Today was the big overwater leg. Flew from St. Johns, Newfoundland in Canada, to an Air Force base in England. Due to airspace restrictions over Ireland, we had to fly all the way to the north tip of Scotland, then pretty much straight south to landing in the southern UK. The weather was great but with only a little of the tailwind we were hoping for. All told it took 7 ½ hours to cross the Atlantic, about a 1/3 longer than a jet, but a blink of an eye compared to our forefathers who could ONLY cross this expanse via ship using nothing but wind-power and faith.
One of the big surprises was how warm it was in England. The temperature on landing was 20 C, or about 68. We were in short sleeves all evening, only needing something warmer after the sun went down as we were walking back to the rooms after dinner.
Dinner was in a "famous" little English pub right off base called "The Bird in Hand." Lot’s of good beer and a delicious hard cider called "Strongbow." I had one of those and a Shepard’s Pie. A buddy made the mistake of ordering something advertised as "Nachos" but mostly it was NACHO Mexican in any stretch of the imagination.
2 comments:
Glad to hear you made it safely "across the pond"....will be doing it myself in another day, but hopefully in that fast jet you talked about! I will keep in mind the forefathers while I'm in flight...maybe it will make it seem shorter. Safe travels to Turkey!
England sounds nice, hopefully not as hot as it's been here, and stormy. I'll have to remember to stick with the traditional dishes and not try their international ones :)
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