Chris Saul's Blog

Sunday January 28, 2007

Richmond upon Thames daily photo

Mr Saul senior has started a 'daily photo' blog.

Richmond upon Thames Daily Photo has just had its first post.

Richmond and the surrounding area is what I call home. My parents moved to Ham when I was only a few months old and then to Petersham when I was about 5 or 6. Both 'villages' are part of the greater Richmond area. Fellow residents are Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Richard E Grant and others. Their houses are bigger than ours. The UAE's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, maintains a residence next to the Ham gate entrance to Richmond Park. It's a discrete building that must be one of the most desirable locations in the area. The Saul family is yet to receive an invitation to tea!

Richmond's a great place to live. Central London is a train or underground ride away, Heathrow a 45 minute taxi ride and access to the UK's motorway arteries is easy. This is no grey conurbation though - Richmond Park and the Thames are nearby and Richmond town centre itself keeps its own identity despite the invasion of Starbucks and other big brands. eBay UK's headquarters are down the road in Kingston. I expect you'll see plenty of pictures over the coming weeks that will help you get to know the place.

Thanks to Bluey and his Dubai Daily Photo for inspiring my father to makes his first steps into the world of Web 2.0.

ps You may notice that my father is driving a Wrangler in his photo. He took the wheel for a trip to Fossil Rock when my parents and sister were over at Christmas, a visit I will write up in due course.

Mouse joy and despair

My heart leaped this evening as I entered my room at the Moevenpick Istanbul. Someone in management has obviously been reading my blog and taken notice of the comments that optical mice don't work on hotel desks that have glass tops - hence the shiny new mousepad there for me to use.

Only one problem... I appear to have left my mouse in the lounge at Dubai airport. Since the touchpad mouse on my laptop is broken, this means that mouse activities are seriously curtailed. As I type the cursor is wobbling wildly across my screen. Hopefully the business centre will take pity on me and lend me a spare.