You have to take opportunities when you can,  so with my daughter away on a school trip to New York (the furthest I ever went was Scarborough) we decided to have a  weekend away in Norfolk.

Now the last time I went to Norfolk, I was about 12 years old – a two week caravan holiday in Great Yarmouth. I can remember very little about it,  other than it rained, and certainly  nothing of the journey. That’s  just as well, because if I had remembered the journey,  I’d have probably gone somewhere else. Continue reading →

In his book  “A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market” John Allen Paulos tells the story of a man and his wife, who travel to Las Vegas to do some sightseeing, and do a little conservative gambling. Continue reading →