Put #40s440 on the map!

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How to make Forties for 40 famous or renowned? How to establish its significance and symbolism and my commitment to it?

I’ve produced t-shirts and have considered selling merchandise. I’m in discussions about television and radio appearances but as yet I’m keen to keep my head down, working away to define and complete the challenges.

‘Putting it on the map’ is often used in the idiomatic sense and I wondered if it could be done in a literal sense…. well it can!

Thanks to Garmin and my amazing Sister once again!
Note temperature of 44 degrees Celsius!
Note average moving pace of 4:40!

Of course, I did something like this before to raise awareness of the situation in Beirut following the terrible blast at the port…

…and it amuses me no end when I see similarly creative ‘Radar Art’ on Flight Radar or other such platforms:

A flight radar map.

As a final point, a friend of mine recently educated me on the symbolic meaning of numbers. This is something I had not been aware of at the inception of 40s 4 40 but that now seems may have more relevance that I was conscious of or gave credence to.

To that end, my efforts should be considered a message to the heavens, to God and my Angels (4) to express my earth-bound sincere gratitude, awe and infinite (0) commitment.

Book a flight for 04:40!

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This wasn’t the best flight, nor was it the cheapest or most time efficient but it is definitely scheduled for the appropriate time!

Furthermore, I was able to use the whole of a voucher I was credited when a flight I had booked was cancelled by the operator due to more strict Corona restrictions coming into force at the end of 2020 so that’s good.

I guess me making this booking is only the first stage so I will update this post with my ticketing, departure and flight experience… until then, I’ll look forward to seeing my Mother on her Birthday!

I love you, Mum! x

Update:

Two days after I booked this flight, I got an email to tell me that the 04:40 departure time of the first flight has been updated to 05:10. Right now I’m content because I bagged the challenge and get to set off at a more reasonable time and have a shorter connection time but am just hoping that this is not the start of more messing around with flights being delayed and even cancelled – that’s how I ended up with this voucher in the first place!!!

Thankfully post -booking but pre-flight the realisation set in that Qatar is still on the UK’s ‘Red List’ and so this would mean I had to stay in a Government-backed quarantine hotel for my entire stay – utterly pointless!

I took the opportunity to move this Qatar flight to later in the year and re-booked with Saudia direct to London Heathrow. This allowed me to use a credit voucher for another flight that was cancelled back in 2020.

Somewhat disappointingly, the flight is not at 04:40. Nonetheless, it sets off a day earlier so I gain an additional day in the UK and will be travelling in seat number 40!

The original flight may have been cancelled but I sat in seat 40 on the one I replaced it with!
Post arrival; so it continues…