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A night out in London. Started with the bookshops in Piccadilly, and ended with dinner at Rules in Maiden Lane.

BA1469 INV to LHR.

Richard Branson, Kate Winslet and families at Inverness Airport. P.S. They had a private charter.

Small world, one of my brothers married a girl from Tain in Tain (in 1987).

Braving the wild weather at Eilean Donan, Scotland.

Glenmorangie Distillery, Tain

The setting sun lights up Portmahomack on Dornoch Firth, Scotland (our base for the week).

Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

All part of the vibe. Big sign on side wall said "today's chips use potatoes from Wham Farm, Yorkshire".

A touch of the US in Bromley, South East London.

The view can't always be a golden beach or ancient city walls. Sometimes it's the prosaic locality associated with family. On this occasion it is the London Road, Forest Hill SE26 (with the station behind the trees). P.S. What about those blue skies!

EK355 SIN-DXB

Our brief stopover in SIN is over as we had a wander in the Jewel, checked out of the CP and headed to the EK lounge for dinner.

The King try as he might cannot match the Saudi Crown Prince who took his own Toilet on his visit to London, and his own bed. The toilet to keep him safe from attempts on his life, and the bed to take his weight. The thing about King Charles is that he has been known to rough it when the...

Our Singapore office (after an excellent flight on QF1 in PE) was an upgrade to a King size room pool-side. Had a decent sleep. And in the morning.

Slumming it in PE to SIN.

Ready for QF1 to SIN. Enjoyed the duck salad, and while the squid was a decent serve it lacked the crispness of past times.

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My inside goss was that the Queen does not share the same "tastes" food wise as the King. For example she is reportedly not so keen on the King's "seeds" for breakfast, and is more "traditional English" kind of girl.

Not without body armour!