Jun
23
Why you really must take part in that fire drill!
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As I have mentioned before I am an obeyer of rules. On my flights last week I listened to the safety briefing from the cabin crew and I read the safety leaflet “in the seat pocket in front of me” because the Captain said I should. I expect that if airlines ever get to the stage […]
Jun
1
Remember this when you are thinking about business travel being glamorous!
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In my previous post I mentioned that I was writing it in the local library in the main town in Shetland, Lerwick and that i would then head for the airport to fly home to Edinburgh. That was at about 11.30 on Thursday 29th May ( that piece of information is important).
Over the previous week I […]
Dec
12
After a week of lying on the beach, eating,drinking and sleeping - my husband and I were happy enough to be heading home. There is a lot to do in the next couple of weeks and we felt suitably refreshed and ready to go.
We awoke to stong winds and torrential rain yesterday so that clinched […]
Dec
8
Taking a break
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Just in case anyone was wondering - I am having a wonderfully relaxing holiday in the Caribbean island of Barbados. Back next week for more conversations and observations!
Nov
22
A couple of posts back I talked about giving advice . And then I was on Tripadvisor - the website I am in the habit of using to check out accomodation for our vacations.
Tripadvisor is described as including ”unbiased hotel reviews” which is correct in that it does not include reviews from the hotels themselves. However posters of […]