No going back

Just looking at the calendar and it has been a whole year since I packed in the 9 to 5 (or 8 ’til 8 to be accurate) and took some time out for myself. Soon I will have to get back into the mainstream of society and do things like work, pay a mortgage etc. [...]

The reverse panda

Yesterday was my birthday and looking back over 34 other birthdays this one was one of the most memorable.
The jet lag has not left us yet and so we were both wide awake at 2am in the morning. As luck would have it this also coincided with the live broadcast of the portugal v turkey [...]

The benefits of Jet Lag

Well, we made it to Langkawi – a tiny island in the Chin Chin straits off the coast of Malaysia.
It has taken us two days to get here but The 11 hour KLM flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was made easier by getting a good deal on some first-class tickets. Lie flat beds, great [...]

Numb3rs

My brain is filled with numbers at the moment. Allow me to share.
On Saturday and Sunday I played in the most expensive (official) poker tournament ever held in Aberdeen. There were 72 entrants each paying £400 to enter. (Including a rebuy). I never paid that owing to winning an earlier game. After 18 hours of [...]

Las Vegas video

As if you didn’t hate us both enough, here to make your day is our Vegas video, complete with Grand Canyon helicopter flight (paid for by Poker winnings). I will not apologise for the shakey camera work as it is difficult to keep steady when you are trembling with fear flying in a helicopter.
And [...]

January was a long time ago

OK. I haven’t been writing as much blog material as you have all been getting used to. I have been a touch busy helping the WoH organise some event or other..weeding or wedding or something. Anyway I did manage to put some time into getting all our holiday movies off of tape and onto a [...]

The Last Post

Well its the last day on our mammoth USA trip and we are still enjoying ourselves.
For those of you who are really bored I put this list together of what tickled us and what irked us. Also if you click on the City it will take you to a video of pics put together by [...]

Seeing it all

Washington has been a surprise. The weather has been roasting hot for the most part and the city is full of stuff to do. The Smithsonian has something like 15 museums that are all free to enter. The most popular museum in America is here – the Air and Space museum. Unfortunately because it is [...]

The final countdown

As a treat the WoH splurged on two nights for us at the 5-star New York Palace Hotel. Also included was use of their executive lounge which included free food and drink including alcohol, all day. The word ‘free’ holds a very dear place in the heart of the WoH. She has a sliding scale [...]

Strawberry Fields

I took a trip down to Central Park West on my own yesterday and paid a visit to the Dakota building where John Lennon was murdered. Across the road in Central Park they have created an area (funded by Yoko) called Strawberry Fields which is more a celebration of hope than a maudlin memorial to [...]