no travel plans for ths year unfortunately as house needed new front door and the central heating fixed which took a good chunk of our annual budget for holidays
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You have probably asked this before but what part of Scotland are you moving to? I think it is a beautiful country but of course Iām biased!
Hopefully Bearsden or Milngavie.
The latter has a pretty decent train service into Glasgow.
It is very beautiful although Iām going to have to harden up as far as the climate is concerned 
Suburbs of Glasgow. Not bad! I donāt think the weather is much different. Go further north to Fort William for the rainā¦ where my father was brought up was the Outer Hebrides. That had the mild climate from the Gulf Stream.
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Stayed at the mill house in rutherglen many many years ago and a story that goes with it
So tell it ?
I already have done a couple of times before a long time ago, maybe on the old site as it was. see pm or my post on old site dated 21-07-2021,
As itā came out in the 1960s, donāt ask me as to exactly why, but I just love the 747 aeroplane. The humble jumbo jet.
Travel experiences: Well, my first trip was solo between two countries, in the 80s before I bought my first car. Absolutely excellent experience. It was the trip of a lifetime. The airline which gave me this amazing opportunity is now defunct but what a trip!
My second time on a 747 was with an arrival date which was very sad for the whole world, Diana Princess of Wales funeral day.
The cars werenāt available as everything had been rented. So, two taxis to take all of us to Kingās Cross Station.
Then onto a train to our temporary lodging. Fortnight and then into our new abode. The furnishings portion was fun.
As you can see I havenāt been travelling much. Itāll be 26 years since my last flight in my favourite aeroplane. Since 9/11, I wouldnāt dare getting in any planes. Along with the requirements nowadays since Pandemic, itās a refusal there as well.
Regardless, I still have the trains here in the UK and if memory serves, itās a ferry from East coast of Scotland to go over to Europe.
Nevertheless, my aeroplane travelling days are over and Iāll cherish those memories. Too bad that the copilot wings that I was given by the copilot were taken by a relative, now thatās missing terribly.
Iād watch all the Airport films with Joe Patroni played by George Kennedy. Therefore, the copilot on my first solo trip, as Iād got the chance for a private cockpit visit, ask me a ton of questions.
Apparently, these were part of the final exam and Iād graduate with flying colours. According to them, I knew all the procedures for takeoff, landing and emergencies. Hence why I was given a set of wings.
I was very proud but as mentioned they were stolen 
I too thought the 747 was the beeās knees. It certainly made a big difference on long haul flights from Australia to the UK.
I flew to Australia in 1966 on a Qantas 707 as a 19 year old. The journey took nearly 48 hours and thinking back it was hell. I donāt think that these days the 707 would be thought of as suitable for flying between Sydney and Adelaide never mind half way around the world.
The plane had to refuel every few hours so it was constantly stopping:
London > Amsterdam > Munich .> Rome > Athens > Istanbul > Tehran > Karachi > New Dehli > Dacca > Bangkok > Singapore > Darwin > Sydney (I think that is right)
In Dacca the Bangladesh conflict had just ended and the airport buildings had been destroyed so we had to stay on the plane while it refuelled (after it had negotiated shell and bomb holes in the tarmac).
Leaving Singapore the Indonesian emergency was in progress and the plane was not allowed to overfly Indonesian territory so immediately after take off it did the most amazing banking manoeuvre where ādownā felt to be somewhere over to one side of the aircraft (hard to explain but very odd)
Darwin Airport facilities was basically a large corrugated iron shed as I recall.
There was no in flight entertainment other than a film shown on a screen at the front of the section, no free drinks just very basic food.
You can understand why, when I returned to the UK in 1968, I travelled by ship on P&Oās Himalaya
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Whoa! Thatās a load of takeoffs and landings. I donāt mind the takeoffs but dislike the landings. Just feel much better when flying.
Currently watching David Copperfield TV specials on YouTube. Man that flying big he did in 1992 I thinkā¦ Goddess me I wish I could lol!
So, youāre still in the UK or Australia?
Sue and I have travelled around a bit to places like Tunisia- Spain- Brazil x2 -USA x2- China- Japan - Egypt- Sicily- Norwayx2- Denmark- Russia- Latvia- Iceland -Fareo Isles and possibly more left out. not to forget to mention cruising to the carribean- twice times doing the mediterranean sea bit and several European countries.
I promised to upload pics and short clips of my recent hols - hereās an example of an āAfricanā forest. 
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Off on another cruise in a couple of months, our third since I retired and have booked a few weeks in Florida for next year. Canāt wait.
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Why are you invisible Graham?
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Returned to the the Red Centre of Australia for one last look at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Kings Canyon
Even managed to get a snap of my car enhancing Uluru with its beauty and magnificance
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We did it all a few years ago.Nice to see it again.On the first night there was a lot of rain and Ulurur was a gigantic waterfall.So we walked around it, not up.We also had a balloon trip organized but that was cancelled.Weāll have to go back.
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Fantastic photos Bruceā¦ā¦
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Rain on the Rock is something to behold, the previous time I went it rained the night before I arrived so we saw waterfalls off Uluru. Definitely a rare occurrence and something you are very lucky to experience.
What was amazing (and in my opinion as memorable) was returning home a few days later to see how the desert had bloomed after the rain and was a carpet of colour. The change was incredible
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Sorry, I was trying something out with avatars. 
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I have commented on a few more travels. The North Sea a few times, the Shetland Islands, Isle of Wight, and Outer Hebrides. .