Well for those of you have follow me on twitter you will know that the last 10 days I have been saying buongiorno alot as I am in Italy

I have for my sins stayed in hotels up and down the UK with work. I have stayed is not posh hotels and some real hovels.

Some of you will know that at times a big yellow duck called Graham lives with me.

So a taxi was done, it was clear they had to use a bus next and no other bus says Great Britain than the iconic half front of a London Routemaster bus, making ‘Japan or Bust’ an entirely unique expedition.

So tell me what hidden authority would you like to find in POR, or what Authority would you enforce in uniform that you would be happy to serve one month in prison and be fined £10

<The car swerves across the road> Drat that was 126 not 26 <Driver thinks I really should pay more attention to the road> -0000- I am wondering if people have any good traveling games, I don’t mean like travel twister I mean car or train games. I currently undertake a 170 mile journey every monday morning and every Friday evening as I cross the country from Gloucestershire to Essex and back. I have recently been playing a couple of number plate games to help pass the time. Game 1 – Numbers This is really a counting game you start at 1 and once you see a number plate with the number 1 you move on the 2 then 3 and so on. Rules 1) the number must be a sole number e.g. W1NKR can be used as number 1 and WA51KNR can not it would be used as 51 2) [...]

Hello Dear Reader So having braved crazy driving and enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere of the souq, it was time to head to the desert to actually do some work. However I did have enough time before heading to the airport for my flight to walk down to the beach and dip my toes in the med it had to be done really I can now say I have dipped my toes in the med on both sides of it. So we arrive at the airport, now this was not the international airport with I had flown into from London, this was an internal airport for flights within Libya, or to Algeria or Tunisia. I was to take a chartered flight owned by one of the oil companies and I was told if you asked your flying to Area 103. All thought this trip was only to be about 2 hours [...]