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A Short Trip in August – 8.27.22
We never know what might await us as we embark on journeys, even if the journey is a short business trip. This business trip would begin on a Wednesday morning, driving south through South Boston and Danville to Greensboro, where I would speak to a group of CFO’s before heading to Salisbury to have dinner with clients, and then driving the additional hour south to Charlotte, where I would spend some time with my good friend Pete. The trip would end on Friday with a client meeting in Asheville, North Carolina followed by a 7 hour drive back home. On Thursday, while meeting with a client, the CEO asked if I…
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August at Gleneagles – August 2022
Dear James, Seventeen years ago, when Grandma Gizzy and I first purchased the land that would eventually become Gleneagles, we decided that we wanted to transform this beautiful, wooded lot into a place that our three sons would love and cherish – a place that they would want to share with their friends, and eventually, a place that they would want to return to with their families. Based on the number of times our boys have brought their high school and college friends here, we think we have succeeded. But none of those visits compare to the visit we recently experienced from you and your parents this past week. Quite…
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Last post of Great Britain Trip 2022 – July 21 & 22 – London
What a way to finish up our two week tour of Great Britain. The streets of London were swarming with people and we would walk over 20 miles on those streets during our final two days in Great Britain. I wish i could share all of the experiences and all of the wonderful photos I took in London. Hopefully, the highlights and photos I do share will convey how we felt about our time in London. London has arguably been the epicenter of Western development for the past 500 years. The Romans tried their best to control all of the British Isles, and failed. That is why we have Hadrian’s…
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Great Britain 2022 Trip – July 20 – Bath to London
This morning we attempted to leave our cottage in Bradford on Avon early because we knew we had a full day ahead of us – Stonehenge, Salisbury and it’s Cathedral, dropping our car off at Heathrow, and finding transportation into London, an hour’s drive from the airport. I say attempted because 40 minutes into our drive to Stonehenge, I realized I had left my cell phone at the cottage back in Bradford on Avon. I share this little mishap because as everyone who has ever traveled in close quarters with family members knows, irritability usually ensues. And as my wife and close friends know, my three sons can sometimes tease…