Holiday to Vancouver in Aug 2018

Sharon's 50th and the four of us are doing a two-stop trip to Vancouver and New York to help her celebrate!

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Month Archive for January 2014

This is an archive showing posts published in month: January 2014.

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 3 – Photos

Photos from Day 3.

An early morning view of the Hilton near Los Angeles LAX

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 3 – Los Angeles LAX to Honolulu HNL

I woke earlier than I had planned to - 3:30am - so I had over 4 hours kip, and as long as I don’t get any more screaming babies, I might be able to catch up on a few Zs on the flight to HNL.

A nice BA pudding on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – Photos

By Nige on February 27, 2014 at 11:05 pm
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | EWR | Hilton | JFK | LAX | LCY | London | Los Angeles | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Photos from Day 2.

A gorgeous view on the BA flight on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – New York EWR to Los Angeles LAX

So I now had the challenge of getting across New York from JFK to EWR. If you look at a map, the two airports are (roughly) equidistant from Manhattan and (roughly) on the same level.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – Shannon SNN to New York JFK

By Nige on February 27, 2014 at 10:47 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Tags: British Airways | JFK | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Once we got the call to reboard, we were back on the plane within a minute, and it was only another 5 or 10 mins before we were taking off for JFK. I didn’t notice the time, but it felt like we were about on time.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – London City LCY to Shannon SNN

The hotel bed was very comfortable – I woke at 5:30 – a touch later than my normal time of waking – although I had two beers the previous night, and that’s a lot for me on a school night.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Photos

Photos from Day 1.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Brussels BRU to London Heathrow LHR

I spent about an hour in the lounge at Brussels Airport - it’s an ok lounge but there’s nothing much going on - the views aren’t that great and the food/drink isn’t that good either.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Brussels BRU

I found my way to the Galleries First Lounge at T5. I had enjoyed my first Starbucks of the trip. Jim is my Starbucks name!

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Manchester MAN to London Heathrow LHR

Woke up just after 4am and after some last-minute packing I was ready for my taxi ride to MAN airport (well Vick was taking me). BPs had been printed off, laptop bag was packed, and we would be off very soon. I was starting to get excited…