You couldn’t make it up! The packing was complete, all except for a few necessary items to be included the day I travel, tomorrow. As you see from the pictures, some snow fell this afternoon with more promised overnight.
Out of curiosity, I decided to weigh my luggage. My 23kg allowance on one suitcase was exceeded by around 4kg. Time to re-think things at what is becoming rapidly,”this late stage”. To even things out, I am now using a shoulder bag as well as the large and small wheeled cases which I hoped would suffice. Already, I envisage a chaotic packing crisis at the end of my travels, like last year!
Let’s make this blog slightly more interesting. On Thursday, I fly from Heathrow T3 on one of Mr. Branson’s fine aircraft to San Francisco, flight time, 11 hours 20 minutes. My journeys then take me to Los Angeles and Long Beach, before returning to San Francisco for a couple of nights.
On 6th Feb, I board Cunard’s Queen Victoria for a sector of her 2019 World Cruise. After 21 nights, I do my own thing by train bus and internal flights up the east coast of Australia to Coff’s Harbour, Brisbane and Cairns before flying to Darwin. From there, it’s by four day expedition train south to Adelaide, fly toMelbourne, train back to Adelaide for a further two nights. I then finish my railtour with a “bucket list” trip on the Indian Pacific train to Perth. From there, I fly to Singapore for three nights and then west to Dubai. From there, I catch a “slow boat to Southampton”. That’s it in a nutshell. During the sea journeys, I get to see some fascinating little places I never dreamed of ever visiting. The grey and gloom of the pictures in this blog of Higher Buxton will soon be “replaced” by exciting images of great cities, deserts and spectacular seascapes.
Now, back to those final preparations.
Thanks for reading,
David.
David's Cruise 