tapewolf

Tuesday, 2nd July My usual strategy with flying to Anthrocon means taking a flight in the morning.  Not at an ungodly hour, but the airports tend to be far enough away that travelling directly to them on the day is risky (I did do this for Anthrocon 2007 - never again!). Hence I will head out the day before and stop over at a hotel near the airport, which was the Manchester Premier Inn in this case.  The most memorable thing about it was that the air conditioning control board had been programmed to emit a soft chiming sound every 30 minutes, something I was only able to confirm definitively in the early hours.  Around 2am I shut down the p

Wednesday, 13th June, 2012 - arrival Wednesday was largely spent sitting in airports or on aircraft, and is probably not of much interest, though I managed to watch Young Frankenstein on the flight.  I flew from Manchester this time because it's slightly better to get to than Gatwick and I didn't much like Bristol, though it's far nearer than the other two. I found myself sitting next to Cuprohastes, who designs the layout for most of the Anthrocon stuff including the badges and custom hotel pass-keys.  The flight was about an hour late starting, so we were provided backup tickets for a later connecting flight, which came in very handy sinc

While I'm not planning to leave DA as many people here seem to have, I have to admit that I'm a lot less active here than I have been, in favour of FA. I do try to reply to everyone, but it's becoming less likely that you'll get a reply in the same month ;-) I will try to post my AC2011 journal here at some point, but right now, kind of distracted by my job situation.  I will probably have to make a difficult decision as to whether I want to carry on with what I have or take a leap of faith.  It's a very, very hard decision to make and I will definitely have regrets whichever way I choose. "The gate is fading now that opened wide But Joh