By Flying Boat to the World's End

So here we go again, the delights of air travel for the zebra traveller. I am sure I can think of some sooner or later.
This is my second flight in two days and so I am more than usually Jaded by the whole lovely experience . First of all there is the shear distance involved. I don't mean in terms of air miles. After all I am often back and forth to Korea which is rather more distant. It's that the twats who design airports care more about fitting In shop frontage than they do about making the airport easy to use for the poor cunts trapped inside.
today I am flying via Heathrow to Shannon. This is 2 flights because no-One in their right mind would fly Zurich to Shannon direct. Shannon is a dinosaur lefr over from the cold war. In those days transatlantic flights could only Just make it across the pond and needed to stop off on the western Irish coast for fuel and potatoes. It you think that Is quaint Just wait. If Russia continues to play silly buggers then flights unable to use the northern great circle may have to do this again. Anyway Shannon remains the only major airport with a flying boat dock.
the last time I was out here l was only Just married. Now I am back for a tiny provincial conference 1 somehow got roped into doing.
The last few days have been rough. Mrs Inky, noble squid that she is is not very well. This weekend was rough as I had to leave her to cope alone, . Also It is close to xmas, he most evil time of the year. Add into that the fact that my shoulders and ribs have spent more time Out of socket than in and it becomes shite. On toast.
BA have been normally helpful and I cannot really whinge but my GP. has been a complete git. He has chosen to change my meds without telling me so that l only found out at the pharmacy counter. the has cancelled the  painkillers I vse for breakthrough  pain. On Sunday these were the only things thatallowed me to care for Foal and Mrs Inky despite bad subluxes. Half an hour after screaming in painbeing helped into a cafe by a 9 year old I was able to function thanks to short acting tramadol. what I will do when it runs out I do notknow. I cannot cope on sustained release alone because he pain varies so much.
I suspect this is to do with tramadol being placed on the controlled drugs list but if so it Is another example of suffering being caused by puritan regulations with no basis in Science. Given my condition will never go away addiction is not a huge worry for me. Crippling pain Is.