Blogs from Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

All packed and one last look at the check list before we depart. We're meeting at the Royal Oak, Aston Abbotts (where else!) and the taxi picks us up @ 13:45. Terminal 5, Heathrow is our initial destination for the 18:35 flight to Hong Kong. We'll be flying on the new Airbus A380 so the trip has something new right from the start. "The Aston Abbotts and outlying areas formation drinking team" as we've been christened, consists of the following: Simon Guy Mike Bush Karl 'Karlos' Bickell Adrian 'Adie' Bystra Bob Chapman John 'Burgy' Burgin Due to land in Hong Kong at 14:10 local time. Let the tour begin!... read more

Well, tonight is my last night in the UK before I head to Belgium for a few days. This trip was a spur of the moment thing as I got such an amazing deal on travel! However, it does have its downside. The downside is that I will be stuck on a coach for some time! I have my bags of sweets, a packed lunch, a resealable can of energy drink and lastly my iPad, preloaded with Zombieland, World War Z and the last half if season 4 of Dexter. Oh, not forgetting my MP3 player!I'm sure that will be plenty to keep me going! And the price of this I hear you ask? It was a measly £2.50 return! (50p of that is a booking fee) Kudos to hotukdeals.com for bringing this to my attention ... read more

Got up early and had breakfast while it was raining. Our route out of Brussels also looked doubtful as the local main roads were being closed for a half marathon around Brussels. Having packed the car between rain showers and said our goodbyes to Tom, Marta, Hannah and Dinah we decided to make an early start for the Eurotunnel. As we set out, the road we wanted was closed in parts but we were able to make progress in slip roads alongside the main road we needed. In some parts we were unable to access the tunnels through Brussels city centre but managed to make progress on the surface tracking the route of the tunnels. Eventually, we left the half marathon route behind and made good progress out of Brussels onto the A10 motorway. Considering it ... read more

Well we're off again! I've decided to 'blog' my way through Thailand this time. We fly at 21:00 tonight so I've got a little time to start my musings. We will land at 4:00 pm in Bangkok on Thursday and then spend 2 nights in the capital. Friday will be spent in the jungle before we fly south on Saturday to Krabi then an hours transport by boat to the resort of Pimalai. Hopefully there'll be some diving to be had and a decent Thai curry or two!... read more

Had the pleasure of a taxi to the airport courtesy of Dad and John as they are flying out to Saudi Arabia this morning from Terminal 5. After a quick goodbye and drop off at T5 we head over to T3 and before I know it I’m waiting to check in. Made a few phone calls to the family and mooched around departures, mainly to source some half decent looking fruit for my lunch but with limited success. Most of you know that one thing I try to avoid at ALL costs is sitting still. If that means running between places to ensure I get there on time because I’m scheduled so tight, so be it – it beats wasting time doing nothing! So a 12 hour flight was going to be a challenge, but I ... read more