Keep Calm and Carry on - Life Goes on..

Another of those 2 week business trips coming to an end as I tirelessly end 15 days of living off hotels and suitcases. Packing my bags to leave the wonderful city of Leeds, Yorkshire England without almost unaffected by the incoming surge of passengers into Britain for the Olympics. I wish I was here to watch the games that the UK is so passionately hosting.  As I complete my stay full two weeks on the calendar in Leeds with small breaks in the weekend. The first one being a trip to the spa town of Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast including a 2 mile cruise on the high sea in the North Bay off the coast

Walking the meadows around the Scarborough Castle




The second one joining a group of casual walkers accompanying them on a 15km hike in the Yorkshire Dales. 

Castle and Bay, Scarborough,Yorkshire

Pics from  the Dales walk from Aysgarth Falls to Hawes

Another View of the Dales under a passing cloud

Both these trips were on pleasant and sunny days defying the unpredictable English weather which quite nicely held up on these days. Work, meanwhile  has been hectic as always with a lot of fun and living a consultant life is not too bad. I was in Leeds to support the startup of a new project we begin for a large retailer in the UK. Neil, my colleague and counterpart from IBM UK making me feel as comfortable as it could get and ofcourse always providing local insights into everything I was interested. And, if its Yorkshire, there has to be a mention of the game that has India on its knees-Cricket. Just as in India, Yorkshire villages have a lot of kids playing cricket on the weekend. And like in most cities in the UK, Leeds too has its fair share of desi diaspora. The Yorkshire Post, a newspaper that I have started reading along with the Daily Telegraph is high on cricket to my delight. The TV is full of cricket with praises everywhere for Alistair Cook for his cameo knock against the Proteas. And, a wonderful dinner at a traditional English restaurant ,courtesy Neil. My choice of dish this evening was a sumptuous meal of roasted almonds and goat cheese along with a mushroom pie at the Browns.

Home beckons and I am excited to go back to my kids. And in the meantime a parting message to the UK
Keep Calm and Carry On team GB and Good luck for a successful and peaceful Games ; Be back soon -Ciao