UK update

God, I’m back in the UK I think its marginally more horrid than I remember. Got into Heathrow about 2pm and took the short drive down the road to Wokingham. I spent much of the 90’s visiting Wokingham as the company I worked for had its Head Office in Wokingham. I would have just stayed in the hotel but I had been given a quest to find gripe water. I understand this is something that parents need to alleviate sleep depravation. The substance is not available in Holland so I went off in search of the local Boots. After searching the baby section I was pointed to the medical section. I had been told to buy as much as I could carry so I cleaned out the shelves. Stopped in at the local supermarket to get a few other things that brings a smile to the Englishman living abroad. That being said I would rather be without the few things and living abroad than back in my homeland. Everything is so expensive.
The hotel I’m staying at is one I used a fair amount before. Not been for about five years and was real surprised at the rooms. The Cantley has had a major renovation since I was last here and they have done an excellent job. The suite I took is very nice with luxury bathroom and a very nice comfortable bed. The reason I used to stay here was the Milton’s restaurant. I tried it last night and it was not what I remembered. The starter of sausage with caramelized onions and horseradish was very poor and smacked of the microwave. The onions had been badly done with way to much sugar added. The sausage was bland and there was no hint of the horseradish. The main was lambs kidneys with vegetables. The kidneys were ok nothing special but to accompanying vegetables were a great disappointment. The potatoes had way to much fat added and lacked any flavor. The treacle tart was not great looked like it had come out of a bought in supermarket effort. The wine was also nothing special. Louis Latour is by far my favorite French wine producer but the half bottle of chardonnay was bland with no real taste of anything. The staff were nice enough but it was not what I had expected. All in all I will stay here again as the room is fantastic but next time I think I will give the restaurant a miss. Just off to the all important full English breakfast, if its not up to muster then this hotel is gone from my list of places to stay.
The new PC I have needs some changes. Performance is dreadful the problem seems to be its only been shipped with 256 meg of ram. With a couple of applications open the machine spends all its time swapping to disk. I notice that Microsoft is indicating that Longhorn will need a 3000+ processor the 1.8 I have now will need some serious upgrade.