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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
... after some ribs for me and potato skins for Deb, were on the plane which leave pretty much on time, waiting for drinks was a bit like waiting for a bus but inevitably after an hour, two turn up at once, happy holidays. Later that same night...... Not sure what's going on, looks like the chosen few got fed, but we weren't part of that elitist group, ah well, looks like the one AM drinks are on there way, Ooh, and there's food too, and as good as it gets for airline ...
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
... br>
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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Amenities
- Free parking