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The following is a list of all entries from the travel category.

Winter Blues

The Meteorological office is warning that heavy snow and freezing temperatures are expected to continue for at least another two weeks.
This follows Some of the heaviest snow fall in over 20 years. There has been heavy snow in the north-east of England and the Scottish borders, with reports of up to 30cm (12in) [...]


birds are not scared of heights

Like most normal people I have always held the opinion that if the Good Lord had wanted us to fly We’d all be like eagles.
Unfortunately as the world “grows smaller” people become more and more restless and they feel the urge to move across the continents and the seas for holidays or to pursue [...]


2 eggs in a little black box

We were at a hotel room where a lavish marriage ceremony was coming to an end. As the happy couple were set off on their honeymoon the new bride was heard say to her man,” Darling, I want us to live together forever. If you love me as much as I do you then I [...]


Britain Battered By Severe Weather

Britain woke on Monday to find herself  battered by the heaviest winter storms in nearly 20 years. The meteorological department had accurately predicted the cold wintry showers arriving from Siberia but the heavy snow falls played havoc on the transport system in may parts of the UK with London and the South East being particularly [...]


Ray of Hope for Alitalia?

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Following the collapse of several European travel firms in the past week it has emerged that Italian national carrier Alitalia is to slash 3000 jobs in a last ditch attempt to rescue the ailing airline from liquidation. Italy’s four main labour unions have signed a deal with business consortium CAI who will [...]


The waiting room (part iv)

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I was back in a waiting room again last friday. This time it was at a dentist’s surgery in the main shopping centre. I had arrived earlyish having left home at the crack of dawn to avoid the traffic nightmares that have become a way of life. To be honest I liked [...]


A Lucky Escape

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You may have heard in the news of the Qantas Airlines Jumbo jet with more than 360 passengers and crew that was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila, Philippines after a mid air explosion ripped a huge hole in the Boeing 747-400 aircraft’s fuselage.
Passengers described hearing a loud bang followed [...]


Orange is the colour

I lost my job last week and when Shabina kicked me out I was homeless once again. I am back here now broke and dejected in this hot and dusty village that we call home. This place is just pathetic. The village shops are just a couple of tied-together wood-and-paper affairs where tired and miserable [...]