A Gold Star

I think that I can fly to Bologna direct from Heathrow and one day I would like to do Milan. Both places that I've never been to. I may of passed through on the way to somewhere else, but they have never been my destination. I'm fact, I have a vague recollection of using one of the Milan airports once. I felt ripped as the hire car was that tiny Fiat thing,a500 I think, but it was good fun and I quite enjoyed it. Having a Fiat in Italy just felt right.

 

I was only doing London City for fun. It makes no sense to me as I am miles away and on the other side London. I would probably stay in central London the night before and Berlin was just something to do. Milan and Madrid are just jaunts with no reason. Bologna is the only one where I really want to go for a reason.

Now that Berlin came into my head, I would quite look forward to going, but nothing is certain. I believe that Bologna has to be from Heathrow and something has to be from London City, but I don't want to use it twice. So (without sussing flight departure times, I think that it will probably be London City for Berlin, Heathrow for Bologna and Bristol for Madrid. Possibly, Possibly. Milan could be Heathrow, Bristol., or Exeter. Since I don't think Exeter does Milan direct, that may rule out Exeter. I have never used Exeter so I need to discover a reason to fly from Exeter Airport.

 

I really don't want to use Brittany Ferries again as a foot passenger. It's shite for that. I would only use it if I had to take a vehicle. I realise times have changed but it went from lifting your visor to taking off your helmet completely last time I did it on a bike. Surely now you don't have to drop 'em, bend over and spread your cheeks for a photograph Does everyone in a car need to do this now? Maybe it's just Brittany Ferries. Being French, I would be unsurprised if there is not a little'payback' going on.

 

Can someone educate me here? I keep reading stories in our garbage press about four hour EES queues. I have done it twice with Brittany Ferries and it probably takes less than a minute. That's fingerprints, a photo and passport scan. Clearly I'm missing something. One French Official did tell me this is payback for leaving the EU but I didn't find it any problem. Either I missing something that should be obvious to me, or the stories that I read are bull. Which is it?

 

Maybe. And it's dealing with people and some people are odd. And I suppose that flying attracts the impatient. Border officials, of any country, react badly to impatience and rudeness. Maybe with flying, it attracts people with those qualities.