Well, we made it and I still hate flying. Clarification – I hate long haul commerical airline flying! My knees are still sore from being banged into. But we left only a few minutes late, were an hour late into London, our taxi was waiting for us, and we are now at home with a cup of tea,\u00a0 a load of laundry in and sorting out stuff for work tomorrow.<\/p>\n
There is snow, but most of the roads are clear, though our pavement is a bit slippy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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