A surprising number of shops in London, like this butcher, look as if they haven't changed since the time of Charles Dickens. You half expect someone to pop out wearing a frock coat and carrying a goose to be roasted for their Sunday lunch. This morning the streets are quiet. The Sunday papers in the newsagents windows were printed before the bombing of Iran was announced. Most of them lead with headlines like ' Trump gives Tehran one more week '.
Sunday morning is a great time to travel. It takes barely ten minutes to get to Paddington from the hotel for the Heathrow Express. This runs on time and is empty apart from a womens football team heading for their six am flight home to Glasgow. They have a happily disheveled post celebration look to them.
Security, as might be expected, is rigorous but all the scanners are fully manned and we're through in thirty seconds. There's a stunning view of London from the aircraft window. The river front from the Ministry of Defence (in the lower left) to Waterloo Bridge outlined in the sunshine . Today, the flight goes on time and takes a mere forty minutes.
At Edinburgh the United flight to Chicago has landed. United use a Boeing 757 on the route. It must be the better part of 30 years old. I'm not sure about crossing the Atlantic in a single aisled aircraft. BA had 757's with extra fuel tanks on the Edinburgh to New York route in the 90's but they retired them long ago.
A hundred yards from the front door of The last wee house before Denmark the world is very different from the hustle and bustle of the big city. No sea mist this morning and there's a cloudless sky. It's pleasantly warm. For us the priority is checking up on the eighteen eider duck chicks . They're all safely paddling around in the rock pools under the watchful gaze of their mothers. That's good news for a turbulent world on a fraught Sunday morning.
What a contrast. Relish the serenity - not everyone is so lucky.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteWelcome home to your wee corner of sanity... YAM xx
What a beautiful shot of London. Last night, my daughter was taking me videos of lightning all around her plane flying into Nice. She was booked on Swiss Air, which involved a stop in Zurich on the way back from Athens. The first flight was delayed and the second one missed, so she ended up flying Athens to Zurich, Zurich to Frankfurt and finally Frankfurt to Nice. The next time, I think we will follow your lead and get up early enough to catch the two-hour direct flight on EasyJet!
ReplyDeleteI was mesmerised by that stunning picture of London.
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Welcome home,
ReplyDeleteAs they say, “there’s no place like home!”. Such a contrast and what a beautiful shot of the sky from your wee house.
ReplyDeleteJoAnn in Maryland