Weekend in Devon in Jul 2020

Our first weekend away with our neighbours Mike and Jo to Devon. A lovely time was had by all.

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Category Archive for Travel

This is the blog page. This is where we share longer articles, which aim to share important concepts and ideas. It is also the general page for showing author, category, tag and time-based archives.

Posts are normally shown in reverse chronological order, in groups of 10, but you can adapt the results using the controls below.

This is an archive showing all posts assigned to category: Travel.

Travel includes posts about all of our holidays, weekend visits and trips

Deplaning in Palm Springs
Deplaning in Palm Springs

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Phoenix PHX to Palm Springs PSP

By Nige on December 15, 2023 at 12:36 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Hertz | Palm Springs | Phoenix | PHX | PSP | Trips | USA

I had already worked out where all of the key places were at Sky Harbor before I left the aircraft. My flight to Palm Springs was due to leave from Gate B12, the AA lounge was located around Gate B5 and Starbucks was located at Gate B17.

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The mural on the wall in the T5 South Lounge complex
The mural on the wall in the T5 South Lounge complex

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to New York JFK

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 11:23 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA

I decided to go Flight Connections route for a change. It seemed to cause a stir as the staff didn't really know what they were looking for on my boarding pass and were getting confused between domestic connections and international connections.

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The BA A319 taking me back to Heathrow
The BA A319 taking me back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Dublin DUB to London Heathrow LHR

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | DUB | Dublin | LHR | London | Trips

After a quick dash to passport control, it was fairly evident it was a quiet time for the airport. There were no other aircraft sat at the 200 gates and the corridors were empty. I think I woke up some of the border team when I got there.

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T5 from the terrace of the CCR
T5 from the terrace of the CCR

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Dublin DUB

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 2:35 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | DUB | Dublin | LHR | London | Trips

Heathrow T5 was fairly quiet after taking the lift up to Departures on level 5. I thought about popping into The First Wing (TFW) check in area to get my boarding pass validated, but due to the queue, I decided to head straight through security.

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Palm Springs
Palm Springs

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

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 8:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | California | DUB | Dublin | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Palm Springs | Phoenix | PHX | PSP | Trips | USA

It's all been relatively straightforward for this trip. I originally booked this trip back in June, on the basis that I was almost guaranteed to see an AA flight change sufficient to allow me to better manage my time on this trip.

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