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Today is the first showing of the last new episode from Series 6 of Inside Luxury Travel ... and it's from Mauritius.
I have filmed over 100 episodes of ILT over the years and I am quite comfortable in saying that this is undoubtedly, MY favourite. It has everything - amazing resorts, golf, fishing (what a catch), cooking, rum, vintage cars, lion cubs, cigars, diving ... and men in Panama hats!
This episode is dedicated to a very special person (you know who you are ...) ... who was "with me" in that perfect week of filming in wonderful Mauritius.
Thank you for all the kind messages of support and love for my darling Gemima. The last week has been tough ... very tough ... she will never be forgotten ...
This week I have managed to run 52 miles ... a record for me. It's been 52 miles of David Bowie ... the new album is superb ... but my favourite track (soul & Elvis) has the most depressing (& prophetic) title ever ... You Feel So Lonely You Could Die ... thank you Mr Bowie ...!
My catch
My suite at The Four Seasons
With Marc from The Oberoi
The last photo of Moo ...
thank you & goodbye
Tonight:
UK: Travel Channel - Sky 251 & 252 - 10 & 11 pm - Mauritius
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 11 pm GMT + 1 - Mauritius
Asia: Travel Channel - 11 pm GMT + 8 - Vietnam
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Saturday ...
Tonight:
UK - Travel Channel - Sky 251 & 252 - 2200 hrs - Toronto
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Dubai
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Dubai
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Friday ...
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Cambodia
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Cambodia
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Thursday ...
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Lisbon
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Lisbon
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Wednesday ...
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Mauritius
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Mauritius
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Tuesday ...
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Costa Rica
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Costa Rica
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Monday ...
Tonight:
Travel Channel:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Marrakech
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Marrakech
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Sunday
Inside Luxury Travel - NEW episode tonight on Travel Channel ... from DUBAI.
In the UK- Travel Channel is on Sky 251/252 and the show will air at 2200 & 2300 hrs ... Europe, Middle East and Africa - 2300 hrs.
Tonight:
UK - Travel Channel - 2200 - Sky 251 & 252 - Dubai
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Dubai
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - JDubai
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Saturday ...
It is with overwhelming sadness that I have to announce that beloved Gemima passed away yesterday. She was a wonderful thirteen years old ...
I have known for a couple of weeks that she was fading fast but the events of Wednesday made it clear that her time on Earth was drawing to a close.
She died peacefully in my arms yesterday and was cremated early this morning ... in the only bright ten minutes of an otherwise dull, dark & rainy day.
Moo had an incredible life ... first living on the Wentworth Estate (she was a trained golf pooch), then in Central London and finally - her retirement - deep in the English countryside.
She was given just a year to live at birth due to an inherited Cocker Spaniel defect but with incredible amounts of love and patience from her family she battled through ... and even the more recent loss of her eyes did not dent her zest for life.
She appeared on television, magazines and even was "barky dog" on a radio show! She stayed in many, many luxury hotels and resorts ... and made friends wherever she went. No-one has ever had a bad word to say about her.
My Mom always said that "the love of a dog is second only to the love of a Mother" ... and how true she was. My heart is broken ... now, seemingly beyond repair.
In my heart I know that Baby Moo is now somewhere warm, chasing squirrels and munching on choc-drops.
The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius - the Dog Star. Tonight, it will be sparkling that little brighter... please look up and wave to my darling Moo.
Always special ...
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I am going to take a few weeks away from the Diary now ... but will put up show airing times/dates every day.
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Song of the Day:
To Make You Feel My Love - Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEQGKY92KI4
Tonight:
UK - Travel Channel - 2200 - Sky 251 & 252 - Johannesburg & safari
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Johannesburg & safari
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Johannesburg & safari
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Friday ...
Sadly, little Moo did not make it.
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Cyprus
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Cyprus
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Thursday ...
Thank you for all your kind messages of support for Moo.
We shared the sofa last night ... although she is still with us ... she is certainly quite unhappy. I am hoping it's the drugs but ... anyway ...
Don't forget, this Sunday is the first showing of the Dubai episode!
In Germany with Heinz Winkler - one of the greatest chefs in the world ...
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Bavaria
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Bavaria
Song of the Day:
Every Breath You Take - The Police
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Wednesday ...
Today could been one of the worst days of my life ... but for the grace of God, it wasn't. I came home to find Moo suffering a heart attack. Thankfully, after a rather rushed (!) visit to the vet ... some drugs and a choc drop (yes really) she has recovered just enough to come home! It was just a minor attack. How I - unashamedly - cried!
Blind, deaf (apart from at food time), wonky legs, heart murmur (new), toothless ... but still here. She is currently fast asleep in her bed by the Aga ... totally drugged up, but ALIVE!
The Sharma family has not been well of late BUT we are fighters!
Alive ... but not kicking
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Dubai
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Dubai
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Tuesday ...
Today I swam faster and further than I ever have.
I also sat in a field (with cigar) watching sheep & lambs gambolling for at least an hour ... very soothing ... although VERY cold.
Tomorrow I will watch Baraka ... I need to escape to somewhere far ... and soon.
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Western Australia
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Western Australia
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going"
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Monday
Awoke to a layer of snow ... and two sheep in my garden. I did have a word with the local farmer who has agreed to leave Roberta (Bob) and Frederica (Freddie) with me ... to act as lawnmowers.
Huge apologies for the very late notice on last night's first showing of the Mallorca episode ... but thank you for the kind messages that I received today about it. Indeed, the diving was fabulous and the yacht (M/Y Roma) is amazing. I am awaiting my invitation to spend a week on it this summer ...
Next Sunday is the first showing of the Dubai episode.
Freddie and Bob
Moo is back in her Winter coat
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Gleneagles
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Gleneagles
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
Highlander (1986)
Quote: "I'm lonely and you can save me"
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Song of the Day: Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Saturday ...
I have received a few emails about further ILT airings on Travel Channel. This month, it's quite quiet BUT we are back in force from April with new episodes. There are a few showings in the UK and EMEA and we will return to our normal slots next month.
An acceptable day...
Today's album was Never Let Me Down (David Bowie) - fabulous lyrics, 80s' rhythm ... and enough in there to cover a 1-hour trot on the running machine ...
Even baby rhinos need love ...
Tonight:
UK - Travel Channel - Sky 251 & 252 - 2200 hrs and 2300 hrs - Mumbai
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - New York
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - New York
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
Sixteen Candles (1984)
"Don't love the person you can live with; love the person you can't live without"
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Friday ...
A pleasant end to the week. Yay!
I am no spring chicken ... and today I began to realise that as I have started to settle into a daily routine!
It includes a cigar (at the moment, one stick from a Partagas culebra), a shot of whisky before bed (any malt will do), have a chat with the postman about the weather, I choose a different CD to listen to that lasts a minimum of an hour to run or cycle to in the gym, I get up at 0530 (a sign of REAL old age) and sleep at 2300 ... oh, and I talk to myself more than ever!
When I do retire though (Jumby Bay in Antigua please) - I will play tennis every morning, golf every afternoon and stargaze at night ...
Not for a while though!
Tonight:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - New York
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - New York
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
"Smile babe. Just smile ..."
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Thursday ...
I feel a large waft of change about to blow through my life ... and in anticipation (as you do) ... I decided to go on a huge clear-out of my office.
I did stumble upon the first CD I ever purchased (at HMV in Edinburgh) - "Simple Minds, Live in the City of Lights" and my mind wandered back to 1986 ... The Zenith in Paris ... I was a teenager ... chubby cheeked, geeky glasses and definitely NOT attractive to girls ... Simple Minds, fresh from the success of The Breakfast Club soundtrack were rocking ... and so was I. What a night ... what a concert.
Anyway, this CD has not been thrown out ... it has gone into my car ... and forever into the first two slots of my 6-CD changer!
Not a teen anymore ...
Tonight:
UK - www.insideluxurytravel.com
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Thailand
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Thailand
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
The Breakfast Club (1985)
"We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all."
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Wednesday ...
Today was one of those "nothing going right" days. I forgot everything ... and everyone forgot me. Frankly, I am pleased to see the end of it. Hump Day? Hell Day more like ...
Roll on Thursday.
(maybe a dog lick will help ... Moo?)
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Mallorca
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Mallorca
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
Never Let Me Go (2010)
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Tuesday ...
Why can't it be Friday?
Not a bad day ... just a rather confusing one ... so much to do, so little time ...
Time for a 1970 Glen Grant (whisky) ... or two maybe ... after a nice long swim! Yes ... a nice long swim ...
Europe, Middle East, Africa: Travel Channel - 0300 - GMT + 1 - Oman
Asia: Travel Channel - 2300 - GMT + 8 - Oman
Song of the Day:
Film of the Day:
The Killing Fields
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