Roadtrip Europe in a Tesla in Aug 2017

Fancy a roadtrip around Europe with our new Tesla making use of the extensive network of free Tesla Superchargers. This was our chance.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Year Archive for 2022

This is an archive showing posts published in year: 2022.

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Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on décembre 12, 2023 at 10:31 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

Another calm start to the day. I've already finished for Christmas, which is great. The Vickster has been under the weather for a week and will be working through to Christmas Eve! Shame... :)

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Photos

Photos from Day 1.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on décembre 2, 2023 at 11:30 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

After a quick walk using the travelators back to Passport Control and only waiting a few mins for a shuttle bus to take me to Business Parking, I had to find my car!

Gate B6 at Sofia waiting for the flight back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Sofia SOF to London Heathrow LHR

It was just 30 seconds after getting off the aircraft before I ended up being first in the queue for getting back on. Another 30 seconds later and gate staff arrived and they started filling the boarding pen up as we watched the remaining passengers continued walking up the jet bridge.

A first class breakfast in the BA First Lounge

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Sofia SOF

The friendly bus driver dropped me at Heathrow T3 and I headed into Fast Track Security. The access point had been moved - I guess as a temporary measure whilst they make changes. It certainly wasn't fast today either!

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on décembre 2, 2023 at 11:11 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

Another chilled out start to the day, although I was up earlier than I would have hoped. Too many thoughts about performance issues that are a big challenge at work and which need to be sorted by midday on Tue, with no clear way of resolving them at this point.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Prep

This seems to be a common theme now: I book the BA flights which are timed early in the morning and as a result of their seasonal adjustments, BA changes the flights to the afternoon. If they know that's likely to happen, why not just set those times to start with?

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!

A beautiful sunset after taking off from Dublin on my way back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023: Day 8 – Photos

By Nige on novembre 15, 2023 at 11:23 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023
Tags: British Airways | California | DUB | Dublin | JFK | LHR | London | New York | San Jose | SJC | Trips | USA

Photos from Day 8.

Just missed a tube train leaving Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023: Day 8 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on novembre 15, 2023 at 8:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023
Tags: Holidays | LHR | London Heathrow

It was the normal jog down the corridor from Gate 23 down to arrivals. It always seems a bit odd avoiding passport control when arriving from Ireland, especially considering they still check passports in the process of leaving Ireland.