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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 ...
... 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
... trek here during our tour of west England. Sheila and I were delighted in the weather we had on our return trip to St. Audries, at least until we got into the Taunton area.
The light clouds now began to turn into heavy clouds, and eventual rain. ...
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