Winkfield - UK

Last weekend I moved to Winkfield on a new work assignment. It's a place bit away from West London. It took me a hour and a half by Ford Mondeo to reach there. Initially, I had trouble locating the company-provided accommodation as cab driver too was not acquainted with the area. Also, the car did not bore a navigation system, making the task more difficult.

Fortunately, I was carrying phone numbers of couple of my office colleagues who were staying in the apartment adjacent to mine. They helped the driver reach through, and even stood outside on the main road to help us easily locate them.

Here the office looks more to be in the woods as it daily requires us to travel by cab. Nevertheless, everyday we have a different classy vehicle waiting for us viz., BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Toyota, etc. The office is surrounded by garden and lush green trees. View outside the window creates marvellous jungle effect. Occasional winter mist adds to the beauty.

Other attractions in the vicinity include Legoland for kids and Royal Windsor castle - official residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. These are the places I have come to know till now. Heathrow airport also falls at a distance of just about 15 mins. drive.

Going forward, spending more time here would reveal more mysteries, giving me opportunity to update this blog. Click here to join buzzy_biz to receive updates and access panoramic UK photos.

Happy New Year 2007!!

On this New Year’s Eve I experienced some spectacular play of fireworks in the city of London. The event was held at ferris wheel “London Eye”. It was a cold winter night preceded by some mild showers, making it colder.

We reached there at around 9 pm from Charring cross tube station. Reaching there earlier was important as tube stations around the place were scheduled to shutdown by 10 pm. We stood there waiting for 3 hours on the other side of river Thames, exactly opposite to the Giant Wheel. Finally, the countdown began at a minute before 12:00 midnight.

At the end of the countdown, radically the sky was filled with all patterns of fireworks from all over, followed immediately by other. They had firecrackers fitted around each of the cabins of ferris wheel, giving a fabulous circular effect. This special show went around for 20 long minutes ending with applause from more than 150000 odd people.

Like these electrifying fireworks, this New Year is special too. Here are the few statistics :

• It starts with MONDAY and ends also on MONDAY
• Almost no PUBLIC HOLIDAYS on SUNDAYS
• This year has got highest number of SUNDAYS and SATURDAYS
  

So enjoy the least working year in your life.

2007 – A YEAR WITH A DIFFERENCE. LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Wishing you all a very Happy and Wonderful New Year !!