Author: Paul Roberts

  • Regent Street F1 06-07-2004

    well we went along and saw the crowds, they where in place 3-4 deep from 4:30, no chance to see anything as a car is about 2 feet high at most, we found a great spot on the 3rd floor of liberty’s, looking out of the window, except the start was so late that the…

  • Travel News – 01 July 2004

    Concorde aircraft opens to visitors http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/27/concorde.ap/index.html Bulgaria closer to high-speed EU-rail link http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/28/bt.bulgaria.train.reut/index.html World airline traffic soars, says IATA http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/29/bt.iata.traffic.report.reut/index.html Finland, Russia plan fast rail link http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/30/bt.fin.russia.rail.ap/index.html The world’s best airport lounges http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/16/bt.skytrax.survey/index.html Road trips: A parent’s survival guide, “The kids watch more TV in the car than they ever do at home.” http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/09/family.road.trips.ap/index.html Best-selling…

  • Travel News – Friday, 25 June 2004

    Air travel: The best or worst of times? http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/18/air.travel/index.html High hopes for fast ferries on the Great Lakes http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/18/lake.express.ap/index.html http://www.milwaukee-muskegon.com/ http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/05266F4CQCF_news.shtml http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/03/05/lake.ontario.ferry.ap Eurotunnel slashes prices http://www.thisistravel.co.uk/travel/news/article.html?in_article_id=40310 New rules over travel warnings http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3831595.stm

  • Travel News 16/06/2004

    Passport Delay Call http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13130079,00.html San Diego Hit by Earthquake http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1139565,00.html June is the ‘Sexiest Month’ http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-13119297,00.html Holiday Firms Slammed http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13130205,00.html Spotlight shines on ‘Masters of Florence’ http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/15/medici.exhibit.ap/ Tuvalu: Paradise under threat http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/15/tuvalu.noother.ap/index.html Tokyo is world’s priciest city http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/06/13/cities.expensive.ap/index.html Concealed fault caused Bam quake http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3809375.stm

  • Travel News

    Virgin Express, Alitalia in pricing row http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/11/bt.virgin.alitalia.reut/index.html Iran tourism project to rival Dubai http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/11/bt.uran.tourism.reut/index.html The rise of self-service travel http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/06/10/bt.self.service/index.html

  • Travel News

    Spotted on the register… Airlines ground online ticket price gouging Price discrimination in the sale of airline tickets online is no longer a problem in Europe, the European Commission confidently asserted today. http://www.theregister.com/2004/06/09/airline_price_discrimination/

  • More ryanair news

    Strange how one story can be reported different ways and how not making as much money becomes a loss when it’s really not as much profit. Read on… IHT: Ryanair slips to a net loss … Ryanair slips to a net loss. Bloomberg News Tuesday, June 1, 2004. … It’s not really that Ryanair has…

  • Crazy

    I recieved this today as part of an email Antigen for Exchange removed anabnr2.gif since it was found to match the FILE FILTER= *.gif file filter. The file anabnr2.gif has been quarantined. To have the anabnr2.gif delivered from quarantine please forward the message with the quarantine attachment to the DEP Helpdesk and we will deliver…

  • Happy Brithday Moon Handbooks

    25th Anniversary of Moon Handbooks South Pacific In June, 1979, Moon Publications of Rutland, Vermont, published the 1st edition of South Pacific Handbook. A quarter century later, Moon Handbooks South Pacific is still the leading travel guide to Polynesia and Melanesia, with an 8th edition due from Avalon Travel Publishing in late 2004.

  • Free Events in London

    If you are in London in June/July you might want to check these events out, you can get free tickets from http://www.culturalco-operation.org Cultural Co-operation is an independent arts charity that promotes cross-cultural contact, dialogue and understanding. Our main activity is the international summer Music Village, Europe’s longest running festival of world culture. The 18 Music…

  • Even more Ryanair…

    Just got this via googlealert.com, another of Michael O’Leary’s fan club, some interesting comments follow as well, worth a read… A Fistful of Euros: Ryanair redefines Communism http://fistfulofeuros.net/archives/000666.php

  • Spam

    I just washed my mail with mailwasher and deleted 50 of 80 emails that makes 62.5% of my mail overnight being spam, it’s definitely getting worst. Don’t know what i’d do without mailwasher Link: http://www.mailwasher.net [edit] now i’m using gmail so i’m no longer washing my mail.

  • Airport X-Ray Scanners & Film

    My film always goes trough the filmsafe scanners and I’ve had no problems even in China where they have x-ray machines at the train stations (due to people transporting fireworks illegally causing an explosion on a train). I shoot 100ASA, 200 or maybe 400 at night possibly but generally 100 slide film on the whole…

  • from cnn today

    English cathedrals wow tourists Link: www.cnn.com

  • Travel News

    News on cnn.com today:- Kazakhstan plans to build a railway along the old silk route, linking Druzhba on the border with China’s Xingjian north-western region to Iran and Turkey Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/26/bt.silk.road.rail.reut/index.html And Virgin USA, Richard Branson’s planed budget airline, has short-listed San Francisco or New York as potential hubs. Link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/25/bt.virgin.us.move.reut/index.html Also the bbc.co.uk one…