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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
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 ...
... dancing in and out of the clouds. What a difference a bit of bright sunshine makes!
The views over the open landscape were gorgeous and far reaching.
Just before we reached Wells, we deviated into a small village called Axbridge which boasts a mediaeval square. Really pretty, I was expecting us to maybe stop for a coffee, but no... just a drive through mediaeval square it seems.
Cheddar Gorge was stunning, In the village itself there were ...
Exeter and South
... What a gift it was to start our evening in Exeter in the center of the city.
The weather was still misting following the service and we decided we would check out a restaurant on the close. We walked up toward the Royal Clarence Inn
( Clarence was my home town in upstate New York), which had ...