Tony Walsh – author on Oman & Arabia
In a new report – Long-Term Evolution (LTE) November 2017 by opensignal.com – the state of some of the world’s 4G services was covered.
4G availability was 96.69% in South Korea (as a proportion of time actual users have access to 4G rather than simple geographic coverage). Oman achieved Continue reading “Oman outstrips the UK with 4G speed and availability.”
Almost perfect weather for cycling got me out into the English countryside of East Anglia where Classic Cars were on show
and the Thaxted Morris Men and Continue reading “An English Summer Weekend of Morris Men and Classic Cars“
The first warmish day of summer 2017 encouraged me to visit the memorial to David Bowie in Brixton, London.
The day started well as I walked past Continue reading “Books and David Bowie in Brixton”
Just north of crowded Oxford Street in London is probably the most opulent single collection of decorative arts in Britain, the Wallace Collection in Hertford House.
Gifted to Britain by Lady Wallace in 1897, the collection was Continue reading “Wallace Collection and Daunt Books”
North of London’s centre for Lawyers is Lincoln’s Inn Fields one of London’s great public squares.
It’s where one of London’s oldest and nicest Museums, Sir John Soane’s Museum, is located. Despite the good weather I had a Continue reading “Wandering through London”
Sunny weather made for a great visit to Saffron Walden, about 90kms north of central London. The town is some 1000 years old with evidence of older settlement dating from the Roman period (43-600AD).
The age of the town is reflected in its delightfully Continue reading “Sunshine in Saffron Walden”
With a Tax spend towards car transport of GBPound33Billion the United Kingdom still lags behind countries in The Gulf in terms of their repair state
with the UAE rated as Continue reading “Oman’s Roads are better than Britain’s says report”
Chilly weather and disruptions on some tube services didnt seem to have made a dent in the attendance for the Destinations Show,
the Business to Consumer holiday exhibition, in Continue reading “Destinations Show 2017”
It’s the weekend and what better place to be than the magical world of David Bowie Lazarus in Kings Cross. Like Harry Potter, Kings Cross Station was the start of my journey, north to school at the beginning of each term.
However, today’s magic was in the Continue reading “Lazarus by David Bowie”
The Damian Hirst statue of St Bartholomew does dominate the church that its placed in; though as the church commemorates St Bartholomew, doubtless thats appropriate.
In 900year old church of St Bartholomew the Great they Continue reading “Damian Hirst statue of St Bartholomew”
Tucked away just off the Kings Road is the Chelsea Arts Club.
With its large garden and somewhat Continue reading “Chelsea Arts Club”
has died in Wales
David Insall who came to Oman in October 1970 and had lived in the country since then, has died in Wales on August 9.
A nice video and music of the Royal Oman Cavalry from the Diamond Jubilee in London
with Sultan Qaboos
It was so nice to get an invitation to the horse event that Sultan Qaboos had organized Queen Elizabeth Oman visit.
It was at the same small Royal Cavalry area in which Continue reading “Queen Elizabeth and Omans Horses during Queen Elizabeth Oman visit“
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