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Author: skytash

Rain and Ice

When I moved to India in July 2004, I knew I was going there during the monsoon.  It was sort … More

AHL, American Hockey League, Houston, Houston Aeros, ice hockey, monsoon, Texas, United States, US

Below sea level

I was very lucky to be in East Anglia on the day when the Prickwillow Drainage Pump was running for … More

Cambridgeshire, Diesel engine, drainage, East Anglia, England, fen, Internal combustion engine, petrol engine, Prickwillow, two-stroke engine

Global FMCG branding

FMCG is the abbreviation used for Fast Moving Consumer Goods – stuff you buy at a supermarket.  Over the last … More

brand, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, FMCG, marketing, Meister Proper, Mr Clean, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Royal Canin, United States, US, Whiskas

LHR T5

A picture of what I was left with to take to Houston, having shed belongings of different types across the … More

aeroplane, airplane, emigrate, Heathrow, luggage, travel

Belgrave, Victoria, Australia

No, I haven’t been to Australia, but this person has and posted a great picture and nice story about a … More

train

Milling around England

Having enjoyed my visit to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, I started investigating possible day-time venues between my night-time … More

England, gristmill, National Trust, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, water wheel, Wyre Forest

What makes a good shower?

While on my road trip in England, I stayed with lots of friends and family as well as a few … More

Bath Spa, bathroom, Galveston, quality, road trip, shower, Texas, Thermae Bath Spa, travel

The Railway Child

Before leaving the UK for the big adventure in Texas, I decided to have a little adventure in England.  I … More

England, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, museum, Railway Children, road trip, trains and railroads, transport, travel

Chicken and egg of moving country

Using my previous experience as a guide to moving from one country to another, I was expecting the chicken and … More

bank account, chicken or egg, emigration, flat, immigration, letting agent, mobile phone, moving home, PRINCE2, property, renting, Texas

The first night in the desert

In April 2012 together with 48 colleagues, I walked 101km through the Moroccan Sahara.  It took us five days to … More

Africa, Ait Atta, Atlas Mountain, camping, desert, Moroccan Sahara, Morocco, Ouarzazate, Sahara, sand storm, travel, walking

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