| Owner: | captainblue | |
| Location: | -- | |
| Activity Type: | Running | |
| Event Type: | Fitness | |
| Distance: | 2.63 Mile | |
| Time: | 00:30:25 | |
| Elevation Gain: | 85 Feet | |
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Well, despite my growing concern that I’m working with the fabulous Anita De Bauch too often – she seems to have become my ‘go-to model’ – I did a Hollywood-themed shoot at Chez De Bauch at the weekend. Anita was the perfect hostess, making me decent coffee and laying on some snacky goodness during the shoot too!
Edits are being done when I can find some time, but in the meantime, I’ve uploaded a couple to the Headshots and Lingerie pages:
| I found this tougher - and wetter - tonight. And how noisy is the M6? | ||
| Owner: | captainblue | |
| Location: | -- | |
| Activity Type: | Running | |
| Event Type: | Fitness | |
| Distance: | 2.65 Mile | |
| Time: | 00:28:50 | |
| Elevation Gain: | 124 Feet | |
| Managed to finally go out after work and an hour's call from a colleague. A bit dark and a bit muddy after rainfall during the day | ||
| Owner: | captainblue | |
| Location: | -- | |
| Activity Type: | Running | |
| Event Type: | Fitness | |
| Distance: | 2.65 Mile | |
| Time: | 00:28:12 | |
| Elevation Gain: | 110 Feet | |
| Decided to up the ante today and run for 4 miles | ||
| Owner: | captainblue | |
| Location: | -- | |
| Activity Type: | Running | |
| Event Type: | Fitness | |
| Distance: | 3.95 Mile | |
| Time: | 00:44:09 | |
| Elevation Gain: | 141 Feet | |
Oh dear! It seems that the bigwigs at Premier Inn aren’t aware of the philosophy that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
Some dabbling seems to be spreading around their hotels when it comes to the Premier Inn “eat as much as you like” breakfast: whereas before it was all freshly cooked to order (or at least it seemed to be that way), now they appear to be rolling out a hot buffet style. I saw this for the first time recently at the Premier Inn, Norwich Central South where there was plenty of food laid out but invariably it wasn’t piping hot, the beans and the eggs were drying out under the hot lamps and it just looked generally not as fresh as one cooked to order. OK, if you ask, they’ll do you poached eggs and vegetarian sausages especially for you, but even so…
And as of this week – much to the chagrin of the chef! – the Premier Inn Wigan (M6, J25) is doing the same thing. I was told that they used to do this if there were 40+ guests staying, but today, for instance, there were only 15 people and of course the restaurant is open from 7am until 10.30am. The buffet therefore has to have sufficient food cooked and on display but of course it dries out or cools down and of course there’s the wasted food to consider.
I suppose the benefit is that a buffet is quicker for guests in a hurry, but for those of us who plan enough time to eat our breakfasts, the quality of the food suffers.
Oh and whilst I’m moaning, it would be nice if the Premier Inn published nutritional information for the food it serves. I was told that because the restaurants are operated by different groups, they couldn’t tell me, but that’s rubbish as the breakfast menu is the same at every location.
To end on a positive note for Premier Inn though: of the budget hotels, they’re by far the best. Travelodges are atrocious and appear to me to be generally tatty – I went to one where the leg of the bed was broken! – and the buffet breakfast I had at the Hilton Express in Norwich was simply dire.
| Owner: | captainblue | |
| Location: | -- | |
| Activity Type: | Running | |
| Event Type: | Fitness | |
| Distance: | 2.64 Mile | |
| Time: | 00:27:03 | |
| Elevation Gain: | 110 Feet | |
Run on 1 February 2012 7:00 pm
1.28 mi in 00:13:23 (10:30 min/mi)
HR 158 bpm - Burned 164 C
