Diary

Thursday, 24 February, 2011
In spite of massive queues at security, the whole process through the airport was amazingly smooth…
Friday, 25 February, 2011
I open the curtains to a beautiful sunny morning with a clear blue sky, so after a very hearty breakfast, I headed down to the riverside area to pick up another of the tour bus routes, this time one that runs up along the coast…
Saturday, 26 February, 2011
I decided to take advantage of the later breakfast to have a bit of lie-in, so by the time I left the hotel it was almost 11am…
Sunday, 27 February, 2011
After another filling breakfast I only had a couple of hours to kill before having to head back to the airport, so I caught the funicular down the hill to the Ribeira to have a final wander along it…
Thursday, 26 January, 2023
I had a smooth journey over to Hatton Cross and my airport hotel room for the night…
Friday, 27 January, 2023
I checked out of the hotel and headed over to Hatton Cross tube station where I caught the next piccadilly line train direct to terminal 3 with a couple of seconds to spare…
Saturday, 28 January, 2023
After a nice lie-in and a leisurely breakfast I headed out of the hotel and wandered the very short distance over the road…
Sunday, 29 January, 2023
Another slow start to the day, but I was still early enough to be out of the hotel and across the road to pick up the first open-top sightseeing bus of the morning from it’s starting point…
Monday, 30 January, 2023
My final breakfast in the hotel and after a very leisurely start to the morning I finally checked out just before 11am…