Cornwall – Wadebridge and the Camel Trail
Having spent a good portion of the week in Boscastle and the surrounding areas, Ashwina and I set out to visit the famous Camel Trail.… Read More »Cornwall – Wadebridge and the Camel Trail
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Cornwall – Boscastle Harbour
Ashwina and I had originally planned to check out the Bodmin and Wenford steam railway. But we ended up waking up late and couldn’t get… Read More »Cornwall – Boscastle Harbour
Cornwall – Boscastle and Tintagel
Our last holiday was in February when Ashwina and I visited Dunwich Heath to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Since we haven’t taken a vacation since… Read More »Cornwall – Boscastle and Tintagel
Kew Gardens and Kew Palace
The bank holiday weekends in May are always welcome since it means an extra Monday of holidays and a relatively shorter week, even for an investment banker! Ashwina and I decided to visit Kew Gardens and Kew Palace early May. This was one of the many places we had in mind given our Historic Royal Palaces membership. We were joined by Vincent and Indrita.
Kew Gardens is located about a short walk from Kew Gardens Underground station which is the second last station on the District Line and good hours journey from where I stay in London. There are four gates where you can enter from and the Victoria Gate is the closest to the station. However, given the size of the line, we decided to enter via the Lion Gate which is around 5 minutes away.
Kew Palace is located within the gardens. However, since the gardens and the palace are managed by different entities, our membership does not cover entry into the palace. However, it doesn’t cover the entry to Kew Gardens, which means that you still need to pay to enter. There are several attractions in Kew Gardens and we decided we would try to cover as many as possible.
Kew Gardens map
Shopping and eating
Little above a year back, a young man of 20 something, having finished a year at his new job, received the good news of his… Read More »Shopping and eating
London Calling!
My secondment at my company got me flying off to London and I fell in love with the city the minute I stepped out of… Read More »London Calling!
A new website for my photos
I’ve been using Flickr Photo Album on this blog for a long long time now, maybe well over a few years. However, in a bid… Read More »A new website for my photos
Room 103 – All Placed!
Those of you following me on Twitter would have seen a status message that read: Room 103 is the first room in college to get… Read More »Room 103 – All Placed!
Terror in Mumbai
The last time we had a major terror incident in Mumbai was when the bombs rocked the train in Mumbai in 2006. Mumbai is no… Read More »Terror in Mumbai
An Industrial Visit and A Fresher’s Party
As part of the OSHE program I talked about a few posts back, we had to visit an industry in Pune itself to study the safety measures they have in place.
My batch visited Forbes Marshall in Pune.
The place in around 40 minutes from SCMHRD and the bus ride was noisy (leave a bunch of students in a bus and you will get this), but comfortable.
Forbes Marshall are experts in everything steam. We were allowed to tour their factory on our own and we roamed around gathering information about their processes and more importantly observing things out of place.
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