Robert's ramblings Vox 2009-12-24T12:44:50Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e47c087be2b/ the personal blog of Robert Boyle The big freeze tag:vox.com,2009-12-24:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0123ddf6618c860d 2009-12-23T19:07:16Z 2009-12-24T12:44:50Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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M4 Hell Britain is famous for falling apart at the first sign of snow and this week we really lived up to expectations. For some reason, nobody had bothered gritting the roads before the snow started falling. Perhaps whoever is in charge had eng...

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]]> Busy week tag:vox.com,2009-12-24:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0123ddcdc1ee860b 2009-11-19T19:03:32Z 2009-12-24T12:44:54Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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BA Iberia merger Last week was a busy one. On Sunday, I flew out to Mexico for a oneworld meeting and to welcome Mexicana into the alliance. I flew back via Madrid and arrived back in London just as the merger agreement between BA and Iberia was...

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Shanghai smog from my hotel window I was away from the UK for 61 hours on my recent trip to Shanghai, travelling out via Tokyo and back via Helsinki. This somewhat less than direct itinerary meant that I spent more than half the elapsed time at ...

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]]> London City New York, first flight tag:vox.com,2009-12-24:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0123f18c7afb860f 2009-09-29T17:48:38Z 2009-12-24T12:44:59Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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BA1, ready to depart I was at London City airport this morning to see off the first BA flight to New York. It took me over an hour and a half to get there from my office near Heathrow. Which is the point really – if you live or work on the east ...

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]]> Life lessons from my iPhone tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0110169097f3860c 2009-08-31T06:06:17Z 2009-09-02T18:59:18Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Free Cell My iPhone tells me that I have just won my 564th game of Free Cell. It reliably informs me that I have spent 103 hours and 23 minutes achieving this milestone. Now, that is a serious amount of time to have wasted playing solitaire. But...

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]]> Last Grand Prix at Silverstone? tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0110180c1123860e 2009-06-24T19:47:03Z 2009-09-02T18:59:21Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Red Arrows The family went to Silverstone last Sunday to see what could be the final Formula One Grand Prix there, if Donnington can get its act together by next year. Sadly, unlike our first visit last year, we didn’t get to see a British win, ...

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]]> Dubai: living up to expectations, good and bad tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0110169097fe860c 2009-06-03T04:48:49Z 2009-09-02T18:59:24Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Lobby feature We realised that it had been some time since we had escaped for a dose of sun and relaxation by the pool. With only a five day slot in our collective calendars, we were somewhat distance and time zone constrained and settled on a f...

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]]> Kitchen project, finally done after 157 days tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b011016cb5c8d860d 2009-04-14T17:24:00Z 2009-09-02T18:59:26Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Finished kitchen Well, I think we can now finally draw an end to the new kitchen saga. The decoration is done and the TV and Wii reinstalled, so the kids are happy. The weekend project was to put the curtains back up and since they haven’t falle...

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]]> Concert in Winchester tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b0110164bc551860b 2009-04-06T18:27:39Z 2009-09-02T18:59:28Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Winchester Cathedral The orchestra that Laura plays in put on a concert in Winchester last weekend. The concert hall was in Winchester College; beautiful old buildings surrounded by fantastic magnolia trees in full flower. A magical setting for ...

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]]> Day 132, a floor! tag:vox.com,2009-09-02:asset-6a00d09e47c087be2b01101690980d860c 2009-03-20T21:10:33Z 2009-09-02T18:59:30Z Robert http://robertboyle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Floor! Amazing… we finally have a floor. Well, at least the kitchen area is finished. The family room is still to do. Work resumes on Monday.

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