45 minutes on the train from the Stansted Airport train station in the terminal, goes straight to Liverpool Street which is right in the centre of the Underground network and will be the easist way to get around and see the sights. Trains are about every half hour.

Otherwise about an hour on the National Express coach to London Victoria, another station on the Underground.

I’d just like to add a bit to what Andy (Skymonster) hadsaid further up, about making air travel more hassle, less people wanting to fly, flying becoming less convenient, the industry becoming smaller etc. I think I have to agree.

I work part-time at Stansted and saw all of the chaos of cancelled flights last week (and the ridiculously long security queues which continue this week). Now, say you were a family going on their holiday to France or Spain (as an example) and you had booked your flights on Easyjet or Ryanair because you deemed it to be the quickest and least stressful way of reaching the continent. Then, you turn upto the airport last Thursday, to see your flight cancelled and a terminal full of un-organised and confused passengers and staff. Then say the next day you had re-booked, hoping to get on holiday asap, and flights are cancelled again. A few days later, once a majority of flights are back up and running, you finally get to travel. And then you have to go through the hassle of meeting the ever-changing security and hand-baggage requirements. You may finally get to your destinaton, that’s if you haven’t given up….

The following year, you go to book your holiday to the Continent again. And immediately you’ll think “stuff flying – lets not even bother with the difficulty we had last year” and you’ll end up driving via the Eurotunnel or the Ferry. That’s just one example out of many I could think of, which could lead to the current situation causing air passenger numbers to fall quite considerably.

Great shots Tom. Was pleased to get Blue Peter home, although at the time it was the least important thing on my mind. If only I could share mine 🙁 Ah well, glad you enjoyed our meet-up anyway.

Excellent work Lance!

Cheers for a great day (and you Paul if you’re reading!).