The Monday Piece - James Bond Tours

This week's Monday Piece is on James Bond tours! As the long-awaited release of the latest James Bond film, No Time To Die, is finally here – Rabbie’s (www.rabbies.com) has created a private tour itinerary for 007 fans. With gadgets, cars, castles and tipples giving fans the full Bond experience.

On a two-day round trip journey from Edinburgh, this private tour features highlights such as seeing a collection of Bond memorabilia, including a BMW 750 used in ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’; scenic drives through areas and naval bases used in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ as well as a visit to the headquarters of MI6 in ‘The World Is Not Enough’. The itinerary weaves the theme into cuisine with lunch dates at Miss Moneypenny’s Diner and a trip to a whisky distillery to sample one of the spy’s favourite drinks.

Rabbie’s offers unique itineraries and experiences that can be tailored to individual needs to create a once in a lifetime experience. Each private and personalised tour has a dedicated driver-guide, an expert in storytelling, local insights and historic tales.

Travellers can book a private tour from around £560 per day, which includes the cost for travel in a 16 person mini-coach with a guide for the whole day. I'm yet to see the new film however I'm ready for a Daniel Craig situation :).

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The Monday Piece - Lockdown Home Improvements

This week's Monday Piece is on lockdown home improvements! Lockdown gave us more time at home than usual, this provided us with a lot more time for some home improvement Google search results show that DIY-related searches increased by a total of 14% between the years of 2019-21, proving that we are all still relying on Google for some help.

Toolstation took a look at these search queries across the two years to see what we were searching for the most during our time at home. The top three most searched queries from the research were:

‘How to bleed a radiator’ came in top, with a total of 503,730 searches between 2020-21, it seems many people took the opportunity to do the annual bleed during the winter lockdown.

‘How to fix a leaking tap’ came second, receiving 216,720 searches over 2021-21, obviously being stuck at home made that dripping noise all the more annoying. 'How to unblock a shower drain’ landed third, with 170,580 searches, even the most grim tasks were getting done during the lockdown it seems. The full list includes the top 15 most searched queries, including ‘laying a laminate floor’ and ‘how to change a light bulb’. What improvements did you get round to :)?

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The Monday Piece - Last of the Summer Sun

This week's Monday Piece is last of the summer sun! A relaxing weekend was needed so we escaped for the weekend to the Lincolnshire coast where we ran riot on the beach with Togo. He loves the sand and always gets the zoomies! We grabbed fish and chips and ate at a tasty Italian too - food is life :) 

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