Trev runs us up to Bristol airport over the Mendip Hills - not that you'd actually spot them as such. We vsee them from the air later, and they are more like a limestone ridge.  Down through Burrington Combe - a little gorge through the limestone cliffs.  Gorge is a relative term:  nothing to compare with say Arthur's pass and the Otira Gorge, but wild in a very British way.  Complete with caves - the endearingly named Wookey Hole is hereabouts.  
Bristol Airport itself sports a new and impressive terminal:  pipe space-frame construction with big, airy lounges underneath.  A lot of the budget airlines fly out of here:  to New York, Dublin and of course the Continent.  So a lot of activity.  We're on EasyJet - 35 quid each to Rome.  Even allowing for the dreadful exchange rate of the NZ Peso to the Pound, this is very cheap.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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