Back on protein
Back on protein, originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. Quite apart from the high risk ofcfood poisoning here with anything that hasn’t been fried or boiled, I’ve noticed that my return to the world of carbohydrates has not been a happy one. Over the last three months, a simple regime of no potato, no pasta, no rice [...]
Possibly the worst hotel ever?
I’m at the Essex County Hotel in Southend on Sea, after an epic but enjoyable 350-mile drive from Falmouth yesterday afternoon and evening. If ever a hotel did NOT live up to its web site – this is it. My fellow guests overnight are: a drunken cricket team a party of German businessmen who appear [...]
Dental implants from £660..
That was the sign I read on a billboard alongside the M56 in North Cheshire as I drove back to Manchester from a practice visit in Wrexham 2 weeks ago. I was on my bluetooth phone at the time and didn’t catch the email address that was detailed under the offer (perhaps driving a little [...]
What Obama and Cameron had to say about dentists
My thanks to Fraser Hendrie who emailed a link to the Times article about the “off the record” conversation that took place between Barack and Dave during the trip to London. You can read it here.
Am I missing something?
Or does the idea of “reading a book” on a hand-held device seem like a sin? Who could possibly want to replace the primeval pleasure of holding a hard-back, smelling the clean crisp publication and parting those pages for the first time? Reading is a tactile experience – what are Sony thinking?
A late night finish
A late night finish, originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. It’s 10.30 pm on Thursday night and the end of a day that began with a 4.45am alarm call in Manchester and a dawn drive to Leeds. My first hour at the Leeds Radisson was absorbed with emails. At 8.00am I was hi-jacked by the events manager [...]
I have written a book, you know
 and you can buy it here I have written a book, you know, originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. Â
Journey Ambassador?
Journey Ambassador?, originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. I’m all for 21st Century customer service – but I do think the Hilton at Manchester Airport are going a little “over the top” with their description on the concierge desk. Having said that, we are encouraging clients to appoint: 1. The concierge nurse; 2. The care nurse 3. [...]
Boys will be boys….
Boys will be boys…., originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. The market town of Altrincham, Cheshire is understandably proud of it’s Royal Charter, granted in 1290 and allowing the good citizens to meet weekly and exchange goods and services – which they still do after all that time. Civic pride is so great that a new statue [...]
There was a time…..
There was a time….., originally uploaded by coachbarrow999. When travel by rail was THE most popular form of public transport – and this original mosaic at Manchester’s Victoria Station demonstrates the potential routes available over 100 years ago when “Cottonopolis” was the wealthiest city in the developed world. Nowadays, of course, we choose to express [...]
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