There’s the mother and father of a storm coming – “the storm of the century”, predicts the Sindo (after all, there’s just a little under 92 years left for there to be a bigger one) – but the weather was fairly benign in these parts all day today, with hardly a puff of wind and only the odd sudden shower […]
I’m back again at my home base on Dublin’s Northside where I’ve a number of things to catch up on after the few days away. The flight back was fairly uneventful – three and a half hours in the air can rarely be classified as top-ranking entertainment at the best of times – though I did manage to snap a […]
I’m killing time in departures at Luqa international airport in Malta, with three and a half hours of Ryanair to come shortly. Along with all the work I’ve had to do down here, I’ve also got to enjoy some nice weather, the kind you’d normally associate back at home with late Spring. Yesterday, I even got to have lunch al […]
Malta is a fascinating place, particularly for anyone that has, like I do, an interest in history. Did you know, for example, that the total tonnage of bombs that the Germans released over Malta in the two months of March and April 1942 was twice that dropped on London in the worst year of the Blitz? Well, you do now. […]
It’s not a bad week, not least because of the weather, to swap one island at the periphery of Europe for another one located more than 1,000 miles – or three and a half hours of flying time – south of where I normally reside. The change in temperature, from sub-zero conditions in Dublin as I made my way in […]
I’m currently in Malta, unfortunately only for work reasons as it’s very pleasantly hot here – like the hottest day you’d get in high Summer at home – and I’m only here for two days so I’m not going to get too much opportunity to enjoy the weather. But, hey, it’s sunny and warm and it’s not raining, which is […]