Thursday, 13 March 2008

Just some random thoughts

Red wine headache today - not good. I'm staying at my favourite hotel in Leith and went over to Michael & Christophe's last night. We had a great time, but my head hurts today...

Had a heck of a journey up yesterday: an hour and half queuing on the M25 at the Dartford river crossing, because the southbound bridge was closed due to the wind, and so the two tunnels, usually for northbound traffic only, were being shared. Instead of being very early this was going to make be about on time for my first appointment. I made up time on the A1, then discovered the Forth Bridge was closed and diversions via the Kincardine Bridge were going to delay me about an hour. So from about an hour and half early at 7am, by 5pm I was going to be an hour late. As it turned out the Forth Bridge, when I got to it, was open again, and the rest of the evening went smoothly.

There is something seriously wrong when you pass a petrol station with diesel at 113.9p and think, "Oh, must remember that one, it's quite reasonably priced."

I realise the irony of what I have written above: it is perhaps Better For The Planet that fuel prices should be high, and the fact that they haven't been, historically, may account for the type of weather that closes motorway bridges up and down the land.

Oh, apparently there is a Surf Bus which leaves London at 5.30pm every Friday in summer heading for Cornwall.

Saturday, 8 March 2008

Rainbows at Murrayfield

This isn't going well is it? I suppose the weather and home ground is favouring the Scots, but it has to be admitted they are the better side. Currently SCO 12-3 ENG.

Watching in HD and Dolby Stereo is nice now the lounge is pretty much reconstructed.

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Last night I logged on to BBC News and found a banner ad (for Shell) at the top of the page. It's not there today, and I didn't imagine it! It was directly below the grey BBC links at the very top. I'm in a hotel so maybe that has something to do with it - although as I say it's not there any more, and I'm still in the hotel...

The town I was in on Valentine's night, by the way, was St Albans. I was there again recently, parked in a designated space, but someone parked behind me (I was in the last official space but the white lines painted in the road were pretty faint, it was night-time and the street lightling isn't very good) and the wardens pounced again.

Got a parking fine myself at the weekend, in Salisbury. I had put the ticket correctly in the car, but went out to get something from the back and it must have been slamming the boot that flipped it over. £30 thank you very much.