{All the way from Cambridge}

At my first ApacheCon.  Not really surprising in that I have already had plenty of beers. I arrived at AMS, and was impressed with the airport.  Clean, open, fresh; unlike say LHR, LGW etc.  My bag was out by the time I got the baggage reclaim belt. Cool.  Then onto the train to Amsterdam Centraal. [...]

Alice and I are just back from a short 2 night break in Devon.  We stayed in a fantastic hotel which is part way between MoretonHampsted and Postbridge in the Dartmoor Moors. The hotel is a 5 star, multi-award winning golf and spa getaway kind of place.  I thought it may have been a little [...]

I am currently look out to sea from the side of the pool here in Cyprus.  The north Africa coast line cannot be seen, though I am told it is only a little beyond the horizon.  I am waiting for my client to pick me up, so we can go and finish off the work. [...]

The wife and I have two weeks leave coming our way, and at the moment we have no definitive plans.  We unfortunately booked the first two weeks of the school summer holidays in the UK, and as a result there are very few last minute deals about. So we may have to sta at home, [...]

I’m off to to Cyprus late next week (for work, alas).  Not to keen on the place really, Limmasol reminds me (in the touristy parts at least) of Blackpool.  If you’d spent 18+ years in Blackpool you’d probably rather not be reminded of it either. I will be flying with BA, passing through T5 at [...]