Across the English Channel
1 May 2013 | TransportFlying from Verona in Italy to London Gatwick in England I could look north from my British Airways 737 window seat and see just how close England (on the left) is to France (on the right).
English Channel:
Folkestone & Dungeness
25 September 2011 | PlacesMaureen and I zoomed out of London on the high speed rail line from London to Folkestone, it follows the Eurostar route out of St Pancras station. ▲ Folkestone is just along the coast from Dover. Back in the pre-Eurostar days Folkestone-Boulogne was the poor cous...
First Atlantic Crossing, First Jet Lag
2 December 2009 | TransportIn 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first flight across the Atlantic. And experienced the first case of jet lag. ◄ In November Maureen and I drove from Galway to Clifden on the west coast of Ireland. Just north of Ballconneely, 4km south of Clifden, we s...
