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Tag: Heathrow Airport

In ‘Plane’ Sight

Posted on October 6, 2018March 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

On awakening with a start this morning at 4.45am, it took a few seconds to realise that I was not in my own bed at home, but rather a comfortable room at the Heathrow Lodge, next to the famous airport. Of course! We were due to fly out to Rome today, then travel on to…

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Homeward Bound

Posted on November 8, 2015June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were awake this morning well before the alarm-call, so I got up and decided to have a long, hot shower as we knew we had a long day ahead of us.  We packed up our cases, labelled them and left them for collection outside our room. I felt an ominous rumbling in my nether…

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Newcastle to New Delhi

Posted on October 31, 2015April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We woke up this morning with the usual excited anticipation of another long-haul flight to the exotic east – this time, a tour of India. We had booked this trip over a year ago and couldn’t believe the day had come at last. 🙂 Our private car to the airport was not due to arrive…

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Two Planes and Two Trains

Posted on August 18, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So… here we go again.  After a fairly uncomfortable night in which we both dozed intermittently, we finally checked in for the first leg of our flight, Hong Kong to Shanghai.  We were able to check our cases right through to London Heathrow.  We then found somewhere to have a cup of coffee, then we…

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A Slow Plane To China

Posted on August 7, 2012April 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So many destinations, faces going to so many places where the weather is much better and the food is so much cheaper… So state the opening lines of The Motors’ 1978 hit single Airport.  An appropriate song as we set off for another holiday, this time to the mysterious Orient, in other words, China.  Another…

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Nice in Nice

Posted on May 26, 2011July 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It’s holiday time again folks – this time a four-day mini-cruise around the French and Italian Riviera, ultimately finishing up at Monaco for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. 🙂 We set off at 4.00am to drive to Newcastle Airport for our flight down to Heathrow, then subsequently to Nice on the CĂ´te d’Azur, the “millionaires’…

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