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Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
"Murder, Mystery and Mayhem on the English Riviera" Agatha Christie Festival tag line
Ahh . . . Torquay, home of the English Riviera, Basil and the Fawlty Towers, and also the birthplace of someone called Agatha Christie. Actually, Agatha was the principal reason we were heading to this part of England. It was about a 2-hour drive south …
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 ...
... don't work at all, and it was less of a problem when it rained hard as that probably cooled things down slightly, but it was getting more and more of a problem.
So.... we stopped in a garage and while I bought biscuits, wine and a bag of toffees, Nick jacked up the car and went to work on the brakes.
As you do.
Sidmouth and a night with some old friends was our destination.
Nice.
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