Stuck in Reading

So the plan was two nights in Reading, then back home to keep the missus happy. Then things went wrong last night, as they always do. Couldn’t get a hotel for tonight, so Nokia stepped in & got me into the proper Holiday Inn (next door) & are picking up the tab. [...]

Boots Advantage Points

Down in Reading doing more night work, what will I spend the extra £15/night bonus I get on? Mostly tax, which leaves me with £9. Hardly seems worth it! But I love it really, especially when you get to 4am & need coffee but there’s only Nescafe which doesn’t quite cut it [...]

Update for Brian

Seeing as he’s one of the few who read this & phoned me up to ask for a new entry, under the disguise of needing help with his computer. Some of the valves weren’t working or a cog had stuck. I think he just wanted to tell me about the new TV [...]

Back to work

Rest of the holiday was good. Went to York & walked a few miles from the hotel into town & back twice. Over to Chester to see Mike & Laura and all the fun that entails. Did some shopping at the Trafford Centre, got a Samsung photo printer which is fantastic even [...]