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...

Apologies for the brevity of this blog. I had anticipated making an overseas trip or two since I last posted one on flying but those plans are…w...

I mentioned in a previous ‘flying’ blog about the time I left my seat to go and get a good view of the Matterhorn, the most spectacular pe...