1001.....

....cleans a big, big carpet, for less than half a crown......whoops, sorry, nostalgia for the joys of early UK TV advertising and substantially lower prices got the better of me there! Just to report that we've got 1001 posts under our belts and are still staggering along.

But should you feel the urge for celebrating the occasion with a substantial (it runs to 16 volumes, so definitely not for the faint-hearted, or prudish for that matter!) dose of culture, can I suggest "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" at archive.org ....plain vanilla text available for download. Wikipedia article with lots of links here

Berlin bound

Come Monday and you might catch me (along with aforementioned 50 quantity surveyors) on this live webcam on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, our hotel is over to the left and the U-bahn station to the right. So now all I've got to do is pack, and there won't be much because we're flying steerage with a 15kg hold baggage allowance, the ball gown and fur coat are on ice!

I'm still here.....

....despite the lack of recent posts, just heavily involved in a work project that's comprehensively eating up the hours, but in the process improving my bank balance! The pressure should be off sometime next week and I'll be getting my life back....expect a big catch-up session to celebrate!

Got a thirst for news?

Front pages from around the globe at Newseum

Culture shock

Currently suffering a severe bout of the above following a return to work after a bout of Galloping Galactic Flu.....and I'm not sure which is worse! Plenty of links but not enough energy to post......more later!

Link update

I had an email from Lizzie Lines (nee Oates) a couple of days ago with the new address for her blog.....their house has come on by leaps and bounds since that picture of her in her foundations! Aren't they doing well?? Check up on progress at http://ourvastu.blogspot.com