the travel bug bites again

Life is better without air travel. Better for the planet, of course, and better in every other way too. Why queue for hours in a windowless hangar, breathing stale air and being scanned and X rayed at every turn, when you could be sitting on a train, looking out of the window or reading a book? In an airport, a window with a view of the runway feels like an exciting find: look – daylight! A plane! A patch of sad-looking grass! It is not exactly an enriching experience.

Being stranded in...