Where’s the drinks trolley?
Remember the days when international air travel was fun? When the phrase “the jet set” suggested a glamorous globe-trotting lifestyle? That was before cut price airlines turned it into a sort of flying...
View ArticleFly fishing… it’s all about the kit – Dullstroom
Back in the prosperous nineties practically everyone I know bought into a fly fishing syndicate out Dullstroom way, partly because Cyril Ramaphosa was a keen fly fisherman and what better way to get...
View ArticleThe unbearable lightness of not being entitled to a tartan
Sadly, there is no Clan Bullard. Hence no opportunity to buckle on a Feiladh-beag with accompanying garter flashes and Sgian-Dubh in my hose. Ah Robbie Burns. If only he’d written in English he could...
View ArticleLost in translation
It’s well known that motoring journalists travel the world in great comfort at somebody else’s expense, drive fast cars, stay in luxury hotels and eat at top restaurants. I cannot deny it because it’s...
View ArticleWhisky Galore
My late father was an enthusiastic whisky drinker. When I first emigrated to South Africa in 1981 he and my mother came to visit to make sure I had settled in properly. My parents planned to stay a...
View ArticleWhen your number’s up
For the past few months people I have been asking me to join them on LinkedIn. What’s the etiquette with something like this: should I thank them politely and tell them I’m not interested or should I...
View ArticleManhattan in Manhattan – David Bullard
I’m told the best way to fly to New York is via either Shannon or Dublin airports in Ireland as US immigration procedures are all completed before your flight leaves and you thus avoid the horrendous...
View ArticleOur common ancestry – David Bullard on Whisky
Perhaps it was something to do with the popularity of Downton Abbey on TV but my nephew in London decided to give his mother (my sister) five hours of family tree research as a Christmas present....
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