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Floods in the UK
... the UK will experience severe flooding more frequently as climate change takes hold. The floods have severely disrupted people's lives and will cost the economy millions of pounds – highlighting the foolishness of the chancellor's insistence in only talking about the costs of tackling climate change. The UK government must stop dragging its feet on decarbonising our economy and show global ...
Off to Heathrow for a flight down south
... it Wetherspoons indulging in our first holiday drink. Looks like the blog may be short lived as the bag with all the chargers in it, does not appear to have one for the iPad. Panic over, found myself in the Dixon travel shop and they had just what I've always wanted, a world traveler iPad charging pack for a mere £35, rather pleased I didn't forget anything that would have been expensive. Through screening and find a pleasant bar, terminal four is much nicer than ...
Back home again
So leisurely start to the day with repacking for the journey and a late breakfast. We were picked up on time at 12 and headed for the airport where we checked in with a slight sweat; my case was bang on 23kgs (the limit) Gill's came in at 26.5 kgs but no one said anything , so we didn't either. Good on time flight back with a surprisingly decent meal and free drinks, a novelty in this age. We arrived back at Heathrow on time, long walk in T5 but the ...
Brake issues ...
... place we tried to drive through... but we couldn't find our way into the centre and ended up driving round and round a car park. Not quite the thing.
But the bit we did see seemed to have loads of "alternative" shops, signs and all.
A few days ago, when we were on our way back from collecting the car, to go on this trip, we stopped in Midhurst to fill up with petrol and were stuck. The brakes were solidly on, so we squeaked and squealed our way to ...
Exeter and South
... called Trumps which touted itself as an antique grocer. The first thought I had when I walked in was a flash back to an old candy store in Western New York. Everything had this old feel to it, the floor board were worn, the ceiling beams dark, signage from the past, tables set with old style patterned linen. We sat down for a coffee and a cream tea. I found a menu for a variety of Rarebits ...
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