The holiday began last night with a fabulous tapas meal in Barcelona. We embark on the Queen Elizabeth at midday today Peter Chandler

Wisteria in bloom and if only it would stop raining I could sit under it…..

Congratulations to His Majesty King Charles III and Head of the #Commonwealth on his #Coronation today, on behalf of our family of 56 nations and 2.5 billion people!

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Arrived in Miami to this! Took hours for taxi to find route to hotel in pouring rain. Wendy Hall was not happy but she is, according to the Chinese, a Water Dragon!

First morning in NY and ⁦Wendy Hall⁩ has gone hunter gathering!

In Manchester to visit family. Wonderfully relaxing afternoon. Peter Chandler is watching the rugby, while I watch A Hard Days Night. George would have been 80 today. Was it really that long ago?

Spot on Les

Brilliant Panto, thanks #Lighthouse #Poole

The local pigeons seem to like our tree.

On recent trip to NY with Wendy Hall came within spitting distance of a bucket list place namely Franklin Mine NJ. Sadly no time to stop ☹️ But eBay came to rescue and back home, bought these Franklin rocks! Why? fluorescent in UV 😎

Birthday lunch at the Gotham Grill in Hackettstown NJ. Why Hackettstown you may ask. All will be revealed in the next tweet Peter Chandler

Ships log day 4 QM2 to NY. Force 8 gale most of today so too rough and windy to get around the ship very much. But things calmed down for dinner and we had the privilege of meeting with fellow traveller the legendary Sir John Parker and his lovely wife Emma for pre-dinner drinks

...and this is the second in a long of line of 'poking fun at the tyrant' cartoons

The first of two post to cheer me up this morning :-)

Lovely BBQ In Doha last night for QCRI Advisory Board courtesy of Ahmed Elmagarmid. It was 32C at 9pm. We had to go inside to cool off after we had eaten. Quite the opposite of BBQ’s in the UK Michael Wooldridge Peter Chandler

We have a new pet, a panther. Found him in Barcelona. I wanted to call him Juan after Miro but as our “pet’s” names must start with the animals first letter ⁦Wendy Hall⁩ suggested Pi. Fine but for me it is Pi by 3 as, for Physicists, that equals “Juan” 😜

Gay Pride 🏳️‍🌈 on Amsterdam’s Canals with all sorts of “pronouns” having a lot of fun!

'C'mon Madam. Surely you can spare a few quid to help a family in Tunbridge Wells get some more gravel in their drive'

Living the dream with ⁦Wendy Hall⁩ on Brownsea Island. A fish and chip supper followed by open air Shakespeare (12th Night).

⁦Wendy Hall⁩ and I have just put bangers on the BBQ on a delightful English summer evening