Trottigy Trip

[trottigy]

OK, we still have ONE more place to stay to book for one night, but here it was I have so far:

 

DATE	TIME	#	LOCATION	ADDRESS
22-Aug	Leave 12:16:00 PM	E1HD3Y          Virgin Air	Las Vegas
23-Aug	Arrive 10:00 am	VS 5166	Heathrow
23-26		C33E5X	Bloomsbury, London	Flat 4, Halsey House     13 Red Lion Square     London WC1R 4QF
26-Aug	Leave 8:20 am / Arrive 9:45 am	LWYQRM	Stansted to Cork
26-29			Seamount Farms	Goats Path Road Glenlough West, Bantry
29-Aug	Leave 7:00 am / Arrive 9:40am	2H42Q6	Aer Lingus	EI3806
29-4		H0204308649	Hertz @ Airport
29		102886305	Prestonfield House	Prestonfield Rd Edinburgh EH16 5UT UK
30			Crolinnhe	37 Grange Rd, Fort William PH33 6JH
31-2			Wilmar BnB	Wilmar Bed and Breakfast Carbost Isle of Skye IV47 8SR
2-Sep			Greshornesh	Greshornish House, Edinbane, Isle of Skye, IV51 9PN
3-Sep	Edinbrugh
4-Sep	Leave 11:35 am / Arrive 4:35pm	FMESC7	Flybe - Edinburgh to Bergerac	BE764 /  BE3645
4-Sep	4-11	Discover France - Bike Tour	La Metairie	Mauzac, France
5-Sep			Les Glycines	Les Eyzies de Tayac
6-Sep			Hotel le Renoir	Sarlat
7-Sep			Pont de I'Ouysse	Lacave
8-Sep			Les Esclargies	Rocamadour
9-Sep			Va Villa Romaine	Carsac-Aillac
10-Sep			Clement V	Belves
11-Sep	Leave 3:25pm / Arrive 4:10 pm	VNBT5P	Bergerac to Stansted
11-Sep		EMHBEW	Horley	1 Spiers Way, Horley, Surrey RH6 7NY
12-Sep	Leave 11:20 am / Arrive 2:05 PM

 

 

I bet this excel sheet copy and paste shows AWFUL  

Edited August 19, 2016 by trottigy

[Musky]

Wow, three weeks! I'm very jealous. Who is taking care of Zoe? 

[trottigy]

I have a work mate that regularly watches Zoey when we are gone. He'll love it there. He sleeps in the bed with them (not so with us) and they feed him scraps from the table ( shh don't tell Debbie).

[rocket]

28 minutes ago, trottigy said:

I have a work mate that regularly watches Zoey when we are gone. He'll love it there. He sleeps in the bed with them (not so with us) and they feed him scraps from the table ( shh don't tell Debbie).

 

I hope they are careful with table scraps as it is easy to overdose a small dog on sodium. One potato chip has enough salt to start kidney damage. French frys and chicken skin are all no no's.

[carlos]

That sounds like a wonderful trip, Jerry.

 

Do you have plans for London? There are brothers who organize tours in the British Museum and they are superb. Also, if you have a chance, don't miss the Stables Market in Camden. That's my favorite area in London besides the museum.

 

It will be an unforgettable vacation.

[Poly Ester]

Yes Carlos is right Camden market is great. ..amazing place.  Just watch your wallet lol

[trottigy]

5 hours ago, anniebea said:

Yes Carlos is right Camden market is great. ..amazing place.  Just watch your wallet lol

I didn't know about Camden. We'll add that in between fist bumps with the Queen and the museum.

[trottigy]

16 hours ago, carlos said:

That sounds like a wonderful trip, Jerry.

 

Do you have plans for London? There are brothers who organize tours in the British Museum and they are superb. Also, if you have a chance, don't miss the Stables Market in Camden. That's my favorite area in London besides the museum.

 

It will be an unforgettable vacation.

How do I setup the tour with the brothers? Is there a cost? 

[rocket]

Hope you have a great time.

[carlos]

4 hours ago, trottigy said:

How do I setup the tour with the brothers? Is there a cost? 

This is the one I know:

http://www.meander.co.uk

They have a cost, I think it was 5 pounds per person.

 

But I see there are several others that offer different tours at different prices:

http://www.bible-tours.co.uk/british-museum-grand-tour.php

http://www.betheltours.org/britishmuseumtours.php

 

All of them require booking in advance. In general, the tours are on Saturday morning. But even if you don't have a chance to be there on Saturday or if you don't want to pay, there are non-JW volunteers who offer free tours of every section at different times. I did the Assyrian one and I absolutely recommend it.

[trottigy]

On 8/12/2016 at 3:10 AM, carlos said:

Thanks Carlos 

[trottigy]

Doing a run thru of packing this afternoon to make sure we didn't forget anything and while we still have time to purchase stuff.    

Edited August 20, 2016 by trottigy

[Mykyl]

Shame you couldn't come to Fife and head to where I am. Then you could give me a slap for some of the posts I have made here over my time here. 

Edited August 20, 2016 by Mykyl

[trottigy]

14 minutes ago, Mykyl said:

Shame you couldn't come to Fife and head to where I am. Then you could give me a slap for some of the posts I have made here over my time here. 

 

 

hey, I am giving a link to this thread to some work mates of mine. As this is a public portion of our site, they'll be able read the posts and see pictures AND I won't need to post in more than one place.

 

They aren't members so they won't be able to post, just read. I hope they'll email if they want to chat. I'll still check my work email to "fondly" think of work. . 

[trottigy]

have to do a little preaching before our trip.

 

Of course, we

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[hatcheckgirl]

Have a great trip Jerry! I'll travel vicariously though your posts and pics

[carlos]

Jerry, it would be a good idea to bring a couple of plug adapters. But you can buy them anywhere so it's not a problem if you forget.

 

These plugs are used in UK and Ireland:

 

And these are the standard in France and most of Southern Europe:

 

Voltage in Europe is 220 V / 50 Hz (US is 110 V / 60 Hz), but most chargers for laptops, tablets and phones can work with the different voltage.

 

[trottigy]

I got 2 adapters from Amazon already.  

 

I even picked up a nice battery backup.

 

https://www.amazon.com/LifeCHARGE-Portable-External-Battery-Smartphones/dp/B00KMEPUI6

[trottigy]

How many shoes do you need?

[Friends just call me Ross]

7 minutes ago, trottigy said:

How many shoes do you need?

Easy on and off for airport security check...comfy for all that touring, durable for the biking and hiking and classy for the queen. Four pair. 

 

Have a safe fun sojourn across the pond!. Keep track of all the congregations you get to visit.  Oops, make that five pair. . One for meetings.

[Poly Ester]

Jerry is stopping off in Ireland ;-)

[bohemian]

So you get the flight to Heathrow from Atlanta?  VS 116 Virgin Atlantic.  Are tou on the Delta flight from Vegas to Atlanta? Do you know which terminal you should arrive at in Heathrow?

I could welcome you with a sign held up and your name on it and we could have a coffee before you get off on your way.  Are you getting the tube to your flat?  Holborn is the nearest tube station, that is still Piccadilly Line straight from the airport.

edit: I just checked and you are due to land at Terminal 3.  

Edited August 22, 2016 by bohemian
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[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, bohemian said:

I could welcome you with a sign held up and your name on it and we could have a coffee before you get off on your way.

I planned your day using emoticons...

 

"Hey Jerry!"

"Good Coffee"

 "It was so nice meeting you" 

 "Have a safe trip"

 

[RaymondG]

The English language meeting at Bergerac on September 11 is at 10am, IIRC, JW.org will confirm the time...

 

Look down this lane...

 

 

...for the Kingdom Hall...

 

 

...and say 'hello' to some of the brothers and sisters I met there in May... then again, your itinerary seems to say you won't be there at that time of the day. What a shame!

 

 

But I would also implore you to visit this cutest of all Kingdom Halls:

 

 

...where a lovely congregation of about 35 with broad accents meet. It's at Hexham, near Hadrian's Wall and not far from Newcastle. Unfortunately I think your itinerary says you're wasting the opportunity and flying right over it instead.

[bohemian]

I am at the airport and Jerry's flight has just landed.  I really hope I don't miss him'