Economy Class & Beyond

Big Plane! Heavy Plane! Short-Haul A380s with British Airways

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Big Plane, Heavy Plane! Short-Haul A380s with British Airways The Introduction Index: Big Plane! Heavy Plane! (The Introduction) - THIS SECTION Chiltern Railways to London, Heathrow Connect and the Holiday Inn Ariel To Heathrow T5 and a Sinking realisation Killing time in the F Lounge – an Airplane Art Special! A Look at the lower deck of the BA … [Read more...]

Four Trains and a Wedding: The Holiday Inn Norwich

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Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding. Introduction, Birmingham New Street to London Euston, London Liverpool Street to Norwich The Holiday Inn Norwich and a Wedding Norwich to London Liverpool Street, a quick lunch and London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill After leaving the train station, I decided rather than spending the morning wandering around Norwich, … [Read more...]

Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding – Introduction and Part 1

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Trip Report: Four Trains and Wedding. Introduction, Birmingham New Street to London Euston, London Liverpool Street to Norwich The Holiday Inn Norwich and a Wedding Norwich to London Liverpool Street, a quick lunch and London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill   Time for something different for the summer season. Prices are still sky-high for flying, and … [Read more...]

Trip Report: Smart Cars around Birmingham with Car2Go

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NOTE: For London and Birmingham UK  residents, you might want to look at the bottom of this post for some good deals! One of the things I hate in the world is Driving. Seriously. Whilst I appreciate the freedom it gives you, it also lumps you with a lot of responsibilities - be it fuel, insurance, servicing... and other drivers. A money pit which I'd rather invest in … [Read more...]

Mmmmm! BAcon! BA218 Denver – London in World Traveller Plus – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways

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Mmmmm! BAcon! – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways BA218 Denver International Airport - London Heathrow T5 in World Traveller Plus Index: A Conference… why not? Early morning New New Street, Aer Lingus EI263 London to Dublin A Dublin transit, DAA Lounge BA827 Dublin to London Heathrow The Hell of A Heathrow Transit, … [Read more...]

Wine Trip Report: Le Froglet wine in a plastic glass….

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Regular readers - don't be too alarmed. There is a real trip report that will be continuing this evening. Right now, there is a matter to be settled... and wine to be drunk ;) Over at Heels First Travel, writer Tiff was talking about wine in a can (and she's written more here). Which is all right... I suppose. Considering it's Spirit Airlines. But at the back of my head … [Read more...]