Weather report for the north please

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Luton's not bad these days. Certainly beats the crap out of Heathrow.
Gatwick I don't use often enough to comment.

Stansted Express direct from Liverpool St (IIRC).

Fairy nuff. If it's Saturday and you're not going at stupid o'clock I
can drop you at Luton from Hitchin[1], if that helps.

[1] Assuming the trains are working on that line again by then.

 

While I carry no torch for Luton town, the airport is not bad nowadays
- it's been extensively re-done in the last couple of years, so you
might be pleasantly surprised.

 

Cold, clear, sunny, no rain, no snow and no high winds. In other words,
perfect for a longish drive.


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Clapham Junction to Gatwick can't be too challenging.

 

Have a look on skyscanner

http://www.skyscanner.net

On Saturday 14th I can see a £66 flight from Heathrow to Glasgow with
BMI 0655, and a £35.70 flight back 19:30 with BA.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Better than fucking Ryanair. who I see have found yet another way to
gouge hidden money from their passengers:

http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/news/story.asp?intStoryID=6212

"If you want to purchase some last minute presents from duty free on
your ski trip, beware if you're a Ryanair passenger.
Passengers are now being asked to pay a £28.50 charge to take their
duty free onboard if it doesn't fit in their carry on luggage."

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Really? How long are you going for? I can easily fit overnight stuff
into a carry-on. You have to be careful not to pack sharps or fluids >
100ml of course, but it's do-able.

I do hope so.

 

FFS. I'd be tempted to drink the effing stuff and burp in their faces.

The EasyJet flight that got me back from Munich - I had all my bike
luggage bungeed and gaffa taped into one lump, for the hold. carry-on
baggage was the tank bag and my helmet. I vowed that if they claimed
that was a carry-on item as well, then I'd wear it onto the plane, but
they didn't.

EasyJet are OK, really. RyanAir is dreadful.

 

I got home from the game [1] at 1.30 and it was just starting to snow
when I got to Newport Pagnall. was very surprised to wake up to four
inches.

its beginning to melt here now so we've just got four inches of slush
on the road (main roads clear). could be interesting if it freezes
tonight.

[1] grins
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As I was packing my bike gear, I remembered, at the last minute, that my
spiffy Swiss Army knife was in my jacket pocket. Phew. So into the main
luggage it went.

I did forget about the gas canisters for reflating flat bike tyres,
though. That caused a stair at Munich X-Ray, I can tell you. They'd
never seen 'em before.

 

Andy had a cold night, then?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Adie

Well, I'll be looking at Andy in a different light from now on.

 

eh? one night and you need two suitcases? two overnight bags as carry
on would do surely. I'm a woman and can do several days with just
carry on.
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Ginge!

 

That'll be sodium street light, then?

 

LOL. Andy was in Didcot and complaining about 8 inches this morning.
should I be worried?
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Oops.

 

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:13:57 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel

Well???

I bunked off today so I could enjoy it. Virtually all gone now but
expect it will be an icerink tomorrow.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Adie

Always.

 

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:14:50 +0000 (UTC), wessie

There must be a shortage here too because of all the roads I walked
along this morning, only the A40 looked clear at 10am. The rest were
either 3 inches of snow or an inch of slush.

On the other hand, people were driving a lot more sensibly on the
obviously snowy roads than the vaguely slushy ones.

Kids have sledged and snowballed the park into mostly muddy mush now.
I'm disappointed at how fast it's vanished.