Better late than never (Tues, 20 June)
The funny signs paragraph is at the bottom. You can scroll down of course, but I hope you’ll indulge me by reading the bit in between. Visited Lands End and the Lizard Point in Cornwall today. They are, respectively, the most Westerly and the most Southerly parts of Britain. Arguably, Lizard Point was the nicer [...]
Better late than never (Mon, 19 June)
I finally made it to Newquay today but not before I nearly had a near-death experience while skirting the Northern edge of Exmoor National Park. More about that later. Not too many odd traffic signs today. The strangest set I saw were near Otterhampton, Staffordshire. The set consisted of a cow enclosed in a red [...]
Better late than never (Sun, 18 June)
isadub’s ‘little’ adventure begins! Dublin is pretty grim at 7.30 in the morning but then, so are most places. It was pretty overcast as I set out for the ferry terminal but I knew that the weather was better in the UK so I didn’t mind so much. The crossing was pretty much as I [...]
Mental note: don’t use email in future
This is the funniest email I’ve received all week. I laughed out loud and thanked the person who sent it to me. He’s probably wondering why I congratulated him on his humourous email. I’ve changed a few indentifying details but this is the email verbatim. —————————————————————————————————————— Hi I’ve been trying to sort this job out [...]
Mental note: use email in future
This conversation really happened and I think it might explain why women can go away on holiday together, return home, and still feel the need to phone the other when she gets home! Mel answered the phone when I rang one of our English branches looking for Simon at 5pm today. Now I’ve only met [...]
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