{"id":20290,"date":"2025-08-06T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/?page_id=20290"},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:40:21","slug":"england-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/other-trips\/trips-europe\/england-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"England 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been just over 6 weeks since our hasty return home from our Northern Europe cycling trip. I have recovered well from the medical emergency I experienced in Latvia<\/a>. One part of our travel insurance – MHS International – promptly reimbursed our medical expenses. However, we are still in dispute with Global Excel, which handles claims for Medoc (now Belair Direct Travel) regarding the reimbursement of our out-of-pocket expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of our original cycling trip itinerary<\/a>, we had planned a stop-over in London on our way back home. The idea was to visit Jessica and Rob – the newlyweds from last year’s wedding in Italy – and to celebrate my birthday with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the travel itch has returned, we spontaneously booked return airfare to England for a 3-week trip, giving us the opportunity to complete some aspects of our originally planned cycling adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although, we’ve resumed riding the tandem, we decided not to embark on another cycling trip in England, having already done so in 2022. Instead, we opted for a backpacking-style itinerary, exploring cities we had not visited during our 2015 trip to England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, our round-trip airfare from Ottawa to London was significantly cheaper than the one-way flight we took from Riga, Latvia back in June.<\/p>\n\n\n