Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Bradford Weekend – Day 2

Robin was my designated Travel Partner for the day, £9.50 to roam West Yorkshire, great value.  This is by all buses and trains, even better.  After Hector’s  superb Curry-Heute at The International we headed east to join the others at … Continue reading

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The Bradford Weekend – Day 1

You must come down to Bradford on the last Friday of the month to visit The Saltaire Brewery.’ so Ricky told me in the summer when I was last down. And it was arranged that The Friends of Hector booked … Continue reading

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The Staggs – Making Plans with Nigel

We enjoyed ourselves so much at The Staggs aka The Volunteer Arms on our last visit we promised ourselves a return. Nigel, Mein Host, evidently appreciates all that is currently splendid about British Ale. ‘Tell me when you are next … Continue reading

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On the second day in München…

Marg and Hector went down to breakfast in the Hotel Royal and found the ladies.  The Chaps had, and would not, surface this morning.  There was an announcement that the Englischer Garten would be a good place to go for … Continue reading

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On the first day in München…

Day 2 – München at last A 05.00 taxi took us back to Gatwick.  I felt as if my head had just touched the pillow when the alarm went off for the early morning rise.  Whose idea was this?  I watched … Continue reading

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München via Crawley, a November Weekend

Day 1 –  a night with ‘Danny’.  At the start of this year Emma approached Hector in the staffroom and said: ‘We need another staff trip.’ We compared diaries and the St Andrew’s Day holiday Monday weekend was free.  I … Continue reading

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