Like me, I hope you were encouraged by last week's news that from March 2022, United is adding five new flights to London's Heathrow, including two more flights from New York/Newark, additional trips from both Denver and San Francisco, as well as an all-new direct flight from Boston. Hopefully, this confidence-boosting step will see other carriers following suit in the not too distant future.

As the crowds, caravans and motorhomes start to disperse and schools reopen, September is an excellent month for travel to the UK. This week's Read More will give you a heads-up on several great ideas for UK-bound travel during that month, ranging from the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Flower Show and the Agatha Christie and Jane Austen Festivals to the Burghley Horse Trials, the Goodwood Revival, the York Food Festival (all annual events) and explain why Lobsters and Crabs give you a good reason for promoting a Doc Martin, Poldark, King Arthur tour to Cornwall!