Top Tips – Steve Baker

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How I learned to love double glazing

by Steve Baker 19 October 2008 in Top Tips 1 comment

The Casa Rural Hospedería El Convento is charming and the staff friendly, but I thought roosters were supposed to crow at dawn, not constantly from 3 am. The blasted thing sounds quite hoarse now and I am happy to announce that I am ready to put it out of its […]

Canary Wharf transport: an opportunity to see the silver lining?

by Steve Baker 10 March 2008 in Top Tips Comments are Disabled

I wanted to hear a lecture in Westminster at 18:45 – Charles Moore for the CPS – but the Jubilee line was suspended for a signal failure and the DLR closed eastbound for a “passenger incident”. So, thousands waiting in the tube station, long queues for taxis and the westbound […]

The greatest hangover cure

by Steve Baker 30 January 2008 in Top Tips, Fun Comments are Disabled

Jump from an aeroplane at an unexpectedly-low altitude. We intended to go to 12500 feet, but cloud brought us down to 5000 feet, the lowest I have jumped since RAPS. It turns out I can get stable instantly and enjoy about 12 seconds of freefall, still pulling at 3500. The […]

U-turns

by Steve Baker 16 October 2007 in Fun, Politics, Top Tips Comments are Disabled

London drivers: why not look and signal before U-turning out of queues? Imagine the advantages.

Post-accident genius

by Steve Baker 9 September 2007 in Politics Comments are Disabled

I found a set of traffic lights in High Wycombe twisted through about 60 degrees. Thankfully, I realised in time that I was pulling into eager crossing traffic.