A few minutes after I had settled down into the warmth I spotted JD arriving and being intercepted by the Concierge who, from conversations the previous night, I had realised had a wonderfully dry sense of humour
JD and I sat and chatted for a while and he gave me his painting of the [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Newcastle – Day Two – PM
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Newcastle – Day Two – AM
I rose at an ungodly hour to have breakfast with Mr C before he left to deliver his training course. I had a little bit of a giggle whilst the receptionist was trying to call a cab for Mr C. The surname is quite incomprehensible ‘up north’. I proffered the suggestion, just ask [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 26th 2013
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Newcastle – Day One
The fact that the Public and Commercial Services trade union had called a strike on Wednesday gave me the excuse to take an extra day off and accompany Mr C to Newcastle where he was delivering a training course on Thursday. I have fond memories of business trips to Newcastle a number of years ago [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2013
This warning was displayed on all the motorways on my long journey back from a night away in the frozen north. Whilst I was there I took the opportunity to spend time with a friend.
It has been extremely windy and it has snowed most of the day here, but thankfully it is thawing as [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2013
