This is the second of a series of blog postings from Clare Bottle, who will be telling us about her travels in Zambia - supported by transport charity Transaid - to see what the transport industry is like out there:
Today was a series of journeys and goodbyes. Thank you to my lovely husband for dropping me off at Warrington Bank Quay railway station to take the train to Euston (Virgin Pendolino, of course). It was drizzling in London, but that’s nothing compared to the rainy season in Zambia, so I shrugged it off and nipped over the road into the Transaid office to say my final farewells to Chantelle and Erin. London Underground’s Northern and Piccadilly lines were both uneventful. Ed and Nick met me for lunch in London (Happy Birthday Ed!).
My final goodbye was from my son, Alex, who had come all the way to Heathrow with me to see me off. Last, but not least, thank you to BA and BAA whose schedule to serve African destinations from Terminal 5 doesn’t come into effect until the end of April. Terminal 4 was operating like clockwork so Friday 28th March ended with me and all my luggage departing on the same plane, en route for Lusaka...
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Clare Bottle is a freelance logistics specialist, with experience and market knowledge in storage, packaging and transport; she is also a Board Director and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK.