WE'RE OFF TO ENGLAND.......OPPS, NO WE'RE NOT

After months of planning, reservations and deposits made, we were headed off to England for 5 weeks.  The plans included a 12 day walk on the Cleveland Way, then a rental car for the rest of the trip with stays in B&B's in various locations.  We're all set, Right?..............Not if British Air has anything to say about it.

Turns out the pilots decided to go on strike.  And for how long is this strike you ask?  It's only three days and those days are not consecutive.  Huh?  Yep, that how they strike in the UK, a day here, a day there.  As luck would have it one of the days they picked was September 9th.  Well we were leaving on the 8th, so we should be good to go.  Nope, not so fast.  You see, we leave on the 8th, but we would still be in the air on the 9th and rather than having the pilots just leave the cockpit mid-flight, our flight was cancelled.  Oh, British Air said that they would re-book us, but since they were on strike the 9th, we couldn't get re-booked until the 10th......maybe.  That would mean that we would arrive on the 11th, the day we were to check in to our first lodging at the start of our walk, in Northern England.  Well, that was impossible and with 12 nights of hotels and B&B's booked for each night of our walk, that just sucked.  So we decided to cancel.  There's always next year, right?

Anyway, British Air is refunding our tickets and because they couldn't get us there in time, they have to give us $700 each for the convenience.  We've got trip insurance, so we should be reimbursed for lost deposits.  The outfit that set up our walk refunded half their charges and trip insurance will pick up the rest.  So, on the bright side, we'll be $1400 ahead once everything gets paid back.

What to do now?  You guessed it, we'll hook up the RV and get out of town.  We leave in a week and figured we might make it to New Orleans, since we cancelled going there last year.  Since Winnipeg, Canada is on the way, if you take the long route, we will stop in there for a visit with my fellow pilgrim Len and his wife Janet.  Minnesota sounds interesting in the Fall, perhaps some kayaking in one of the 10,000 lakes.  Of course our Grandson left for collage last week, so we'll have to swing by the University of Wyoming on the way a pay him a visit.  And who knows where we'll end up.  That  folks, is why its called, Gassaway's Adventures.

Stay tuned.........................