Well - that's both disappointing and fascinating. The Frya services onto which was supposed to connect at Brussels haven't been running for the last two weeks, and I found myself looking a a bewildering poster that talked about Anvers, Antwerp and Roosendaal. Alternative places to change to reach ....
("Dear Diary") ...
I'm giving a course, on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, in the Dutch town of Zoetermeer. 9 a.m. start on Tuesday, 17:00 finish on Wednesday, and I have heavy baggage beyond what's practical on a plane - manuals and laptop computers to take with me. I could have driven all ....
Up early ... and a lift to the station for the 07:20 train [from Melksham station]. Buying a ticket so unusual "it't the first of those I've sold in six years ... and I don't think any of my colleagues have either". Change at Swindon into the 07:58 to London - one of only a couple of trains schedu ....
Our training rooms at Well House Manor - the "Berks" and the "Wilts" - are an excellent training, meeting and presentation facility. As they've become better known, we're stepped up from the occasional hiring out of the rooms to quite frequent hires - indeed, in this coming week we're running four s ....
These days, when I'm away I usually sit working online in my hotel room, waking early to check overnight what's happened. On the train, my phone rings (oops! shoud have been on mute) and I dash for the vestibule to answer. And I see about half of the people in travel waiting rooms online. We're i ....
The snow of a week ago lingered long, but is now mostly gone. In the field behind our home, it still lies on some of the ridges that are normally so subtle that they're unnoticed. ....
Even in January, there's plenty for weekend guests to Well House Manor in Melksham, Wiltshire to see and do. Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum, Corsham Court, Stourhead, Avebury Museum, Steam, Bath Pump Room and the Wiltshire Heritage Museum are all open, and there's plenty more in Bath, Swindon, Sal ....
I'm not usually one for Company Christmas Dinners, but the one we had in December was the exception, and it's made not by the food, not by the place, not by the season ... it's made by the people. Truely, we have an exceptional team at Well House Manor who are really great to work with.
Yesterday, ....
Melksham is my adopted town - quietly handsome, conveniently arranged, a wide variety of services, reasonably accessible, a kind climate, and a welcoming population who embraced Lisa and myself when we moved here in 1999. We plan to be in Melksham for the forseeable future - and we'll do what we ca ....
Until last October (2012), we were all on course for a new franchise to be awarded to operate train services in the Great Western area - with four bidders (First, National Express, Arriva and Stagecoach) all finalising their bids, with an award of the franchise being due for announcement about now ( ....