…into Wales.
I am still a bit rushed off my feet with lots of things that need organising and visiting people etc etc. But despite this I have been keeping my eye on the weather for bank holiday Monday (today).
The weather promised to be cloudy but fine so I set off towards the place I had [...]
Archive for the 'Anecdotes' Category
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
A Short Excursion…
25 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
My Afternoon Off
On the half day that I had free between the two conferences I decided to visit the Royal Pavilion. To save time I asked for directions at the hotel reception and found my way there quite easily although it was further than I thought. The pavilion looked rather packed so I decided just to enjoy [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
PCS Annual Delegates Conference 2010
Wednesday morning saw the start of this year’s PCS Annual Delegates Conference. The president Janice Godrich opened the conference and apologised for the fact that Mark Serwotka was unable to attend the conference this year.
Her speech outlined the current political situation regarding the labour legacy and what would come next from the Con-Lib alliance. [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
Zooming In…
… on that courtyard garden from yesterday’s post.
In the brief moments when I was back at the hotel, I noticed that the courtyard was used by businessmen for team-working. It was interesting to look down on them and wonder what they were doing.
You can also see towards the back of the photo that overall [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
A Room with a View
For the duration of the conference we were staying in the Jurys Inn which is very convenient for the railway station but as I mentioned before, it is a short walk from the town.
Booking in was almost as chaotic as last year, but after a while a manager took charge and managed to speed up [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
Time to Relax
The journey by rail to Brighton wasn’t too bad despite the engineering works. We managed to avoid having to change to a bus half way through the last leg of the journey, although we were rather alarmed when the train stopped and then appeared to be heading back in the direction it had just [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
Conference Plans
First thing tomorrow I am setting off for the PCS Conference, it doesn’t seem a year ago since I was at last year’s Conference. The things that have been going on in my life in the past few weeks have meant I haven’t been able to get myself organised properly this year. The paperwork and [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2010
