I hate flying

I have a few entries to post of my travels but my internet is limited so you may have to wait for my return.

I hate flying, I'm not embarrassed to admit it. It's not natural , being propelled thousands of feet into the sky in a heap of metal is not normal. If it was I would have wings. Bradders and I didn't go around the world over land to save money!! It's the take off I particularly dislike, the readjusting of the gradient only tightens my grip of the seat (god know why, if i fall out the sky the seat is coming with me). I know it ridiculous, flying is actually extremely safe and although I'm usually a rational guy this is a complete irrational fear. I've been on about 50 flights so perhaps it's been bad luck that my flights have included; being struck by lightning (twice), a 9 hour flight of pure turbulence, dropping in the sky 4 times in one flight (on one occasion seeing a food trolley come off the ground) and over shooting the runway so much that we had to take off again and do a U turn. So for now my irrational fears remain, whilst I fly from London to Berlin, if only I was freer with money to get the train.