I recently came the end of a long term assignment that had me travelling to Swansea every week and living in a flat three, four and sometime five nights a week. The drive at the beginning and end of the week was somewhat draining as it took at least three hours, more usually four allowing …
Tag Archives: travel
Train, Bus or Car
My youngest daughter has to buy a bus pass each term to cover her travel to/from her college in Telford. This also provides unlimited travel throughout the area every day of the week. Sadly, she lost the pass last week. It costs £5 to get a replacement (about the same as a normal peak-time return) …
@pdathey so much travel in the…
@pdathey so much travel in the name of smarter planet :-; #IBM
I wish the Oyster payment / tr…
I wish the Oyster payment / travel card used in London could be used everywhere, it makes things so much easier.
Driving Test
Well done to my eldest daughter (17) for passing her driving test first time. The examiner said that it was one of the best drives he had had for years. She passed with only three minors, one of which was a tactical choice (reversing around a corner: go wide, get a minor; but go narrow …
Yet another snowy day
I suspect everyone in the UK had some kind of snow story over the last week. I am pleased to report that nothing bad happened to me.
Eldest daughter returns from skiing trip
Her first skiing trip. Done with her school. Also her first time in Austria. It did involve a long trip each way by coach. She does not travel well and was unable to sleep on the coach which, given it is a 24+ hour trip she ended each journey in a pretty rough state. She …
A new AFS year
We have a new AFS student. This time we have Maria from Russia and she is only 15 years old! Phew. I don’t know about you but I would not have been ready to travel at that age to another country and culture for the best part of a year.
Summer holidays 2006 – Spain
We do not like Spain. At least, not the Costa-Blanca area. Yuk.
Camping and travel
We have been camping with lots of other families in Pembrookshire, had a holiday in Dominica where my wife was raised, had a long holiday weekend at a CenterParc (Cumbria) with another family. I have also been working all over the place.