Well, we’ve been here for almost two weeks now. I’ve got two final interviews this week, but not until Thursday/Friday. Friday should be fun as it’s actually 5 30 minute interviews with various people. A stamina test perhaps? But fingers crossed it works out as they have an excellent reputation. Otherwise we’re killing time. Today [...]
Archive for August, 2005
The Neverending Joy of British Bureaucracy
Ah the joys of Britain. Given I’m hunting for work and hence will be paying the large quantities of money that Gordon Brown considers a suitable tax I’m [vainly] trying to get a National Insurance number. As we’d been hanging around in Glasgow I’d thought I’d get it sorted early, as it has a reputation [...]
Northumberland
And so we headed off into the sunset, courtesy of GNER. And the trains turned out to be surprisingly nice – clean (apart from the loo), not too crowded (except the luggage rack which had far too little space) and a power point for laptop use. Huzzah! It’s just a shame you need to book [...]
Stirling and onwards
After much lazing around in the surprisingly pleasant Scottish weather we’re headed south. Tomorrow we leave for Berwick, and after spending 3 days with my Grandfather we head south to London to stay with an unsuspecting Don. And maybe even hunt for jobs… Today, however, we spent in Stirling. It’s a quaint wee town with [...]
