It is a bright summers day in the UK, warm and relaxing, and it is in this mood that I take a walk and come across a squirrel, like me, enjoying the sunshine. British Grey Squirrel The grey squirrel has been introduced into the UK. It is a small to medium sized rodent of the […]
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Dragon Boat Race of 2011
The Rotary Club of Kingston upon Thames again organised the annual Dragon Boat Race in Canbury Gardens next to the River Thames on the 17th July 2011. A record of over fifty teams competed on a day with a few showers of rain, but this did not dampen the spirits of the crowds, as there […]
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Rotary Club of Shanghai
My trip to Shanghai, China, has not been the first, but one of many, the previous being perhaps five years ago, and what a change there has been. The only place I recognised was the Shanghai Bund lining the Huangpu River, which has dozens of historical buildings that once housed consulates, banks and trading houses from the various […]
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MERRY XMAS
This is a special time of the year to many peoples though-out the world, Christmas. So to all my followers, may I wish you Merry Xmas. It is a time of faith for many, others a time of giving, a time for the family to come together. This year I fine myself by myself in […]
Up to £100 trade in off the cost of a new computer from your old computer at PCWorld. Now there is an offer. PCWorld offer of £100 trade in on an old computerFor a number of years I have visited my local PCWorld, Dixon’s, Dixon’s Digital, (all part of the same organisation), in my local town […]
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Still trying to get to Istanbul
I should be in Istanbul this morning, starting a 7 day Society of NLP Practitioner course, but the Eyjafjallajoekull eruption has grounded all flights out of England and most of northern Europe due to the ash cloud in the upper atmosphere which aircraft cannot fly through. The question I have heard many times is why does not […]
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Oh Poo Poo the Pigeons lost their Home
The railway bridge at Norbiton railway station has been in place since its’ opening in 1869, taking the railway over the road which cars and pedestrians use to get from Kingston upon Thames to Norbiton station and Kingston Hospital, a walk I, as many others, would make often. The bridge structure, the girders, the nooks and crannies, were home […]
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Norbiton Railway Bridge Replacement
Travel from my home in Norbiton, part of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, here in the UK into London has been severely disrupted, in fact the trains will not be running over the four day Easter holiday. Why? They are replacing the railway bridge. The old Norbiton Station Bridge.Originally in the early 1830’s, with rail […]
It was in the late 1970’s that I worked for NCR, a computer manufacturer, and I was tasked to design, write the software to customers requirements, install, train the customers staff, and maintain the installation thereafter.The area I covered from my base offices in the UK, Nottingham and Leicester, covered a vast area, from North […]
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It is a small world
Whilst having my birthday breakfast with my good friend Jill Lawday begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting in Kingston’s Frank B’s Diner, we were served by a very happy and pleasant person, Kapila Amarasinghe. Phillip Holt and Kapila Amarasinghe in Frank B’s DinerHe had time to make sure that he took our order correctly, to make us feel at home […]