Some effects of the bomb plot which are of parochial interest:
- The Stop Stansted Expansion campaign has just won. No one is going to want to travel on a plane without any form of distraction, unless in a wondow seat. Ryanair will counter this with onboard stocks of books, deafening television/video and so forth, for which they will charge. But the time of cheap and marginally enjoyable flights is over.
- Maybe, just maybe, Eurotunnel will escape from bankruptcy. It has just become preferable to air travel as the way to get to Paris, Lille, Brussels, and infintely preferable as a route to further destinations, especiually for families with children.
- Bang goes the market for French second homes.
Just when I’d got into the habit of always, always taking the Creative Muvo along to shut out idiotic conversation. Now what to do? What’s the English term for that wax stuff you roll into balls and stuff in the ears? But that has to look daft.
words cannot express how glad i am that i just got the trip to take the daughter to the inlaws out of the way.
They’re not going to keep this up, are they?