Posts Tagged: London

£13,192 – that’s a large amount of money, isn’t it? Well, that’s roughly what I’ve spent commuting to London over the last 34 months. That’s an average of £388 a month, and that excludes taxis to and from the station and other travel related expense. What is most galling about such a significant expenditure is… Continue Reading ›

Google’s London office is next door to my office in Buckingham Palace Road. I popped out for lunch today to find a small, but vocal Free Tibet protest outside the Google offices.

London was again a victim of attempted terrorist bombings today. Three tubes and a bus were targeted, but this time the terrorists were even bigger amateurs and did not successfully detonate one of the bombs. Warren Street tube station was targeted; a station I pass through everyday on my way to work. I had to walk some… Continue Reading ›

My experience of the 7/7 London bombings published on the day. We were finally allowed out of the building around 15:30 shortly after the news that Euston station had reopened. There was no other way across London other than to walk which is what I did. Clutching my A to Z I walked past Buckingham… Continue Reading ›

My experience of the 7/7 London bombings published on the day. I’m feeling sick at the moment. My geography of London is rather poor and I was actually quite proud to have found my way almost to where I work. I’ve just seen a news report showing where the bomb blasts were. I could of… Continue Reading ›

My experience of the 7/7 London bombings published on the day. I commute into London on a daily basis. I arrived at Euston station just after 9am this morning to find them shutting the underground station access and telling us that the main underground lines are shut for the day. I realised from this that… Continue Reading ›