We've just returned, refreshed/exhausted, from a thoroughly splendid 2 weeks in the UK. In our little black VW Golf we covered almost 1600 miles, traversing the whole country - stopping in York, Aberdeen, Glasgow, York and Cambridge. On the way we saw many people, ate some chocolate, saw some more people and ate some delicious food. As I go through the photos and upload them to the internets over the next few days, I will try and recall what we got up to. In the meantime, here is what we saw at Heathrow Airport this morning (spoiler alert - I am the new Doctor Who and Bluet is my companion)
I don't know if you are interested in finding a new travel companion to join you on your voyages, but if you are, from experience I can recommend Bluet.* Want proof? Here are some pics from our recent trip to Missouri.
*that is, if you want a travel companion who sleeps, wakes up, eats, then sleeps again, rather than one who talks to you and carries your bags. Also, I was hoping that we would get to be the 'families with small children can board the plane now' (one of the big perks of having children, I'd always assumed) but apparently Mr A. Airlines doesn't do this. They didn't offer to show us the cockpit either, which was also a bit disappointing, for me if not for her.
On the way out:
baby's first cab ride, 4.30AM; asleep
Checking in at the airport; asleep
On the way home:
Up, up in the air; asleep
At the end of the flight, the lady behind us got up to get her bag from the overhead locker, looked over and exclaimed, quite surprisedly, 'Oh, I didn't even realise there was a baby travelling in front of me' which just goes to show how good (i.e. quiet) Bluet was the whole way.
PS she didn't quite sleep all the time - here is a vid of her playing on the floor at St Louis Airport whilst we waited to board our slightly delayed plane.
My brother is currently waiting for Bluet's cousin to be born, so has plenty of time on his hands, it seems. So he did these mock ups which seem to me pretty accurate portrayals of Bluet's future - it's as if he has a time machine!
Bluet makes diving catch, becomes youngest World Series winner
Bluet to the rescue, preventing Maradonna's cheating, 1986
