Day 79 – Wednesday, June 5th London to Glasgow
As we touched down at Heathrow, on time, we knew that the mission had been accomplished – we had just travelled around the World! So, the Earth ain’t flat then, or is something else out of sorts?
We had just over an hour: to disembark, clearing immigration on a flight transfer at Terminal 5 is straightforward, but getting through security again seems pointless, and time consuming. The 08.15 to Glasgow, not the end of the World if we missed it, but we have caught every flight on this trip, to be messed about now well, more than frustrating.
Marg and I sprinted to the gate, well Marg led the way. Dr. Stan, who had been travelled across – The Pond – in a more salubrious seat was still nowhere to be seen. Reaching the departure gate, in a sweat, nothing happening. No information, Dr. Stan joined us having moved as fast as he could. Eventually, a change of gate was announced. One hundred plus people walked to the alternate gate where we stood, and stood, and stood. This was BA, and people complain about the budget airlines.
No thanks – I refuse to eat pretzels, and the bottled water isn’t even fizzy. Our national airline.
At Glasgow, we lost Dr. Stan, no farewells.
The Polo-shirt
Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours
Had we toured the World with the logo in English, imagine the needless conversations.
Yes, we really are going Around The World In 80 Days.
Maßlogiskeit in Maßen
Excess in moderation – does that sum up our trip?
By now the reader is certainly asking the next big question. This is Day 79, so much for – Around The World In 80 Days. It is a challenge, not to be taken that precisely. Research has revealed:
A journey around the world completed in 79 days would still count as “going around the world in 80 days”, even though it’s one day less than the stated time. The phrase is more of a symbolic or literary concept than a literal one.
Day 80 – Thursday, June 6th Glasgow – Curry-Heute
When Phileas Fogg returned from his attempt at Around The World In 80 Days, he didn’t know he had achieved the challenge due to crossing the International Dateline in an eastward direction, the extra day paid back.
So, did I actually take 80 days?
I shall draw the reader’s attention to my starting date, March 20th, – Day 0.
The number of sunrises corresponding to each day of the trip totals eighty!
When Michael Palin returned from his televised sojourn, with time to spare, he reached the Reform Club, and was denied entry, no welcome at all. The Hector was determined that our trip would not end as a damp squib, and so an invitation to dine at Yadgar, Glasgow’s finest Curry House, was sent to the usual suspects.
This also happened to the #150 review of Yadgar in Curry-Heute!
Later, we retired across the River Clyde for a refreshment, Cider after Curry is the custom, then a Hazy, as I have come to know NEIPA. I can still face them.
By chance, Graham, last seen in Wellington, New Zealand, was also in attendance.
QED. As all the posts appear in reverse, here’s a link to the beginning, for those who missed it:
Around The World In Eighty Days : Days 0 – 5