{"id":1732,"date":"2009-04-26T08:54:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2009-04-23T22:55:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T21:55:39","slug":"goodbye-marlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2009\/04\/goodbye-marlow\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Marlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been about nine months since I&#8217;ve been based out in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It&#8217;s not particularly the easiest of places to get to involving both the tube network, Chiltern railways and a taxi to finish it off but it&#8217;s been a great team and some interesting work. I&#8217;m leaving the project with mixed feelings, definitely glad I won&#8217;t miss the commute though will definitely miss other aspects. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/sunrise.jpg\" alt=\"sunrise\" title=\"sunrise\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/sunrise.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/sunrise-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like these views from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk\/compleatangler\/\">hotel<\/a> that I&#8217;d been staying at particularly with the wonderful weather lately. It&#8217;s based by a lock, directly opposite a church dotted with headstones nestled amongst well kept jade green grass. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lockview.jpg\" alt=\"lockview\" title=\"lockview\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lockview.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lockview-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It certainly makes waking up a much easier task&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been about nine months since I&#8217;ve been based out in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It&#8217;s not particularly the easiest of places to get to involving both the tube network, Chiltern railways and a taxi to finish it off but it&#8217;s been a great team and some interesting work. 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