Epigonos Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) Well I'm off to Merry Ole England in two hours. I'm doing a two week tour of the great country houses of England. I decided to splurge and am flying Business/First Class. At 81, soon to be 82, I'm too damn old to sit in the cramped economy seats for ten hours. Am traveling with Albion Tour which really does a great job with these type of tours. Will return home on 09/16. Have fun guys and stay well and safe Edited September 2, 2022 by Epigonos + Midwestern Guy, + Summerson, + m_writer and 16 others 8 2 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, Epigonos said: Well I'm off to Merry Ole England in two hours. I'm doing a two week tour of the great country houses of England. I decided to splurge and am flying Business/First Class. At 81, soon to be 82, I'm too damn old to sit in the cramped economy seats for ten hours. Am travel with Albion Tour which really does a great job with these type of tours. Will return home on 09/16. Have fun guys and stay well and safe Bon voyage, mon ami! Sounds like a great tour. I can't but agree about avoiding economy air travel if one can. Hope it's a nice airline! + Axiom2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Ace Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Enjoy, my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, mike carey said: Hope it's a nice airline! Looks like it's AA, BA, UA or Virgin Atlantic if it's non-stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epigonos Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 It is a non-stop flight. I'm flying United Polaris Class. United has a special Lounge at LAX for Polaris Class International flyers only. Supposed to be great. I'll know whether fact or fiction in a couple of hours. mike carey, + Summerson and + Vegas_Millennial 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsc Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Enjoy the experience and know how I envy you. Pip pip, cheerio, and all that rot, and say hi to Her Maj for me if you run into her, although I think she'll be in Scotland for a while. samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Pensant Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Have a great time; I know you will. I’m heading to Portugal for a month on September 13. Can’t wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ leo2510 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Congrats, I'm SO jealous! My family was all set for a Baltic Sea cruise, in May 2020 - not tough to figure how that turned out. Now, with one brother deceased and Mom an inmate in an Alzheimer's care unit, family travels are a thing of the past- I still do my solo trips, but I'd give anything for the brothers and me to take Mom somewhere interesting. I've always enjoyed Ireland, and Scotland and the North of England is on my short list. Also, a month in Portugal in the autumn sounds like Heaven! + Pensant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Moderator's Note Gentlemen, let's keep this thread for Epigonos to report on his excellent adventure and for us to talk about it and display our envy. Take any further discussions about airlines, lounges and other destinations to the Travel Desk Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ glutes Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 coriolis888, Spursy, Luv2play and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I was in Paris the day after 9 -11. Glad I took several tours to the World WAr sites. Usually I am not A fan of tours So learned something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 9 hours ago, coriolis888 said: Sorry if you feel my posts were in the wrong area of the forum. My comment was to forestall a continued discussion about airlines in general, not the discussion, including yours, about Epigonos' vacation. Sorry I didn't make that clearer. I replied to your two posts elsewhere. Here's a link so that others can still read what you had said, as I'm sure Epigonos will find it useful. MscleLovr and RealAvalon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MscleLovr Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I hope you’ve packed for some rainy weather @Epigonos. The Summer that just ended is officially the joint warmest and driest on record. But this week’s forecast shows there is a cool front moving E from the Atlantic as well as rain moving N from France. Temperatures remain above the seasonal average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epigonos Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Well, I am home again, safe and sound, after a wonderful and “most eventful” trip to England. I was touring Sandringham, Queen Elizabeth II’s, Christmas Holiday estate when it was announced that her health was “delicate.” In fact, she died while I was at Sandringham, but the official announcement was not made until our group was on the way back to the hotel. Once the announcement was made both Balmoral and Sandringham closed for the duration of the ten days of mourning. Outside of Edinburgh and London there was not a great deal of evidence of her death. However, many of the major churches; York Minster for example closed except for people to sign condolence books. I brought back several days of London newspapers at the request of friends. United Polaris Class made the ten plus hour trips much more comfortable. The United ground staff went to great lengths to be of assistance getting me checked-in and through security. The Polaris Lounge in Los Angeles was outstanding, and the regular United Lounge in London was excellent thought not of the caliber of the one in L.A. This trip has convinced me that in the future I will, on long flights, be traveling Business Class only. Edited September 17, 2022 by Epigonos thomas, + Vegas_Millennial, mike carey and 11 others 7 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ glutes Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 1:12 PM, Epigonos said: Well I'm off to Merry Ole England in two hours. I'm doing a two week tour of the great country houses of England. I decided to splurge and am flying Business/First Class. At 81, soon to be 82, I'm too damn old to sit in the cramped economy seats for ten hours. Am traveling with Albion Tour which really does a great job with these type of tours. Will return home on 09/16. Have fun guys and stay well and safe This was one of Epi's last posts. I'm sure he's in Polaris class on his way to Heaven! RIP Brother. + Just Sayin, + Vegas_Millennial, + azdr0710 and 8 others 2 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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