I went to Harrods. It was full of stuff I don’t want selling at prices I can’t afford. It was also packed with people searching for bargains. It’s bloody scary when an item is discounted by £100 and it’s still expensive. The women’s shoes and accessories section was on the verge of turning into a [...]
First I made my way across the Thames and went on the London Eye/Millennium Wheel. When I was heading to the line to buy the £11 ticket, two old ladies stopped me and asked if I wanted one ticket because they had a spare. “You can have this for half price… or free.” In retrospect, [...]
I’m in London. I’m staying at a hotel in Piccadilly Circus. The streets are full of tourists. This interweb place is shitty. I’ll write more when I’ve done something to write about. At the moment all I can think about is Cameron from UK Big Brother. Oh dear.
I visited the James Joyce Museum today. It was raining and my shoes aren’t waterproof, so by the time I had walked from the train station to the museum, I was squeaking with moisture. The museum itself was ok, but the effort taken to get there didn’t equal the delights of the museum. I should [...]
Ok, first I must get this out of my system. OMG, it is rumoured that two housemates from each Big Brother house in the UK and Australia will very soon do a swap. OMG OMG OMG. The UK Big Brother house needs Regina. The Australian house would hugely benefit from Tania to inject some of [...]
I spent the last couple of days in two small Irish towns, Rathfriland and Enniskillen. These were only visited because some of my ancestors used to live there. Having visited these places I now understand why they left. Boring little village, boring little town. Then there was the potato incident, of which we shall not [...]
I’m in Belfast. Oh God, it’s bleak. The Special Olympics are being held in Ireland and the American team is staying in Belfast. [joke deleted]. I went on a bus tour this mornin’. As well as driving past the historically significant buildings, it also drove through a Protestant neighbourhood. The locals have painted the kerbs [...]
I went to Leicester yesterday. My interweb friend Dave showed me a few pubs. I had a brilliant time. On the way back I had a genuine “panic on the streets of Birmingham” moment. Yeah, walking around a strange city trying to find a train station that’d supposedly get me to Worcester in the middle [...]
Yesterday I accidentally stumbled across the site of the Hacienda. I knew it was so because even though the building which housed the legendary night club has been demolished, in its place an apartment building is being constructed. The apartment building is named The Haçienda. Its slogan is something like “The party’s over. It’s time [...]
Oh my God, yes, I’m in Manchester. I’m so excited. I arrived here yesterday, and I’m going tomorrow, so I’m going to have to pack in a million things today. Yesterday I went to Urbis, which is a museum dedicated to cities. It was brilliant (see, I’m in England, I just described something as “brilliant”). [...]