Weekend in Winchester in Jun 2015

Headed down to Winchester to see Andrew and Sam. Add in a bit of sailing with Andrew as skip. Turned out to be fun.

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Welcome to The Billingham Blog! This is a record of Nigel and Vicky Billingham’s journey through life, primarily focusing on holidays, trips and events.

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That means it’s going to take us a while to migrate stories over, refine them and manage links to flickr photos. So bear with us!

Update on Migration Progress

03/12/2022 – All 2022 stories have now been migrated.

Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024

Back in the air, to continue adding to my Tier Point pot. Somewhere new for me this time: Tucson in Arizona. The only time I have ever come across Tucson in the past is courtesy of Chandler in Friends.

Holiday to Canada in Aug 2024

We are on our travels again! This time we are heading over to Canada to do a mini road-trip from Toronto up to Montreal and on to Quebec City. It should be a warm break at this time of the year.

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024

Another entertaining TP Run is on the cards: this time to Los Angeles. LA is not a normal destination for me, since it is usually just a connection point on the way to another US city.

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024

We are on our travels again! This time we are heading to somewhere new in the US: Tennessee! On the way we will be stopping off in Georgia and Mississippi, which will also be new US states for us.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024

My first trip to Hawaii in more than 12 months - I'm getting withdrawal symptoms! This trip starts in Amsterdam and follows the well-trodden path of flying over to Hawaii via London Heathrow, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX. I start with an initial positioning flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jan 2024

This is another installment of my series of TP runs to Sofia. In June, July and Dec of 2023, I did a number of trips out to Sofia, just to collect TPs. There was another opportunity in Jan 2024 to collect more cheap TPs, so here I am!

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023

To continue the build of my Tier Points in my next British Airways Executive Club membership year, I am heading over to Palm Springs to (hopefully) see some sun!

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023

This is another installment of my series of TP runs to Sofia. In June and July of 2023, I did a number of trips out to Sofia, just to collect TPs. There was another opportunity in Dec 2023 to collect more cheap TPs, so here I am!

Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023

It's the start of my next British Airways Executive Club membership year and that means I need to start earning Tier Points again!

Holiday to New England in Oct 2023

Looking forward to a tremendous holiday to watch the leaves fall in New England! Who knows whether we will get the timing right, but we are sure it will be amazing whatever happens.