadly she will be starting a new job very soon.) Typical Scottish weather, …
It was a glorious day, dinner could wait, so we went for a walk. As we were heading out into the wintry snow, we packed supplies… Champagne – check Nibbles – check Extra Christmas presents – check We ventured out from the door and made our way to the highest point – Brunt Knott On …
The curse was finally lifted (just!!) as Anna claimed her pudding
When we woke up this morning it wasn’t raining. We stayed in bed for a bit , watched Andrew Marr, a cartoon or two, and it still wasn’t raining. In fact, by midday, there was blue sky and sunshine. There was only one thing we could do – go out! We decided on a local …
Perfect conditions in Scotland day 1...
After too much whisky the night before (on my part), Andy, Sabiene, Anna and I headed west for a short round of a couple of Wainwrights that Sabiene wanted to tick off.
Amazing! I lost a whole pound and a half over Christmas and it had nothing to do with the strength of the euro!