Wick – Moss Variation: Weeks 1-4, 17 August

I’m back from my travels, and have also recovered from the adventure, returning home a week ago Sunday. Both segments of the trip – the bamboo pipe course and the handbell shindig – were tiring in their own way. The journey to and from the pipe course was the bulk of the travel. This started with a bus to Inverness and a train to Inverness airport. Unfortunately, the airport train stops three-quarters of a mile from the terminal, and the suitcase had to be cajoled to the terminal. But then I was free of it until arriving in France. From Inverness, I flew to Heathrow and met two friends at an airport hotel who were also going to the course. Our flight was early the next morning at 7:15. Viviers sunset From Heathrow, we flew to Lyon, where my suitcase almost made it to baggage reclaim. The conveyor belt that drops bags onto the carousel stopped as my suitcase was on the cusp of being spit out. It was unreachable, so I explained my predicament to an airport employee, who contacted the…