A Weekend In Jersey

{mosimage} I do not enjoy journeys. I’m not being anti-GA when I say that – it’s not the means of travel that bothers me, I just don’t have a lot of patience. If I’m to go away for a weekend I want to get where I’m going pretty quickly and get on with the relaxing [...]

I Have Found It!

{mosimage} So you have problems persuading the family to fly with you? Don’t we all! There are so many reasons, most of them so very reasonable, and so many other things to do.
There is at least one way to start chipping away at their earth bound resolve, and that is the lure of interesting [...]

Inverness and the Great Glen

One of my most pleasant memories is of a drive down Loch Ness. It was the end of March, the air was cold but the sky was clean and blue. There had been a heavy snowfall before we got there and the trees and mountains were all edged with a sparkling white line, [...]

Sheffield

Sheffield is probably not the first place you think of when you start looking for somewhere interesting to go for a trip. If the name conjures any pictures in your mind, the chances are these are of heavy industry. From the 14th century Sheffield has been known for the production of knives, an [...]

Eureka Events, Jan-Jun 2007

{mosimage} EUREKA! THE MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, HALIFAX, WEST YORKS
Events for children at Eureka!
Visit the UK’s number 1 children’s museum to take part in action-packed events for families and groups!
Suitable for children age 0-11 – and grown-ups of every age! – Eureka! has special events
every weekend and school holiday, plus some unmissable ‘wacky weekends’ offering a
festival [...]

Prestwick and South Ayrshire

Prestwick is a famous international airport. Recent discoveries indicate that it has been a home to aviation since 1913, only 10 years after the Wright Brothers. Take a glance at the map and you’d be forgiven for believing that the airport is in the middle of nowhere – South Ayrshire is not renowned as a [...]

Caernarfon and Portmeirion

{mosimage}Caernarfon is one of my favourite places to fly to.

Admittedly the first time I flew there I was on probation for flying into the London Control Zone, but from that little incident, I have steadily improved my navigation. If you fly into Carnarfon from the North you get the beautiful views along Colwyn Bay (keep [...]

Warhammer World

{mosimage}Warhammer World: to some it may be familiar as the Nottingham headquarters of Games Workshop, creators of the popular tabletop war games Warhammer (a fantasy based game), Warhammer 40k (a variant set in the FAR future), and Lord of The Rings (a game that allows players to reenact battles from Tolkein’s famous [...]

Adventures on Dinosaur Island

{mosimage}To show how the views of the passenger and pilot are vastly different we present here a journey to Bembridge from the point of view of both.
The Pilot
I don’t like last minute changes! I like to plan things ahead of time. That way there are fewer surpises. But guess what! Even carefully developed plans have [...]