Going to London

I'm in the process of booking a trip to London so that I can visit some family and friends.

I've seen rather a lot of my London based relatives recently, unfortunately it's been at funerals so it wasn't the best of circumstances.

Anyway, back to the travel booking conversation:

The train was my first 'port' of call. It's my favourite way to travel, having, what I consider to be, a good balance between convenience and environmental considerations.

It is also the most expensive by quite some way.

Even flights with BA to London City airport (probably the most expensive carrier going to probably the most expensive airport?) is a fair bit cheaper. How can this be? It's simply NOT cheaper to run an aeroplane to London than it is a train. It can't be - air travel is massively less efficient than train travel, so what's going on? Even with all the surcharges levied against the airlines and all the subsidies given to the train operators, why can't the train companies compete?

So, having decided that my financial concerns were trumped by my immediate financial problems, I decided to take a BA flight to City. This would be my first short-haul flight in 25 years so I didn't feel TOO bad.

But it turns out I need a passport or some other official ID to board the flight. I have a provisional driving license (the photo type) but no passport.

Actually, ignore all that - I just phoned BA and no ID is required for domestic travel. D'oh!

In my defence, I'm not a fan of air travel and my sister fibbed to me. Ho-hum, I live and learn.

Now to see if I can manage to book a flight on-line. With my luck (well, with my stupidity) I'll end up booking a flight to Marrakesh.

Or the moon.

Wish me luck :)

(Oh, and the 'flight' part of the cost for a return flight booked a month in advance is twelve pounds - the rest (£79.40) is fees - how can BA afford to sell seats for six pounds?!)