What I'm Doing in a Fortnight's Time
Posted by I.A.M. in BLOG-O-RAMA, CANADA, NEWS, Personal, THINKINESSBeing in the UK and appreciating civilisation’s finest achievements, basically. After some business in the western Midlands from my arrival in the Sceptred Isle until the 13th of this month, I shall be located in the capital of Right Thinking People (London) until the 24th. At that point I’ll be boarding an æroplane and returning to my beloved wife here in damp, dark, dank Burnaby. Bleah…
Whilst in the New Jerusalem, however, things such as this, these, and this shall be visited, in between regular consulting of this information, occasional glances at this, and — inevitably — some important consultation of this so as to experience the area in all its forms and incarnations.
I hope to have several business meetings with people in London during the period, as this is an invaluable opportunity to [ahem] press the flesh, as well as meet people whose writing I love and/or intend to publish.
Also likely is some merry jape / caper-like activities. One hopes, at least.
If there is no other goal in mind, there is at least the locating of things such as those outlined in Christopher Fowler’s blog entry here.
I am taking a brand-new, tiny, little laptop with me [see photo, left] and — in conjunction with consulting the ‘free London Wi-Fi’ map above — shall be attempting to summarise events and/or experiences on a fairly steady basis. If nothing else, it will give me a reason to not follow some skin-head into the depths of Soho to locate “the fellah who can gets you any-fing you’se can imagine, and sum fings you can’t… if you receive my meanings, Guv?”
Release the hounds…!
Table of contents for the series “UK-tober-Fest”
- What I’m Doing in a Fortnight’s Time
- One Final Sleep in Our Bed
- Friday, October 10th, 20:15 ~ YVR… still…
- Friday, October 10th, 23:50 ~ somewhere over the NWT probably…
- Saturday, October 11th ~ Arrival & Warwick (Day I)
- Sunday, October 12th ~ Warwick (Day II, part i)
- Sunday, October 12th ~ Warwick (Day II, part ii)
- Monday, October 13th ~ Warwick (Day III)
- Tuesday, October 14th ~ Warwick (Day IV) to London (Day I)
- Wednesday, October 15th ~ Canadian Election Results [an Aside to London (Day II)]
- Wednesday, October 15th ~ London (Day II)
- Thursday, October 16th ~ London (Day III)
- Friday October 17th ~ London (Day IV)
- Saturday October 18th — London (Day V)
- Sunday October 19th — London (Day VI)
- Monday October 20th — London (Day VII, part i)
- Monday October 20th — London (Day VII, part ii)
- Monday October 20th — London (Day VII, part iii)
- Tuesday October 21st — London (Day VIII)
- Wednesday October 22nd — London (Day IX)
- Thursday October 23rd — London (Day X)
- Friday October 24th — London to Vancouver (Day XI-XII)
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Tis a shame that you aren’t venturing northwards.
What? Warwick is north! It’s miles north of many things! Like Leamington Spa! and Stratford-upon-Avon! And Milton Keynes! To say nothing of Oxford and London! As for Brighton… well, that’s a veritable marathon distant from the place!
Not venturing to the North? How dare you, sir! I’m as adventurous as they come!
I believe that you will find that the places you have listed are in the south Mr Martin. Especially to a northern mentality that says that everything south of the Humber is southern (it is similar to the southern mentality that says everything north of the Watford Gap is northern, hence the daren’t venture past it. There be dragons, etc).
The north is a much more firendly and refined place, also we don’t talk funny up here.
True, true; those places are in the southern half of the country of ‘England’. I did try to sort a visit to Manchester and/or Leeds, but found that the cost of rail travel and hotel rooms added together was the more than being in London for the same period. In fact, the hotel rooms in Manchester were at least the same price — if not slightly higher — than ones in London. Add the rail to that and I save money even if the result is that I pay £5 for a pint (which I might end up doing if I’m not careful about where I’m paying for a shout).
Shame the Savoy’s closed for renovations, though. Tough to find a decent place to kip as a result. Perhaps that nice place across the street from the Victoria Memorial…