I woke up to one of my tentmates, Sam, finally arriving after losing luggage and having to sleep in another tent. Fortunately the luggage was later delivered by the airline so everyone in my tent now has their luggage! I got a pretty cold solar-heated shower and headed across to eat breakfast and collect my…

A very early start (3:50 alarm) to get on the flights to Washington. A convenient shuttle bus took me straight from the hotel to the airport at 5:00, and then I had a little while to kill before my first flight from Manchester to Heathrow at 8:40. As more and more Scouts arrived into the…

It turns out that there are 2 Manchester Airport Premier Inns… I initially built up my hopes and decided to try checking into the more modern-looking one… But obviously, by Sod’s law, I was in the older one. I guess this does mean I have the nicer view of the two! Made a quick trip…