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Me and my travels
June 24th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Each weekend, the Travel supplement of the “Observer” newspaper invites a well-known person to answer a set of questions headed “Me And My Travels”. I thought that this Sunday I’d put those questions to myself for this blog. My favourite hotel is … The Royal Livingstone Hotel on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls [more […]
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Off on a training course
June 6th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’m out of London from this evening to Friday evening working at a place called Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. I’m acting as Support Trainer for a course called “Tools For Success” run by the training consultancy Lamont Associates which which I’ve been working for the last five years.
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A high-spending day
June 5th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Today I spent £350,000. No, I didn’t buy a house – so let me explain .., I sit on the Council of Postwatch, the consumer body for postal services, and I am Chairman of the Council’s Research Committee. Since Postwatch is likely to be closed down in a year or so, this year’s research budget […]
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Family reunion in South Wales
May 27th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Vee (known to her family as Vera) and I have spent much of this (wet) Bank Holiday weekend in South Wales and the highlight of the visit was a family reunion on Vee’s side. The venue was “The Thomas Arms” in the town of Llanelli. The town’s name – which means in English “Church of […]
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Red Arrows over Wembley
May 19th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of NightHawk may recall my posting about my visit to the new Wembley stadium on a community day. Well, today sees the first FA Cup Final at the new venue and one of the special introductory events was a flypast by the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows. I have no interest in football […]
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Stories from Israel (2)
May 8th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Many thanks to those of you who have been kind enough to compliment me on the travelogue which I’ve written for my web site on our recent trip to Israel. I’ve now added 43 photographs to the narrative, so check them out here.
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Visiting the Spinnaker Tower
May 6th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
In Britain, it is a Bank Holiday weekend and Vee and I have been seeing family and friends. We spent a day visiting my half-brother Chris and his partner Janine who live in a village called South Wonston just outside Winchester. They took us to Portsmouth, somewhere we haven’t been for years and years, and […]
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400 thoughts for the week
April 29th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I send out a motivational “Thought For The Week” to over 1,000 people around the world which has underneath a brief note of recent additions to my web site. This weekend, I sent out my 400th thought. Underlying these thoughts are my personal values and my personal philosophy which encompass difference and diversity, fun and […]
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Unhappy about how to be happy
April 19th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Usually the responses I receive to my web site material are very positive, but the Life Skills page on “How To Be Happy” – a fairly lighthearted set of ideas – has attracted an uncharacteristically vituperative e-mail as follows: “What planet are you from then? You should never advise anyone to be happy through having […]
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One year at Postwatch
April 18th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
It is exactly a year ago today that I started at Postwatch, the consumer watchdog for postal services, where I am the Chairman of the Greater London Region and a member of the national Council. Coincidentally I spent all today at Postwatch Headquarters, next to Victoria station in central London, where I chaired two meetings. […]
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