I can dream ...

watching BBC 2's Coast, I was reminded that I haven't been to the north east of Scotland for many, many years, and had forgotten just bleak and beautiful it is.

a quick check on Easyjet's web site reveals we can get return trips from Bristol to Inverness for about £35 *each* in mid October. I wonder if we can sneak a week off ...

boo to biometrics

perlmonger's passport was due for renewal in October and, inspired by Pledgebank, he signed up to renew it today.

and although mine doesn't actually expire until 2010, I decided to say "soddit" and send mine off for renewal too, thus wasting four years' worth (I get 9 months "credit" on the new one, I think), but neatly avoiding having to get a biometric one for another ten years.

take *that*, Clarkey.