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Bye bye Marriott

After years of working away most weeks, living in corporate hotels, and generally suffering the ills of such a lifestyle, I have landed on a project that positively encourages you to get out of your hotel and into a flat. No surprises that it saves a lot of money (a hotel room typically costing over

Renting a flat in Swansea from…

Renting a flat in Swansea from Monday. Bye bye hotels at long last. Sick of Marriotts and Hiltons.

A week in Swansea

I moved onto a new client this week, based in Swansea (the obvious guess applies). There is already a large and well established team there from several companies working in some degree of harmony. I was originally expecting to benefit from a couple of weeks handover from my predecessor but as it turned out, this

Weekend break in London – part 1

I was saved the pain of driving all the way from the Heathow area to my home in North Shropshire this weekend by my family joining me in London. We booked into the Holiday Inn, Kings Cross (using points of course) – room for me and the Mrs and another room for the kids. Overall,

Nice room if you can get one

Every now and then, a hotel sends you to a room which already has someone in it. Over the years, I have had people walk in on me several times. This is uncomfortable for all concerned, especially if I have just come from the shower, and a little threatening. Intrusion would be prevented if one

Two new sewing machines

My better half finally decided to get back into sewing properly after a break of a year or so and has started by buying two new sewing machines (yes, two) – and one of them does not even use thread!!