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  • Indianapolis to LA

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    A journey not without its surprises. I’d booked a relatively late flight, working on the theory that it would give as much Wiggle room as possible for getting to the airport; worst case, it’s a nice airport to hang out in, because it’s basically a mall with planes. Even landside is pretty nice. There was…

  • Indianapolis to Columbus

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    It took us a while to find the convention centre once we got situated in the hotel. It’s kind of a maze in places, and the signage, to me at least, works along the assumption that you already know the layout; Directions to specific things in the centre, not to the place itself. The route…

  • Chicago to Indianapolis

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    Slept well, and woke up at a sensible time. Well, sensible enough; There was sunshine & the hotel restaurant had coffee. ( there was an actual ‘Mr Coffee’ coffeemaker in the room, and I discovered why you don’t put too much water in the reservoir of those things. fortunately it was in a little tray,…

  • London to Chicago

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    The hotel didn’t have AC, but did have windows that open a bit, so I could get some cooling effect & got a decent amount of sleep, admittedly in “only my feet are under the covers” mode. Woke up a little bit before my alarm.Hotel breakfast wasn’t as crowded as I’d dreaded. ( there was…

  • Toot Toot I’m On A Boat – Aylesbury to the Netherlands

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    Ferry to the Netherlands again; This time I’m spending a smidge over a week in Amsterdam. I could have come up with an itinerary to do more than one city, but … I didn’t want to? Moving between locations is kind of a pain in the arse, and I figure I can do some day…

  • The Village / Portmerion

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    Look, I’m going to be making a lot of references to the TV show The Prisoner in this post, because this is where the outside scenes were shot. So if there’s something that makes even less sense than usual, that’s why. Getting to Portmerion is kind of a pain in the arse it you don’t…

  • Getting to Stirling

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    For no reason beyond “Never been there, and people mentioned the castle”, I went to Stirling. Turns out to be pretty easy to get to; I could have caught the train as it passed through a station close to my hotel, but I decided to catch the thing from Waverley instead, mostly because I wasn’t…

  • Aylesbury to Glasgow

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    On the move again. I had some things I needed to get done in Aylesbury, such as Dental Stuff ( all fine, and they’re happy that nothing bad happened while I was travelling ) & renewing my UK Passport ( needed to do so a bit early because some places want you to have 6…

  • An Irish Wedding: Getting There & Getting There

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    It was an early start; Everyone else in the car was heading for Gatwick, but I was flying out of Heathrow because I’d booked later due to being in Thailand, so I was very kindly dropped off along the way. My flights were later than the other folks, so I was there well before check-in…

  • The Things He Carried

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    I think I took just enough stuff with me for the trip, and I can only think of a few items which never got used. The Mosquito Net, which was recommended by the place I got my travel vaccinations from (though I bought one from somewhere else) never came into play. I’m not overly concerned…