Create memories

As someone who regularly thinks about death, not in a morbid way just always have, I tend to think about what I would remember on...

Little features make a big difference

Having recently returned for a holiday on the east coast of the US (New York, Orlando, Miami and Key West) I was struck by how...

Motivate with a challenge

I recently completed the Three Peaks challenge with fifteen of my fellow colleagues from work. We had to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdon within...

Surely we should have reinvented the train by now?

An interesting article in the Times today on HS2 and the proposed suggestion to cut its top speed by 40 mph from 225 mph to...

Great value from Avios

Every day we are bombarded by customer promotions and loyalty cards. One of the most successful must be Tesco who literally wrote the book on...

Back in love with video

Many moons ago I used to spend a lot of time taking video on the family camcorder, upload it to my computer and spend days...

Integrated to perfection

I spent an enjoyable night last week at one of London’s newest hotels, Citizen M. The hotel chain has a number of properties across Europe...

How safe is safe?

Having returned from a recent skiing holiday I was struck that for the first time since I started skiing I was now the minority on...

Life’s a Beach

I have spent the last few weeks enjoying the Californian sunshine on a driving holiday taking in the sights in LA, Las Vegas, Sequoia National...

What about Gatwick and Stanstead?

I find it interesting that the debate about Heathrow and a third potential runway continues to rumble on. I was pretty sure when ministers put...

End of the line for Virgin

I was interested in last week’s announcement that Virgin Trains would no longer have the West Coast mainline franchise as it has now been awarded...

Sweden rules with an iron fist

Ever since I was little I have always had an admiring view of one of our quieter European cousins, Sweden. It had a focus on...

Professional meets amateur

Recently I took delivery of a new mountain bike. Usually such an event wouldn’t be worth a mention but when I had to wait several...

The new place in the med

I spent an enjoyable week with my father at his new home in Montenegro where he has setup a business, Montenegro Marine Services, supporting yachts...

London could learn a bit from Hong Kong

I have been lucky enough to have had a bit of holiday last week and spent it in Hong Kong, my new number one city...