Heathrow
Travel Blogs from Heathrow, United Kingdom
Up Up and Awayski
By the time you read this we will be airborne, and on our way to St Petersberg (the Venice of the north) the starting point for the first few days of our yearlong adventure. We then plan to take the overnight train to Moscow and it's from there that ...
A funeral and four weddings
It's been a tough couple of weeks back home, but I won't go into the details. All things considered, my grandmother's funeral went quite well and things are getting back to normal and so it's time to resume my travels. When I decided to return home just ...
Leaving on a jet plane
Thanks to Jalal I got down to the airport in good time and had a quick brunch before boarding the plane. Checking in was very swift and by midday I was on a plane leaving the ...
The Beginning
Well. Away we go.... the first leg of the year long journey. Sheffield to Heathrow by train is done! After tears at the station, we settled down to a few wines and Lous gourmet cheese sandwich! The first night in Heathrow hotel is done. The last bit of ...
Heathrow. But where's my luggage?
... "Have you got any plastic bags or tape so I can make this ok for my next flight?" So it was an interesting scuttle through Heathrow. I filled a few bins full of the remnants of my belongings, packed all my 'saveables' back into the bag and ran, in the ...
Goodbye Blighty.......
The long journey stetches before me and I cant wait to get on that plane!! Flying via Miami I'm scheduled to arrive in Quito, Ecuador at around 8.30 pm local time which may be just another monday morning in the UK but the start of a great adventure for ...
The adventure begins...
Well this is where it all starts! Thursday 25th November at 21:45 we will be embarking on our Qantas flight to Bangkok!! Bring on the ...
Im off!
Well here goes! Hope the back holds out finally im off knowing my luck the plane will run out of fuel or somet after all this! Anyway take care everyone and speak to you all ...
22nd November 2005
Here begins my journey for the enxt few months!!! I went to the wrong terminal and so had to catch train to meet Doug at Terminal ...
Dog daze
ALOHA WE'RE JUST NOW AT THE AIRPORT IN HEATHROW...THIS IS THE UGLIEST LEG OF THE JOURNEY AND WE'RE GLAD IT'S NEARLY DONE...FLIGHT ARRIVES IN BUDAPEST LATE TONIGHT...THE CLUB CLASS ON BRITISH AIR WAS A BLAST THOUGH AND WE BOTH GOT GOOD REST AND ...
Day -1: Nearly there
... I reckon I could do a few squat thrusts with the bag without too much trouble! I'm meeting up with Jamie at the hotel near Heathrow later on tonight, which should be groovy as we haven't seen each other for what seems like ages...because it has been ages! ...
A passage to Bangkok
2nd track on the Rush1976 album 2112 Quite apt I think :-), will be listening to that album quite alot :-) ...
Life As A Vagabond Begins...
I am currently cruising at 33,00 feet just South of Moscow, Russia. Only 4471 miles to go to reach my half time destination! The last 48 hours have been hectic and full of emotion for both me plus family and friends. I stupidly left everything to last ...
Off Again!
Five weeks in December in the UK was enough for me, so I packed up the old red rucksack again & headed ...
To Bishkek and Beyond
My beautiful, wonderful parents drove me from Chesterfield down to Heathrow (again!!!) to start another session of my world travels. Sat in the cafe doing su du ko with my Mum until my travelling buddy Tom arrived and then we hit the chaos that is ...
Landing back home
Not sure how I feel about being home ? I have missed England until I landed at Heathrow !! People at airports and train stations here can be so cold, I do hope we give a better welcome to our guests during the Olympics next year. Getting from ...
Leaving the UK!!!
We are both packed up and waiting to board the flight. To say we are not nervous would be a lie although excitement is really the word to describe how we are feeling. Sunny Cape Town is our first destination, until then ...
Return of the White Typhoid
Already it fades like a dream. I feel like I have woken, the memories strangely unreal when surrounded by the plastic bubble reality of the West. Did I really feed hyaenas? Lie awake in terror because a lion was grunting in the next valley? Ride on ...
Heathrow Hell!!!
... all the same questions again by someone who clearly does not want to be there. As for security! What are heathrow thinking. Three or four security points and we were herded all the way to the far end of the terminal collecting a ...
Leaving on a jet plane.........
... off and saying some final goodbyes we were Heathrow bound. However I have never know a more complicated airport. Having travelled from Heathrow only once before (which ended in disaster now I remember) it all came flooding back how easy it was to get ...
Home again!!!!!
Sun 14th May Arrived on schedule after a pretty restless and un-eventful flight, although Virgin have to be one of the best that we travelled with. Passed through customs without any hitches and when we got into the arrivals lounge, we found it ...
We have landed!
Well, we landed at London Heathrow Airport at 10am today (Tues 27 March)... we had no problems clearing baggage claim. Once we were collect at the airport, were arrived home and had our family and friends over, which was the perfect end to ...
Departures, Terminal Five, 2.45pm
Waiting for the gate to open now. Had a coffee; choice of Pret or Starbucks here. Went for Pret; queue was shorter although with four tills in a row, not conducive to forming a queue and more to people just wandering chaotically. ...
Caramel macchiato + hair straighteners PLEASE!
I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCKKKK! And a little excited to be here in case you couldnt tell! So this is my final blog for this trip, hope you guys have enjoyed reading my random ramblings!! I've had a bloody awesome time on the whole ...
Living in a box......
Good ol mum drove us up to Heathrow. All the way up I was wondering if this was the right move, my stomach was churning and the excitement/anticipation really kicked in, to be honest I don't know what I was feeling, I hardly spoke, just ate ...
Heathrow - 1hr 15 mins to take off
Hmmm, well.... 1hr 15 minutes til the flight leaves for Hong Kong. Not greatly looking forward to an 11 hour overnight flight but it will be good when it is over! Popped into work to say bye to them earlier, only 3 miles from the airport, so pretty ...
On the Way
Finally i'm on my way! I caught the national express from Coventry to Heathrow Airport in plenty of time to catch my flight. What i didn't know was it dropped me off at terminal four and not terminal three, although getting over there wasn't too hard as ...
Mellemlanding i London
Skiftet fra det ene fly til det andet gik smertefrit. Vi fik også tid til at spise en sandwish. Da vi var kommet ud i flyet fik vi besked på at alle andre fly var grounded indtil "Air Force One" var lettet og af vejen. Der er snart ingen grænser for ...

