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Spring in the UK

Relaxing and recovering from my visit to the hospital, it was good to take a walk beside the River Thames in Kingston upon Thames on a sunny spring day. Walking along the Thames Pathway, stopping for a refreshing cup of tea at the Riverside Cafe, passed boats moored on the pontoons, sailing boats enjoying the […]

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Guest Judge at Speaking Competition

At the end of the evening, it was a privilege to be asked as one of the judges of the Inter-House Public Speaking Competition at the Richard Challoner School in New Malden, Surrey, to present the awards and give the summing-up speech. Along with two other judges, I witnessed the very high standard of presentations, […]

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Father Christmas on his Sleigh

Not only this year was I Father Christmas at the Rotary Club’s Christmas Tree in Kingston upon Thames, but also for one night I was Santa on the sleigh driven through local neighbourhoods correcting donations door to door to go into funds to help local charities and people. The night started with the temperature a […]

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Father Christmas, Noel Baba

It is that time of the year again in many parts of the world where the festive season of Christmas is celebrated. Last year I spent many weeks in the RIXOS Premium Hotel Belek in Antalya, Southern Turkey over the Christmas and New Year period, and on Xmas Day I was honoured to be Father […]

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It is good to get home

I love my work, teaching participants, passing on information, giving people confidence, improving self-esteem, what ever, but it is always great to be home. As Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz would say, “There’s no place like home.“ After a week in Istanbul giving a Society of NLP Practitioner course, a delayed flight, I could […]

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A Grebe Takes a Meal

I love observing the world around me, finding the little things that people normally miss, and when I find the unusual, I need to know what is gaining on, what is the history, what makes it work, but sometimes I just like to observe and enjoy the time. A grebe on the River Thames, Kingston […]

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The London-Surrey Classic Bike Race 2011

This morning was so quiet, with the major road from Kingston upon Thames to London closed for the rehearsal and test cycle race for the 2012 London Olympics, the London to Surrey Classic Cycle Race. Although the roads in the area were closed at 6am in the morning, it was not until 11:45am that the […]

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So quiet, the London-Surrey Cycle Classic

Today is the London-Surrey Cycle Classic bike race, a test and to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics. The race, some 250km for the men and 140km for women, runs from The Mall (Buckingham Palace in Central London, out into leafy Surrey a place called Box Hill and back, passing through six London Boroughs, Westminster, […]

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How do they know?

Today is halfway through the moon cycle, that is it is a full moon. It is also halfway through for Muslim’s the holy month of Ramadan, as their Islamic calendar is based upon the phases of the moon, as is the Chinese calendar. The moon has a very big influence upon the earth and life […]

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Further to the Cambridge Road Tower Block Fire

A comment was made on the 8th August 2011 about the article and film of the fire in the Madingley tower block of the Cambridge Road Estate in Kingston upon Thames which happened July 2010 (click to see videos) which said :- “its still all burnt out like that today, they havent done anything to […]