Eric was the UPM (Unit Production Manager) for a promotional trailer for a movie called “Burnings of the Heart.” I was lucky enough to tag along and help with the wardrobe! Here is the crew and some of the cast in front of the Bamburgh Castle where we shot.
We had a hard time getting there! It took 60 hours instead of the usual 20 or so. We left SLC at 6 am on Saturday. Got over JFK airport by 3 or so EST and then the turbulence started. We circled Long Island about 2 1/2 hours. Tried to land twice and then diverted to Syracuse. The pilot said there were 75 mph winds and it just wasn't safe to land.
Lovely.
Then after about 15 of us hurling in JFK we had another turbulent landing in Syracuse.
FINALLY on the ground... we sat... for 3 more hours.... on the tarmac.
The flight crew was AWESOME! And brought us pizza from the terminal. It was the best pizza I ever tasted. I think we were starving to death.They finally they decided no chance of landing again in JFK. So they put us up for the night and sent us back at 7 am in the morning. We were so lucky we landed in Syracuse cause the people stranded at JFK were left to sleep on the
benches at JFK.
No freaking way.
So 6 hours of lines,10 hours of waiting in the airport, and 3 more hours of waiting on the tarmac... we took off for London.
We finally made it! Good thing I am ornery when I don't have food and prepared for any lack of food I may have encountered. Eric was happy that I had a whole backpack full of food.
SO YAY! London. One day late but LONDON!
Eric got our car and had to drive on the left side of the road! AHHHHH! He was un-phased but I was sitting in the passenger seat (America's Driver side) and like, "AHHH! No steering wheel!"
We finally met up with the rest of our party and drove to Northern England. Some of the most beautiful country I have ever been to!
We stayed at a little cottage at Bilton Barns.
An actual farm people.
It was so great! And English cottage on a farm. My dream trip!
We had some great days in England. The weather was awesome except one day when we were shooting our burning at the stake scene. Which kind of worked for it... making it all ominous and such. We scouted some beautiful places that we didn't use but went back and saw later. Like Warkworth Castle. We also stayed near a little town that Eric just loved called Alnmouth. It was like what you picture in movies. A darling colorful set of buildings on a beach. Luvs it.
So then of course on our days off we had to run up to SCOTLAND! Our motherland. Eric is a Johnston (me too now) and I was a Campbell and I'm not going to mention that my clan beat up Eric's clan.... A lot. Sorry babe!
This Johnston Terrace was right next to the main Royal Mile street that the Edinburgh castle is on. The Johnstons must have been important! The castle is below. We made it about 2 minutes too late to go in. We went to Hard Rock instead. Silly Americans.
London! I haven't been to London for about 8 years and never with Eric so I was super excited to show him all the places I loved (he's been there too but lets me be the expert) I wanted to show him where I lived but never made it. We did get a special below at Big Ben. And Eric got some other great shots below. Luckily the weather held up for the 8 hours we had in London!
We had an awesome time. We'll be back London. We'll be back.
We had a hard time getting there! It took 60 hours instead of the usual 20 or so. We left SLC at 6 am on Saturday. Got over JFK airport by 3 or so EST and then the turbulence started. We circled Long Island about 2 1/2 hours. Tried to land twice and then diverted to Syracuse. The pilot said there were 75 mph winds and it just wasn't safe to land.
Lovely.
Then after about 15 of us hurling in JFK we had another turbulent landing in Syracuse.
FINALLY on the ground... we sat... for 3 more hours.... on the tarmac.
The flight crew was AWESOME! And brought us pizza from the terminal. It was the best pizza I ever tasted. I think we were starving to death.They finally they decided no chance of landing again in JFK. So they put us up for the night and sent us back at 7 am in the morning. We were so lucky we landed in Syracuse cause the people stranded at JFK were left to sleep on the
benches at JFK.
No freaking way.
So 6 hours of lines,10 hours of waiting in the airport, and 3 more hours of waiting on the tarmac... we took off for London.
We finally made it! Good thing I am ornery when I don't have food and prepared for any lack of food I may have encountered. Eric was happy that I had a whole backpack full of food.
SO YAY! London. One day late but LONDON!
Eric got our car and had to drive on the left side of the road! AHHHHH! He was un-phased but I was sitting in the passenger seat (America's Driver side) and like, "AHHH! No steering wheel!"
We finally met up with the rest of our party and drove to Northern England. Some of the most beautiful country I have ever been to!
We stayed at a little cottage at Bilton Barns.
An actual farm people.
It was so great! And English cottage on a farm. My dream trip!
We had some great days in England. The weather was awesome except one day when we were shooting our burning at the stake scene. Which kind of worked for it... making it all ominous and such. We scouted some beautiful places that we didn't use but went back and saw later. Like Warkworth Castle. We also stayed near a little town that Eric just loved called Alnmouth. It was like what you picture in movies. A darling colorful set of buildings on a beach. Luvs it.
So then of course on our days off we had to run up to SCOTLAND! Our motherland. Eric is a Johnston (me too now) and I was a Campbell and I'm not going to mention that my clan beat up Eric's clan.... A lot. Sorry babe!
This Johnston Terrace was right next to the main Royal Mile street that the Edinburgh castle is on. The Johnstons must have been important! The castle is below. We made it about 2 minutes too late to go in. We went to Hard Rock instead. Silly Americans.
London! I haven't been to London for about 8 years and never with Eric so I was super excited to show him all the places I loved (he's been there too but lets me be the expert) I wanted to show him where I lived but never made it. We did get a special below at Big Ben. And Eric got some other great shots below. Luckily the weather held up for the 8 hours we had in London!
We had an awesome time. We'll be back London. We'll be back.
