Category Archives: Travel

The highway home

It’s not often that I travel outside London and when I do I usually travel by train. However on Thursday we had to travel to Bristol to visit my father in hospital and the train was a crazy price. The … Continue reading

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End of the road for the bendy bus

I don’t travel on the 29 bus as often as I used to as I no longer have to travel regularly into Camden Town, so the news that the articulated ‘bendy’ buses were being withdrawn had passed me by. It … Continue reading

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A visit to the cathedral of the railways

The weather has been absolutely stunning this past week. By a happy coincidence we had already arranged for my parents to stay a couple of nights. On Friday I headed over to Canary Wharf with my stepmother Sheila, who shares … Continue reading

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A day at the seaside

I’m writing this post while listening to the live feed of the Methodist Conference – it’s the opening day of the Representative Session and they’re welcoming representatives from church overseas. Had a great day in Brighton yesterday with Mary Ann … Continue reading

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Is TripAdvisor evil?

Before we went to the Philippines, I blogged about the virtues of various travel guides. What I didn’t mention then were the considerable resources available on the internet, whether it is the individual blogs of travellers who have gone before … Continue reading

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Our South East Asia tour – the best and worst

Seven weeks away is a fair chunk of time and already the things we did in week one seem like a long time ago. So what are our favourite memories of our holiday in the Philippines and Hong Kong? Here’s … Continue reading

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People, not just places

Today I have been sorting through the photos I took while we were in Hong Kong and loaded up an album on Facebook. It’s a very photogenic place; whether that has any connection with the vast number of camera shops, … Continue reading

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No place like home?

Home again, and I have to say that it was not a bad journey, thanks especially to the clever check in system at Hong Kong whereby you can check in your baggage early at the station. Especially useful because we … Continue reading

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Hong Kong

So, here we are in Hong Kong. We nearly didn’t make it out of the Philippines, due to last minute repacking in order to bring the weight of our baggage down to a level so the plane could actually take … Continue reading

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The People’s Park in the Sky

Just 60km south of Manila is Lake Taal. Its roughly circular shape is a clue to its origin: this is an old volcanic crater. Tagaytay is a strip of real estate sitting astride the ridge of the crater to the … Continue reading

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