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A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts

  • I slept … OK-ish … in my airport hotel. Technically I woke before my alarm, but not by much. The lines at check-in are insane, in my previous experience, so I wanted to make sure I had plenty of time;…

  • I was trying to keep a very chilled day, and didn’t want to be in Stafford all by myself, so I figured I’d go to London, given that I’d need to be there anyway the next day. It turned out…

  • Unlike part one, I took a taxi to the station from Stately Link Manor, because I really didn’t want to take yet another bus.

  • I did most of my packing the day before, so that the day would be easier. Before any of the travel stuff, I went out & got myself breakfast, because that seemed like a good idea, and it meant that…

  • Part One: The Cricket I wasn’t originally supposed to be attending the T20 Finals at Edgbaston, mostly because I have very little knowledge of or interest in The Cricket. But a whole bunch of folks were going, and a couple…

  • Day 1 / Thursday Off and On Again A ComEx transport has gone offline and needs a hard reboot before Carbon Reaver pirates find it. You’ll be egocast direct to the ship. Should be smooth sailing, right? A short intro…

  • Packing up went very well; I think the most difficult part of the whole process was finding the bins for the apartment complex, because they were on the other side of the building about as far away from the entrance…

  • The AirBnB had a wrap-around deck which it turns out was great for an early morning coffee. Today’s breakfast was a little more organised, or maybe just closer; There was a former armoury next door which had been repurposed into…

  • We were all worried that the sick person in the group would deteriorate, or at least not feel much better, but thankfully they did make something of a recovery; Not feeling brilliant, but at least able to do some of…

  • As it turned out I could have gone with a slightly larger bag, but I was a little unsure as to how particular WizzAir are with their bag dimension limits, so I went with a 15 litre packable backpack. Next…

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