London - Tamworth ... for the Snowdome - again ...

thinking of travelling to Tamworth to try out the Snowdome on Sunday 25th March ...

thetrainline.com gives the price of singles at 33.30 gbp for most of the trains that day - apart from the 08.30 departure, arriving in Birmingham at 10:55, with the connecting bus arriving in Tamworth at 12:05 ...

sometimes singles to a major town are cheaper than connecting journeys or those to smaller towns, but singles to birmingham are all 34 gbp, apart from the same 08:30 departure which is 13.50 gbp ...

virgintrains.co.uk has the same prices for these journeys ...

countries visited map ...

PassportStamp.com is a useful way of recording which countries you've visited, and listing all your trips ... for posterity ...

it also produces a useful map showing where you've been ... and where's left !

easter ski trip to Flims ?

looking for somewhere within a reasonable distance of Zurich airport [already found reasonable priced flights] ...

Flims looks like a good location - it is about 90 minutes drive, has a reasonably snow record, and there are other resorts within a short drive, in case of poor conditions on the local mountains ... and it even has "backpacker" accommodation ...

the price of flights would be approximately 170 gbp

the price of car hire would be approximately 35 gbp per person

the price of accommodation and breakfast could be as little as 84 gbp

the price of the top ski and boot hire would approximately 100 gbp

and the price of the lift pass would be approximately 82 gbp

so the total price, before petrol, dinner and alcohol would be 470 gbp

car hire - zurich airport - 4 days ...

looking for a car with space for 4 adults and a reasonable amount of baggage, to collect from zurich airport on the evening of thursday 5th april, for 4 days ...


the best price directly from the car hire companies seems to be Hertz who have a Ford Focus for 173 gbp ...

although Holiday Autos [owned by Lastminute.com] have a Ford Mondeo Estate for 141 gbp ...

ski trip over easter ...

looking to fly out of heathrow on the evening of thursday 5th april, returning to any london airport on the evening of monday 9th april ...

Switzerland

Swiss.com have a flight to Zurich departing at 19:45 - 22:45 for 15 gbp, and a return flight into LCY departing at 18:35 - 19:20 is 92.50 gbp, totalling 169 gbp including taxes [they do not sell singles at sensible prices]

ba.com has a flight to Zurich departing at 15:50 - 18:30 for 82 gpb [the last flight is 209 gbp], with a return flight into LCY at 19:30 - 20:10 for 164 gbp, totalling 241 gbp including taxes ...

ba.com has a flight to Basel departing at 19:05 - 21:45 for 110 gbp, with a return flight departing at 18:05 - 18:50 for 125 gbp, totalling 233.50 gbp including taxes ...

Swiss.com flies to Geneva from LCY, and the return flights on Monday evening are a whopping 247.50 gbp plus tax !

ba.com has a flight to Geneva departing at 20:50 - 23:20 for 215 gbp, with a return flight into LGW at 18:25 - 19:00 for 215 gbp, totalling an eye watering 422 gbp including taxes !

Swiss.com flies to Basel from LCY, and the return flight on Monday evening is a whopping 243.50 gbp plus tax !!

Swiss.com flies to Berne from LCY, and the return flight on Monday evening is a whopping 285 gbp plus tax !!!

France

ba.com have flights to Lyon for 302 gbp each way, totalling 603 gbp including taxes ...

flybmi.com don't have any flights to Lyon on the Thursday, and their flight on the Monday is at lunchtime ...

airfrance.co.uk don't have any direct flights to Lyon on either day ...

ba.com doesn't have any flights to Grenoble on either the Thursday or the Monday ...

Italy

ba.com have a flight to Milan Malpensa departing at 19:25 - 22:20 for 117 gbp, with the return departing at 18:55 - 19:55 for 132 gbp, totalling 244 gbp including taxes ...

alitalia.co.uk has a flight to Milan Malpensa departing at 17:40 - 20:35, with a return departing at 18:00 - 19:05 for 249 gbp, totalling 249 gbp including taxes ...

flybmi.com only have flights to Venice at lunchtime on both days ...

Germany

ba.com has a flight to Munich departing at 17:25 - 20:20 for 115 gbp, with a return departing at 21:15 - 22:15 for 130 gbp, totalling 245 gbp including taxes ...

lufthansa.co.uk flights to Munich departing Thursday evening and returning Monday evening cost a very unreasonable 365 gbp ...

lufthansa.co.uk has a flight to Stuttgart departing at 18:40 - 21:15, with the return departing at 16:30 - 17:20 for 218 gbp including taxes ...

ba.com has a flight to Stuttgart departing at 20:05 - 22:40 for 111 gbp, with a return departing at 19:05 - 19:50 for 126 gbp, totalling 237 gbp including taxes ...


Austria - there doesn't seem to be any flights from LHR to Salzburg or Innsbruck

johannesburg to port elizabeth ...

looking to travel from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth around saturday 5th may ...

1time.co.za only has 1 flight on the Sat [just before midday] for 399 ZAR [28 gbp], and 1 on the Sun for the same price ...

flysaa.com has 4 flights on the Sat each for 433 ZAR [31 gbp], and 5 flights on the Sun, 2 of which are 433 ZAR, and the last flight is 331 ZAR [23 gbp] ...

flynationwide.co.za has a single flight on the Sat for 473 ZAR [33 gbp] and 2 on the Sun for 416 ZAR [approx 29 gbp] ...

kulula.co.za has a flight on the Sat afternoon for 469 ZAR [33 gbp], and another in the morning for 499 ZAR [35 gbp], with 2 on the Sun for 469 ZAR and another for 499 ZAR ...

ba.com has 2 flights on the Sat and 3 on the Sun for 614 ZAR [43 gbp] ...