Things that make us happy #23 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations WOW! what a summer we will have in England this year with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations and the Olympic Games. For us that live in Eton & Windsor the Jubilee Celebrations started today in Windsor with an ‘Armed Forces Muster’. More than 2,500…
Things that make us happy #22 Nice New Nikons Nikon D4 Yesterday I was at our camera dealer Grays of Westminster and ordered 2 new Nikon D4 cameras – happy days! As Nikon NPS (Nikon Profesional Services) members we received en email today saying that our order will be prioritised when they arrive in the…
Things that make us happy #21 Faces in India We are sitting in New Delhi waiting for a flight back to Blighty, I just started looking through my images on our travels through Rajasthan. India is such a beautiful country full of colour and amazing people – these are some of the faces we saw….
Things that make us happy #20 Camden Town Markets Camden Town Markets (Camden Stables Market, Camden Lock Market, Camden Lock Village) are renown for alternative clothing & diverse cultures and they are great place to shop and eat out. I read recently that the markets are now the fourth most popular tourist attraction in London….
Things that make us happy #19 Christmas at Fortnum & Mason Fortnum & Mason have gone ‘Showtime’ this year. As always they have wonderful creative window displays, this year they have a showtime theme with glamourous show girl mannequins in the windows and placed around the store. Fortnum’s creative director Paul Symes found inspiration in…
Things that make us happy #18 Hong Kong Hot Pots We are back in Hong Kong and made a return visit to the small restaurant in Wan Chai where we tasted our first rice Hot Pot. We love slow cooking and it is something we do ourselves during the winter months. There is nothing nicer…
Things that make us happy #17 Making Sloe Gin We think that this will make us happy but as we have not made Sloe Gin before we do not know. It may make us happy in more ways than one. Marianne has noticed on her morning run along the River Thames at Eton that quite…
Things that make us happy #16 Flying a 787 Dreamliner We had a wedding free Saturday today and went along to the British Airways open day at Heathrow Airport … we thought it would be a quick look around but ending up being there over 4 hours as there was so much to see and…
Things that make us happy #15 A Picnic at 30,000 Feet Tips on how you can eat Gourmet Food and travel in Business Class seating with British Airways for just an extra £21.95 per person. Enough to make anyone happy. Part 1: The Food. British Airways Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport is a state of…
Things that make us happy #14 A Royal Wedding Street Party The UK has a long tradition of holding street parties the first being held in July 1919 to celebrate the signing of the Versailles Treaty which officially ended World War I. More than 5,000 street parties and hundreds of open air events were held…
Things that make us happy #13 Row 44 at Wembley We managed to get tickets for our favourite spot at Wembley for last nights match England vs Ghana (1-1). As always it was a good atmosphere at Wembley. There are not many national teams in the world that can attract an attendance of 80,102 fans…
Things that make us happy #12 Driving a Mini Yesterday our car was a Beige Volvo Estate V40. It was safe, trustworthy, reliable, practical … and very boring. Today our car is a Red Mini Cooper S. It is cool, small, quick … and brilliant fun. A Volvo Estate is a great car for families…
Dear Mark & Marianne Our book arrived and it is absolutely wonderful!! It is difficult to find the words to express our feelings about the service you have provided. The photos are truly fantastic and we cannot thank you enough for the creativeness and professionalism you have demonstrated. Thank you for allaying any initial fears…
Things that make us happy #10 Heston’s Horseradish Sauce This Horseradish Sauce is divine, heavenly, and totally delicious and to have tasted it once is to be hooked for life. Most of you probably know who Heston Blumenthal is and his world famous restaurant The Fat Duck what you do not perhaps know is that…
Things that make us happy #9 Christmas at Fortnum & Mason Has Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer become a Swedish Elk? asked our visiting Swedish friend … at Fortnum & Mason it would appear so. They have various Christmas Elks on display – I looked but could not find a Rudolph. We have a rather nice…
