Let me take you back to the week before the August Bank Holiday over 12 years ago. It is 8:30am on Friday 21st August 2009 and I am walking around the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. Waiting to board my 10:25am Easyjet flight to Valencia. By pure coincidence, it happens the weekend before the European […]
Start Spreading The News
“Long overdue”, the words of my boss’s boss on feedback from my trip to the East Coast this week. Further confirmation (if it was ever needed) that meeting my colleagues at our corporate ‘mothership’ in Islandia, Long Island, should have happened a while ago. Travelling on business may sound glamorous but as I have to […]
Be Yourself No Matter What They Say
In 1995 I was intrigued by the launch advert for the new Rover 200. You may remember the advert as it transplanted this quintessential English British car (built just outside Birmingham) to New York. I love the idea of the advert but even more so the soundtrack. Sting’s – Englishman In New York. In reality, […]
Holiday Mode Shopping Music
H&M has become the perfect retail destination prior to any holiday. To be honest, before I met Michelle I never considered the clothes they produced, although it was and continues to be a regular haunt for three of my sisters. However this post is not about the good quality clothes produced by the retailer, instead, […]
Decembeard
Let me take you back just over three years, my first Christmas at Microsoft, I had booked off extended time over the holidays. My last day coincided with the Christmas night out in Reading, Thursday 15th December. It had just panned out that way with the Operations Team going out for a few drinks and […]
Women Glow, Men Plunder
Several months ago I was told by my colleague Samantha, that she was off to travel and work in New Zealand. This did not come as a complete surprise, I had noted a guide book to the Southern Hemisphere country on her Instagram feed, several days earlier. She had actually been afraid I might mention […]
Fog On The Tyne
I was born in England and have spent all of my life in this green and pleasant land. However, there are still many places I have yet to visit and enjoy. (Do not worry dearest reader, I shall not be breaking into one of the lesser known mid nineties soft rock/pop songs by Elton John). […]
Return To The Alps
The last time I was on a ski slope was Friday 16th January 2009 and I did not believe I would be back so soon (if at all). A great deal has occurred in the 1087 days (or 2 years 11 months and 23 days) since my last group ski trip. My friends would probably […]
Made In England
I’m back, I landed at Heathrow at 10:40am this morning, nearly an hour before I was scheduled to on my Air India Flight 187 from Amritsar. I had an amazing two weeks (twelve days) but am glad to be back home. The feeling I had when I made my way out of the plane (rushing […]
Perhaps My Palace In The Sky
This might surprise you, but this was my first trip on an Air India flight. Previously we have always flown British Airways and on one occasion United Airlines. Then again, we have always flown to New Delhi. This was not just a change of airline but a change of destination. Direct to the Punjab and […]