Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022

This is the first holiday that we have been on since we headed out to Italy for a week in Oct 2020.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

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Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 1 – Seville Airport to Casa del Poeta

By Nige on March 19, 2023 at 9:27 am
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Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends

After fighting with the baggage carousel, our priority baggage came out (almost) last. The baggage carousel system wasn't very intelligent and consequently, there were a number of collisions between bags being injected onto the carousel with bags that were coming around again, having not been collected first time.

The view of the Gatwick apron from the BA First Lounge

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 1 – London (LGW) to Seville (SVQ)

There was only one passenger in the queue at First Check In, so it wasn't long before we were checking in our luggage. That's another odd thing to do - we haven't checked in luggage for years and I blame Andrew and Sam entirely.

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 1 – Home to Gatwick

By Nige on March 18, 2023 at 2:53 pm
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Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LGW | London | Weekends

It's unusual for us to be travelling on a Saturday, but a Saturday it was for our flight out to Seville. The plan was to have a leisurely start to the day and then we had vastly different expectations as to when we would leave home for our 4pm flight to Spain.

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Prep

With Covid-19, the pandemic and lockdowns firmly behind us, this was the first time that we could get away with friends and family. With it being a big birthday bash for one of our party and a big age at that (!), we had to go somewhere warm in March, so The Vickster selected Seville.

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023

It's Vicky's 60th birthday coming up, so we decided we would head out to enjoy some sun in Seville. We are going away with Andrew and Sam to celebrate this big event in style.

One of the boats ferrying people to and from the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023: Summary

The last in a trilogy of trips to Hawaii has concluded and it was another enjoyable one. Everything went according to plan and none of the flights (10 in all) were subject to any material delay.

A view of Heathrow T5 after taking off on the way to Budapest

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023: Day 6 – Photos

Photos from Day 6.

An empty front row on my flight to Budapest

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023: Day 6 – London (LHR) to Home

By Nige on January 31, 2023 at 10:27 pm
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips

After getting through passport control, I wander up to the north end of T5 and up the left set of lifts to the fourth floor. Need to remember that the right set of lifts only visit specific floors, excluding floor 4.

A view of Westminster on final approach into Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023: Day 6 – Budapest (BUD) to London (LHR)

After my entertaining encounter with the Hungarian Border Force, I ambled up the escalator and into the lounge for 20 mins.

The convoy of vehicles awaiting arrival of a celeb at Gate A8 at Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023: Day 6 – London (LHR) to Budapest (BUD)

After another disappointment at the automated passport kiosks at Heathrow T5, I headed up to The First Wing (TFW) to head through to the CCR ahead of my flight to Budapest this afternoon.