Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Published by kyle on 03 Apr 2007

In-flight Crash

Hugh Thompson relates his story of how he managed to crash the in-flight entertainment system with a few well placed keypresses. He goes into the detail behind it, and the amusing outcome of his test case. An amusing read :-)

Published by kyle on 22 Dec 2006

Plane Madness

With great trepidation I turned up Glasgow Airport to speak to some nice people at BA following the mayhem at Heathrow. I ‘d previously been on the phone to several people throughout the day, all of which gave me the “Oooh, not looking good for tomorrow” treatment, followed by the “You’ll have to wait and see” answer… great. The girl at the BA desk offered either to fly us to Gatwick instead, and bus us to Heathrow, or to refund our tickets if we get a flight elsewhere. Cue BMI. 20 minutes later, and 600 quid lighter, I have two tickets to fly direct from Glasgow to Copenhagen, avoiding Heathrow completely. Tomorrow is looking good, much less stressful, much more expensive, much less pain… but hey - it’s Christmas :-D

Published by kyle on 11 Dec 2006

Faraway friends

Michelle has left us for the sunnier climes of Dublin. Part of her inexorable climb up the Hilton chain, she’s off to do her graduate course in 3 different cities over the next 3 years. We’ll miss her, but we know how to keep in touch. Good luck Michelle xx