Monday 9 June 2014

Around The World in 80 Friends...



 '1972. Monarch Airline's Boeing 720B en route to Pula (in then Yugoslavia) from Luton Airport, England. Delayed so late into the night, we saw dawn on landing.' - Nigel & Virginia Vivian.


 'October 2002. Flying over Mount Pinatubo. This is the volcano that erupted in 1991 and hastened the US military departure from the Philippines.' -Tim Layman.


 'July 2012. Grainy Manhattan sunset. Stonking hot day, 38 degrees C. Landed 8 hours later in Manchester to torrential rain. Classic.' -Shaun Lowthian.


 'February 2010. Calgary Alberta, Canada. I left a balmy, humid summers day in Aukland, New Zealand and got home to -35 degrees C.' - Jessica Fremont.


 'Summer 2012. The London Olympic Stadium taken from a Virgin Atlantic plane coming back from Chicago during the olympics.' - Lloydie James Lloyd.


 'November 2013. Approach to Dublin from London. Liz Peters and I were our way to Ireland's first Improv Festival to perform and teach with the Maydays. It was an absolute blast.' - Me.


'March 2014. JFK, New York. Delta plane bound for London. Never have I boarded a plane so reluctantly.' - Me.


 'April 2013. Ryanair. To Dublin!' - Katy Schutte.


'2013. Flying from San Francisco to San Diego. My first American tour. What sky!' - Adam Hayes


'December 2013. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Onwards to Vietnam! Honeymoon odometer at 10, 086 miles by this point.' - Lewis Harrison-Barker


'June 2012. Gatwick to Antalya, Turkey. This is the south coast of England, the channel and a bit of France I think.' - Jason Guy.


'July 2014, Charles De Gualle airport. It was 5am, I was juggling a hangover with a pulled ham-string from winning an egg and spoon race...' - Jules Munns.



'October 2014. Salt Lake at sunset. Is it silly that I arrived in Salt Lake City four days after watching Book of Mormon?' - Rachel Lyons.



'25 May, 2014. Flying from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. Found out that Raspberry Lemon Drop cocktails are the most delicious drinks.' - Claire Kielczewska.





'October 2014. Amsterdam to London.' - Sarah Fletcher.




'October 2014. For your collection. Flying home from Lanzarote. You can just about see the shore line in the sun's refection.' - Anand Rao



'November 2014. Barcelona to Gatwick after Big If Improv festival. I got the time completely wrong - the flight was leaving an hour later than I thought. So I managed to catch a few Z's in the duty free area, bought a dirty McDonalds and read a few chapters of my book.' - Jason Blackwater.




'November 2014. Dublin to London. I had a very decadent morning - a mulled rum before midday! I was walking through the Christmas market in Dublin and I realised if I didn't want to buy mulled drinks and sausages for all my presents then I shouldn't be in a Christmas market as that's all they sell. But they feel cuddly and festive. I heart Christmas!' - Liz Peters.



'March 2015. En route to Latvia from London. Reading an amazing book which explains air through describing scientific breakthroughs. Really nicely written.' - Sarah Fletcher.




'February 2015. London to Dublin. I discovered the power of the neck pillows and read about the third Everest expedition.' - Jules Munns.



'Earlier this year. Landing in South Carolina to meet my Grandfather for the first time. I made a muppet version of him.' - Emma Frankland.


'April 2015. Flying from London to Vietnam. My suitcase got lost in transit in Abu Dhabi when we switched planes. It was half full of things for my sister and niece. When I arrived in Vietnam I had to wear my sister's clothes and hope for it's safe arrival!' - Henri Roe.


'March 2015. Flying from San Jose to Anaheim, California. I was en route to hang out with improv buddies in Orange County. It was possibly the worst flight of my life. Horrendous turbulence. Aborted landing. People screaming, crying and praying... and I elbowed the passenger next to me, lol!' - Neil Curran.



'May 2015. We flew from London to Barcelona to escape the election results in the UK. And we saw a man dressed as an inflatable penis.' - Do Not Adjust Your Stage gang.




'April 2015. I took this on the way to visit my niece in Atlanta. It's looking south on the lower half of Manhattan with the glaring abomination called Times Square being prominent. Brooklyn on the left and New Jersey is on the right.' - Tim Layman.


'June 2015. About to take off for Chicago. We are double yolk eggs for breakfast at 5.45am.' - Katy & Tony



'Granada 2015. Our land lady in Granada told us that the clouds were actually secret military anti-gravity devices...' - Emma Frankland.

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