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Posts in the ‘travel’ Category

Speedy Boarding My Arse!

Speedy Boarding My Arse!

This is not, repeat not another blog about flying, and the funny things that happen at airports. OK it is a little, but I’m using it as an example, or a metaphor so it’s alright.

Budget airlines have been responsible for turning several accepted norms on their heads.  Easyjet and then Ryanair popularised the model [...]

From Virtual to Reality (concise version)

From Virtual to Reality (concise version)

I’m going to rewrite my blog from yesterday, as when I reread it, it was crap – badly written and too lengthy.  It seems I’m not the only one, as very few people read it.  Here’s the potted version.  Ahem…

Because I’m a recruiter by trade, I judge everyone I meet in a clinical fashion. [...]

My Brush with Terrorism

My Brush with Terrorism

Or, how I came to be in the wrong place at the right time.

This isn’t a funny or peculiar story.  I’ve retold it countless times, but never written it down, until now.  In 1984, when I was 18, I spent a second summer season working in the hotels of the Isle of Man.  As [...]

Blatant Plug – Palazzo Majo

Blatant Plug – Palazzo Majo

I make no apologies for this being a blatant plug.  Hold on, hold on, don’t stop reading, you’ll like this.  My wife Luciana is Italian, and I have a large extended Italian family of in-laws.  Most are in the UK, but several have returned to the “old country”.  They’re barking mad, but I love them [...]