Reunited

In what I hope is the last post on my saga of getting my luggage, I am now in possession of it. It was even an experience at the airport where I ended up in a bunch of places, finally got sent airside and had a customs inspection of my bag for my troubles. They were kind enough to tell me that I had no contraband, such a wonderful free service!

Jack Reacher Plus

Bag update: While it’s at Valencia airport, the desk for picking up the bag is closed and regardless I can’t pickup the bag until BA put it through the next part of the system. Officially they haven’t found the bag, but the bag was on a flight this morning to Valencia (their words, they maintain they haven’t found it, but it was on a flight).

At this time I have to wait for an email that will provide me instructions on how and when to pickup the bag. 

The AirTag shows the bag is at the airport.

Back to the regularly schedule post…

Lee Child’s Jack Reacher (not the Tom Cruise imitation) is famous for travelling with a toothbrush, at most.

I’m no way ready for that, but going single carryon only is sorely tempting. The last few days have shown how I can do it, and with proper rolling of clothes I can fit a surprising amount in (not that I want to!). 

I’m sorely tempted once I get back in London in a couple of weeks to swap out some gear (as I was intending for Iceland), but rock just the carryon. If I can manage the cold of Iceland with just a carryon, then clearly I’ll be able to manage a lot of other parts of the trip.

Regardless of these plans, today I await the arrival of my backpack at Valencia airport. The AirTag is a curse and a blessing. I can see where it was 3 hours ago, which was Heathrow airport, but that was a full hour after it should have left Heathrow on the flight. 

As of when I write this, the plane landed 15 minutes ago, so hopefully the tag should update soon and I can head north to the airport. 

They found it!

BA just rang and they’ve found the bag! It should be in València airport tomorrow 

Bag update: none

My bag is still unmoving, and BA is still unwavering in saying it’s lost.

Circled in red is precisely where my bag is, according to my AirTag.  

Well that was a short trip (not really!)

British Airways have lost my bag. I can see it quite clearly using my Apple AirTag at Heathrow at baggage enquires, but talking to a human who could actually help is way more difficult than you could possibly imagine.

The lost bag report has been filed, I am most amused at what BA feel I could pack in my bag — they asked for a list of things it contains, and one of the items, well, see the last item in this picture 

Please BA, explain to me how passengers can pack weather, and yet nobody thinks to bring sunshine back to England from their holidays?!? 

So aside from questioning the nature of the environment and the ability to transport rain, wind, and sun, I am now faced with an uncertain future for my bag. The only hope is the AirTag.

(To clarify, I’m still in Spain, the trip continues, I’ll just hope that my bag eventually turns up)

Packing, moving, planning

Today thanks to some friends I’ve made huge progress on the remaining packing, and I’m actually feeling confident I’ll make the timeline — I’ve also sworn, for the umpteenth time in my life, that I will never ever move again. 

As for plans for the trip. Aside from the obvious seeing new things and meeting new people, and learning Spanish, I have another plan for the trip.

The world of infotech is moving faster than ever, particularly in the realm of AI. I’m taking my laptop with me to spend downtime learning, researching, and playing with some aspects of this field. This means that sometimes I will be staying in places and doing “nothing”, because I’m using the time to work on my laptop. Unlike previous trips it won’t be new stories every second day.

A new journey begins...

I am dusting off this blog to document yet another journey, this time I'll be visiting places such as Spain, Iceland, Switzerland, and some places in South America.