Saturday, August 7, 1999
The Plan:
Reality:
Sunny
10:00 wake up
11:00 leave for Logan
13:45 takeoff
Enjoyed in-flight channel
13, the "You are here" channel.
Constantly updated with
altitude (39k) and velocity (550-650 mph).
Also, exterior temperature
(-20 - -61)
Tail wind ranged from
+105 to -26.
Brunch is Sausage, Bacon,
Scrambled Eggs.
18:00 Finish "The Club Dumas" by Arturo
Pérez-Reverte
18:01 Start "The Case of the Buried Clock"
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Snack is pastrami and
cheese.
20:10 landed at Heathrow
20:20 disembarked, it's nearly 80 degrees
and sticky, so am I
20:30 passport control
20:40 bureau du change
20:50 baggage claim
20:52 nothing to declare
20:55 validate BritRail pass
21:00 board heathrow express for paddington
21:04 depart
21:19 paddington
21:22 figure out and buy 2 one way trips
in zone one
21:25 catch Bakerloo line for Charing Cross
21:55 arrive at Charing Cross
22:02 find track where half-hourly train
to Sevenoaks just left
22:03 Burger King
22:30 depart Charing Cross for Sevenoaks
in First Class
23:00 arrive in Sevenoaks
23:02 find "The Moorings Hotel"
23:30 can't get hot water in shower, make
due
24:00 read self to sleep, finished book