Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2015

Another of our regular trips down to the O2 to see the ATP World Tour tennis finals.

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

Blog - Tag Archive for London

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This is an archive showing posts assigned to tag: London.

London is the capital city of the UK

Sofia
Sofia

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023

By Nige on June 1, 2023 at 2:46 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

Every year there tends to be a route that offers good value for money when chasing BA Executive Club Tier Points (TPs). For a while now, Sofia (SOF) has been a great place to earn (relatively) low cost TPs.

The view from the top of the Battersea Power Station
The view from the top of the Battersea Power Station

A Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023 – Photos

By Nige on May 29, 2023 at 6:31 pm
Type: Post
Story: Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023 Category: Family
Tags: Battersea Power Station | London | Videos

Photos from our visit to the Battersea Power Station.

Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station

A Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023

By Nige on May 29, 2023 at 4:08 pm
Type: Post
Story: Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023 Category: Family
Tags: Announcements | Battersea Power Station | London | Videos

We are always interested in a trip into London - it doesn't happen anywhere near enough. But when we do head in it's even better to take the opportunity of meeting up with James.

Landing at London Gatwick
Landing at London Gatwick

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 5 – London (LGW) to Home

By Nige on March 22, 2023 at 11:30 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LGW | London | Weekends

Getting through Passport Control was the standard tragic comedy. Everyone other than little old me managed to get through the automated kiosks.

A Ryanair aircraft at Seville airport
A Ryanair aircraft at Seville airport

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 5 – Seville (SVQ) to London (LGW)

By Nige on March 22, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends

From the hotel, we dragged our trolley bags down towards the cathedral to pick up a taxi to head to the airport. It was about 5pm and it was still warm, so we tried to stick to the shade of the buildings. The taxi rank was full of taxis, so no problem in picking one […]

The view of the Gatwick apron from the BA First Lounge
The view of the Gatwick apron from the BA First Lounge

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 1 – London (LGW) to Seville (SVQ)

By Nige on March 18, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends

There was only one passenger in the queue at First Check In, so it wasn't long before we were checking in our luggage. That's another odd thing to do - we haven't checked in luggage for years and I blame Andrew and Sam entirely.

Out on a walk with our pussies!
Out on a walk with our pussies!

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 1 – Home to Gatwick

By Nige on March 18, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LGW | London | Weekends

It's unusual for us to be travelling on a Saturday, but a Saturday it was for our flight out to Seville. The plan was to have a leisurely start to the day and then we had vastly different expectations as to when we would leave home for our 4pm flight to Spain.

Seville
Seville

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Prep

By Nige on March 16, 2023 at 2:20 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends

With Covid-19, the pandemic and lockdowns firmly behind us, this was the first time that we could get away with friends and family. With it being a big birthday bash for one of our party and a big age at that (!), we had to go somewhere warm in March, so The Vickster selected Seville.

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