Why fly?

I used to quite enjoy flying, but not for the last 10 years, it all seems like a pain now. However, travelling by sea can bring on sea-sickness[urk!]and if you want to get anywhere quickly it has to be by plane. Ditto if you want to get anywhere hot/warm in Autumn or Winter.We generally have a holiday abroad once a year, but didn't last year and I enjoyed staying in the UK.I think the airport makes a big difference though, if you can travel from a small airport like Bristol or Southampton, then the experience is much nicer.

Nothing would ever get me on an aeroplane again - I hate every moment of it!

And, to be honest, I think there is too much flying going on. We have the floods and other results of global warming all around us right now. The amount of fuel being burned is mind-boggling. We need to ration it a bit and get it down to reasonable levels. People need to be able to go and see their families and go on holidays of course, but maybe we have to accept we cannot do it as often. Economies are now based upon international travel, and we may need to bite the bullet and cut back a bit and have a rethink.

I love flying , part of the whole holiday experience !

My niece says that flying melts her bones! I think that describes my feelings exactly!

I understand it is different matter if it enables one to see family - we flew to Japan a few times to see DS1 - but I would happily never fly again!

I always feel that my holiday begins as soon as I'm in the departure lounge at the airport. I enjoy the anticipation of flying, marvel at occasional sights below (the Alps seen from above - wow!) and appreciate the speed of travel. I'm excited by flying.
When I was a little girl I used to walk through the fields in the summer to *Ringway Airport for a day out with my brothers. We would take jam butties, biscuits and a bottle of pop or water and imagine that we would one day fly to somewhere exotic, though I never truly believed that I would ever fly anywhere. Occasionally we would go up to the observation area and sometimes sit quietly in the lounge, (the security guards usually turned a blind eye to our presence and we were very well behaved). We used to sit and marvel at the enormous chandelier above our heads and the planes that seemed close enough to touch outside the huge windows.
I've flown in and out of Manchester airport several times now when visiting my mother, but last year I flew on holiday to Greece from Manchester and I suddenly remembered really vividly the feelings that I'd had there as a child and actually became quite emotional with feelings of nostalgia.
* Now Manchester International Airport.

Because it would take me six weeks to get to see DD1 &DD2, and six weeks to get home again. And I couldn't afford it anyway.

So the horrible plane journey is a necessity if I want to go and see my family! I just pretend I am in a 'bubble' and can't do anything else whilst on the planes.

Apart from that we enjoy lovely short breaks in the UK.

Because it would take me six weeks to get to see DD1 &DD2, and six weeks to get home again. And I couldn't afford it anyway.

So the horrible plane journey is a necessity if I want to go and see my family! I just pretend I am in a 'bubble' and can't do anything else whilst on the planes.

Apart from that we enjoy lovely short breaks in the UK.

Because I enjoy it. Have just flown out to see my newest grandson and it was a nice easy journey. If you check in online there is no waiting/queuing at the airport having chosen my seat also makes it easier I'm only little and don't find the seats uncomfortable at all. To travel by sea would make journeys just too long for a lot of people especially if they were going on vacation. Each to his own I guess.

Well, I've done it all - flown, cruised and travelled long distances by train and coach and car and it's all a pain one way or another! As I get older my desire to travel far diminishes - I'm an armchair traveller and have no complaints about queues, delays or any other nuisances!