Holiday to Indian Wells in Mar 2025

This holiday is all about the tennis at Indian Wells: well two evening sessions of tennis anyway! The back story to us booking this one is the focus of some heated discussion!

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

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Nige is one of the co-founders of The Billingham Blog and works as a freelance management consultant. He loves to fly in his spare time!

The BA aircraft taking me back to Heathrow

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 2 – Photos from Day 2

Photos from Day 2 when I flew back from Amsterdam to London Heathrow, then drove back home.

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 2 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on October 16, 2026 at 11:38 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Here There and Everywhere Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

After the hassle with tyres over the past few days, I was expecting to need to pump up my tyre nearside rear tyre.

Starbucks Reserve at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 2 – Amsterdam AMS to London Heathrow LHR

This very short trip forming Phase 1 of my holiday to here, there and everywhere was due to conclude today.

The view from my room at the Hilton Schiphol airport

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 1 – Photos from Day 1

Photos from Day 177 when I drove to Heathrow and flew over to Amsterdam.

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 1 – London Heathrow to Amsterdam AMS

As my POD arrived at Heathrow T5, I was lucky enough to catch a lift heading up to departures. If you time things badly, you can end up waiting a fair amount of time before a lift deems it appropriate to stop on your floor.

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on October 15, 2026 at 11:17 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Here There and Everywhere Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

Phase 1 of my odd holiday got off to a fairly traditional start: a drive to London Heathrow, via the A34 and M4. Although, it turned out to be anything other than normal.

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere: Phase 1 – Prep

Phase 1 is pretty straight forward. I've got a flight to Amsterdam with BA on the Thursday, I'm staying overnight at the Hilton at Schiphol Airport and then on the Friday morning, I'm heading back to Heathrow, early doors.

Holiday to Here, There and Everywhere!

This is the start of a mix of flights, car hire and hotel stays that I have collated together in support of (1) our holiday to Hawaii in Nov 2026, and (2) my GGL renewal.