Neil Hopcroft

Whistlestop tour continues – a few days in Huntingdon, including a rather nice afternoon tea spoiled somewhat by a careless driver in his dads Astra. Then Norwich yesterday where I caught up with Dave, heard about an interesting project and randomly found Bill in the curry house. Now Kings Lynn. Next Lincoln.

London on thursday wasn’t quite as planned as I had hoped – but theres nothing new there. I started out meeting minusbat and godgirl for lunch in Angel….we went for a wander after, for Marge to buy some travel books. The charity shop lured us with a promise of some Hello Kitty merchandise, unfulfilled, but […]

Safely back in the UK now, still a bit achey from lugging around 30-odd kilos of baggage and a touch jetlagged, but basically all is OK….much mail to catch up with. Now for a plan….London tomorrow, let me know if you’re in the capital and would like to meet up? Then Cambridge-ish thursday, then possibly […]

…such as it is, is that I arrive 3.30pm tomorrow at Heathrow. Then bumble around the UK for a few weeks, then, if all the contract things go well I start with Nokia again later. In the meantime, I’ll be visiting people around the country – first stop Kent, then, probably, Cambridge/Huntingdon, perhaps with a […]

What I forgot to mention in my last post was the wonderful accent of the people in Nikko. Of course, I understood very little of what they said, but they said it really beautifully, theres something harsh about it, kinda like everything is being pronounced much more clearly than in Tokyo. Somehow I associated it […]

Hey, DeeTee, let me introduce you to squiddity, and, in particular, this post… (posted in a custom friend group containing just you, ‘cos I don’t think I’ve got a mail address for you and I’m not sure anyone else I know would be interested in this)

I had no idea he was so (un)popular (a tribute to ex-president Reagan)