Posted by: JackP on September 21st, 2008
I’m not a geography expert, but I do like looking at maps. So imagine my surprise when I suddenly discover a large European island that I’ve never seen before.
Huh? Where did that come from?
It doesn’t generally appear on maps of Europe: it’s not on this one…
So what is it, and where is it?
Well, it’s [...]
Posted by: JackP on August 26th, 2008
16:40
Was sitting opposite a young woman. Well, I say young which just goes to show my age: she’s probably mid-twenties. It’s not really that long ago I would have seen that as an older woman. She reminds me vaguely of someone I think was called Vicki who I used to see at Planet Earth nightclub, [...]
Read: Strangers on a train »
Posted by: JackP on August 16th, 2008
We’ve booked our holidays for 2009. For the first time since our honeymoon, myself and the GLW will be heading for pastures abroad. We’re taking the kids to the location of our 2002 honeymoon — we’re off to Corfu again.
In many ways, it’s an ideal holiday location for us. It’s small, and while parts of [...]
Read: ‘Olidays »
Posted by: JackP on July 18th, 2008
I’ve been to London this week. I made it back without being stabbed, mugged, beaten up, having my mobile stolen or indeed anything else untoward happening. I wouldn’t normally see this as worthy of note, only the media coverage generally seems to imply that you can’t travel more than about 30 yards without coming across [...]
Read: London & Stab Fever »
Posted by: JackP on June 15th, 2008
No 2. in a no doubt increasingly frequent series of rants concerning the fun we all had with rail transport.
Imagine the scenario: you are journeying from Newcastle Central Station to Cheadle Hulme. This necessitates being up at around ten past six in the morning, to catch the twenty past seven train…
…which gets you in to [...]
Read: Chavtastica »
Posted by: JackP on May 26th, 2008
This is probably going to become something of a regular feature, given that I’m going to be journeying on our rail networks quite regularly in my new job. And in it, I’m basically going to castigate my fellow travellers on the rail networks. Call me a cynical, intolerant bastard if you will (and I’m sure [...]
Read: Introducing Mr. Interesting »
Posted by: JackP on March 13th, 2008
(aka getting to Web Technologies Scotland)
There’s something peaceful about travelling by train.
Of course, you have to sit on a cold and draughty platform on an uncomfortable metal seat for twenty minutes while you watch a barely coherent and barely vertical — but still somewhat belligerent — gentleman gets manhandled of the train before yours by [...]
Read: This Is The Page Of The Train »
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