I'm home
But not for long - off to Silverstone to stay with some old friends tonight and then drive a Ferrari around Silverstone race track tomorrow.
A nice flight home yesterday, although it seemed longer than usual. A slight hiccough at the end. As the plane was coming in to land we suddenly changed from descending to ascending and found ourselves back in the air instead of being on the ground. The pilot announced that the plane in front of us hadn't got far enough along the runway so the Air Traffic Controller had decided to abort our landing and send us around again. We landed safely about 15 minutes later. Phew.
I'm struck by how expensive transport is in UK. Heathrow to London on the Paddington Express £18 (900 roubles). King's Cross to Huntingdon (about 100 km) £29 off-peak return (1,500 roubles). When you compare that with Roubles 320 for the airport express from Domodedovo to Moscow or a monthly 70 trip ticket on the Moscow for 1,700 roubles......... Still, mustn't make comparisons like that - apples and oranges.
But not for long - off to Silverstone to stay with some old friends tonight and then drive a Ferrari around Silverstone race track tomorrow.
A nice flight home yesterday, although it seemed longer than usual. A slight hiccough at the end. As the plane was coming in to land we suddenly changed from descending to ascending and found ourselves back in the air instead of being on the ground. The pilot announced that the plane in front of us hadn't got far enough along the runway so the Air Traffic Controller had decided to abort our landing and send us around again. We landed safely about 15 minutes later. Phew.
I'm struck by how expensive transport is in UK. Heathrow to London on the Paddington Express £18 (900 roubles). King's Cross to Huntingdon (about 100 km) £29 off-peak return (1,500 roubles). When you compare that with Roubles 320 for the airport express from Domodedovo to Moscow or a monthly 70 trip ticket on the Moscow for 1,700 roubles......... Still, mustn't make comparisons like that - apples and oranges.
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