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January was dark and cold so February gives us a chance to experience new things, like being cold and slightly less dark.
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Long Haul

“What even is deep vein thrombosis?” I mused while printing off boarding passes. How quickly does it set in and are the special socks expensive? What’s special about them? Could I just use normal socks with Vick’s rubbed on the inside? These and other reasonable questions floated in front of me at 10:30 on a Thursday evening. The Thursday evening before my first long haul excursion to the other side of the Western World. Having never left the EU physically (politically is a more long-winded discussion and I don’t have the time or the side of a bus to explain it to you), I was excited but trepidatious

You’d be forgiven for assuming I’m scared of flying but zooming thousands of feet in the air at 500 MPH in a tin can full of ‘other people's farts’ isn’t what concerns me; I'm more worried about delays than disaster. Mercifully, upon arriving at Glasgow Airport I found there were no such delay expected. I strode up-to the check in desk, suitcase in hand, with a dream in my heart, but the woman behind the counter didn’t share my level of excitement as it was 6AM. I knew it was that time not by checking the clock but by the tone in which she responded to my ‘Good Morning’. I won’t explicitly name the company but I will say the reputation of United Kingdom Airlines differs from my own experience.  

My schedule was simple: Glasgow to London, London to Chicago. In the air over the UK the view was stunning, flying with the sun skimming the coffee foam clouds. I could see the appeal of just staying in the sky forever, above the the storms.

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