Earlier this month, we did something we have only ever done once before; stayed overnight at an airport hotel. My wife had booked our BA flight to Cor...

When one goes abroad it is always helpful to have the words translated into English. Indeed, sometimes you’d be lost without that assistance. On...

At the time of writing, I have taken 624 flights. I know this is quite a nerdish stat to have kept note of, but there it is. I didn’t take my ...

A very brief blog in this category this time around, with the emphasis perhaps being on the ‘this time around’. This is what you want to s...

Kew Gardens is a gorgeous place to visit, as I referred to when writing about the restoration of the huge Temperate House there in a recent blog. Ther...

A few weeks ago I was on a flight to somewhere and, quite unusually for me, I had my headphones on, listening to music, while the plane was being boar...

Airline loyalty cards are handy things. I have a British Airways one, which is sensible enough given that I live in the UK, even though one immediatel...

I flew back into Stansted from Spain last Thursday. The flight was about 90 minutes late getting in. When your flight is scheduled to land at 11 in th...

We got a lucky break flying with British Airways out of Heathrow on Saturday. The flight went on time. By that I don’t just mean that when it sa...