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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FXM" data-source="post: 1645187" data-attributes="member: 48286">Hi Folks,Finally made it back to UK. Snow was falling as I left Qinhuangdao via the Airport bus but managed to make it to Beijing okay despite having to stop three times to enable the driver to clear the snow from the windscreen. We passed two snowploughs on the way and I noted we didn't make the usual stop at the halfway service station. Driver was clearly taking no chances. Was in my hotel room just 4.5hrs after departure. Not at all bad. Good job I didn't leave it a day later by the sounds of it Gretchen.One of the Dutch team was talking about a website he uses for historical weather records. I'll get the name of it from him if possible.The plane was lurching a bit as we landed in Amsterdam so it came as no surprise that the landing at my local airport of Humberside in a Fokker 70 was exciting. We'd been warned that excessive winds might mean us diverting so several passengers took excessive alchohol to lessen their nerves. As it happened the wind was within the acceptable landing limits.Frank<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />P.S. Paul, the only thing I sampled in Amsterdam was a slice of pizza, a coffee and a kit kat.</blockquote>