London's Treasures

London Marathon 2009

Ronald — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:17:58 +0000

Results of the ballot for London Marathon places in 2009 have been announced… and I have a place to run!

There’s still the opportunity to run for charities in 2009, or sign up for 2010!

Good luck to all runners!

Ronald

Liverpool Street Station

Ronald — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:55:06 +0000

Never agree to meet someone “outside Burger King in Liverpool Street Station” - as there are at least 2, and it’s not too easy to figure out where the other one is. 30 minutes later and we’re sorted!

In front of Thornton’s is a much safer option.

I don’t know Liverpool Street well enough to know a good meeting place but I have some favourites at other stations:

Waterloo - Under the big clock!
St Pancras International - Upstairs by ‘The Kiss’ statue
King’s Cross - benches in front of WHSmith
Victoria - difficult to find someone inside, better outside in front of Marks & Spencer’s
Paddington - in the posh cafe that’s up the stairs
Euston - in the sit down area somewhere near Harry Ramsden’s
Charing Cross - Just in front of the main station entrance (or middle of Trafalgar Square for the tube)
Marylebone - small enough that it doesn’t matter! somewhere near AMT

Cheers,
Ronald

London Logos

Ronald — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:43:34 +0000

My favourite London logo at the moment is the one for the London Women’s Clinic.

They are currently advertising an ‘Inseminar’ on the tube - a seminar about insemination. Clever? or Weird? You decide.

Stag vs Hen Treasure Hunt

Ronald — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:01:54 +0000

Treasure London hosted it’s first Stag vs Hen Treasure Hunt on a Saturday morning not long ago.

It was awesomely competitive - both teams had an absolute desire to win. The two teams were running round the course for almost 2 hours closely tracking each other, probably the quickest race we’ve ever run.

Finishing at The Old Star pub for lunch, the girls arrived 5 minutes ahead of the boys, winning the spoils! After a short (much-needed) rest, both teams went onwards their separate ways to continue their weekend of celebrations.

All the best to Emily and Aaron for their wedding!
Cheers,

Ronald
ronald@treasurelondon.com

Blogging

Ronald — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:17:55 +0000

It’s increasingly difficult to write here as whenever I spot something interesting around London - it’s often something I want to use as a Treasure Hunt clue.

And if I stop mentioning the interesting things about London then this will swiftly become a sports blog! I will make more of an effort to publicise events around London that won’t affect the quality and secrecy of our clues!

Happy hunting,

Ronald

London to Brighton Bike Ride

Ronald — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:47 +0000

Three of us left Islington at 6.45am on a recent morning - and arrived in Brighton at around 4pm with a sense of acheivement and mild aches.

Who knew it was so easy to get to the sea under your own power? It reminded me that Britain is such a small island after all!

And for our next trick - the British 10k around Buckingham Palace. Treasure London are turning into sports geeks!

It’s certainly useful to be able to run faster than the more-spirited teams (in case of emergency!)

Treasure T-shirts

Ronald — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:39:40 +0000

We just had a print run of t-shirts. They look awesome! I’m pleased that I can totally recommend Advertees down in Cornwall - great customer service, and a perfect print job. We’ll be using them again for sure.

Thanks guys,
Ronald

London Mayor Elections

Ronald — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:28:46 +0000

I’ve not updated this in a while - but it’s time to remind any remaining readers that the London Mayoral Elections are TODAY. Vote now and have your say!

Cheers,

Ronald

Earthquake!

Ronald — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:29:02 +0000

Did anybody else just feel an Earthquake? Just a slight shaking here in North London for a matter of seconds… my housemate stood next to me didn’t even notice.

According to technorati, it was felt (and stronger) as far away as Sheffield. That must be a massive quake by UK standards, wonder where the epicentre was and what scale it was? Guess the news will tell us in the morning, meanwhile I’m going to read some blogs.

Answer: Lincoln! Magnitude 4.7

London vs Glasgow

Ronald — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:32:55 +0000

I’m back from Glasgow (on Virgin’s West Coast… not so highly recommended although did get us home 15 mins early). Glasgow is my family’s home and I forget how beautiful I find it.
I visited family - a house with a lochside view (and access) and a hill range visible from the other side. They live about as close to the centre of Glasgow as I do to the centre of London. Your money in Glasgow goes almost twice as far as it does in London.

I feel a bit wrong actually… like not even Parliament Hill will cheer me up today! Google’s quote of the day was apt:

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”

Find me some cool things about London, stat!