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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
12:15 finds me in the back of my favourite step daughters car en route for Heathrow, about now we should have been boarding the train but what with the weather and all that, trains seem even more unreliable than ever, so here we are. It comes to something when the biggest concern with a trip to Rwanda, is getting out of the West Country. Arrived at Heathrow in plenty of time even though we had to stop for fuel for the car, then fuel for the driver (Krispy Kreme donuts). ...
Back home again
... was quick, the luggage waiting for us (very impressive) and we just straight onto the Heathrow Express. This got us nicely into paddington to connect with the 1806 so we were back in Home by 2130 tired but glad we had made that train as the next we 2 hours later.
All in all a fantastic holiday which went like clockwork and we both enjoyed every second. Thanks for everyone who commented, we read them with great interest and the odd laff.
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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
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We drove on to Plymouth. One of the reasons we went to Plymouth because it was the place that Sheila's family, the Dutton's, debarked on their trip with William Penn to the new world. We wound our way through town to the harbor. Still misting and rainy we did get some pictures of the bay along with naval vessels in the harbor.
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