Home at last, and seriously puggled, BUT , as we had done the washing before we left Hawaii no need to worry about that.
Out of interest our time scale was :-
Thu 2nd
0330 rise and shine.
0430 off to airport, where we were early and had to wait for the Ministry of Agriculture people to get their X Ray up and running
0700 flight to San Francisco left on time and arrived at 1230, then the clocks moved forward to 1530, local time. Had time to wait so we headed to the Red Carpet Lounge, bit disappointing compared to some of the other lounges we have used. Nice models in the hallway.
1905 - bit of a carry on to get boarded on London flights, we were slit up, seats changed as the plane had been upgraded and had a new seating arrangement designed to get an extra twenty nine bodies on board.
Bit excitement when we were stopped in the boarding tunnel / ramp by three armed Police officers who checked our ID and asked a few questions about where we had been and were going, etc - caused a stir.
1905 - plane was pushed off on time, but went round the block and back to the ramp again till 2015 - when it left due a problem with luggage on board belonging to passengers who had not boarded.
The cabin crew were the London based team, very nice and helpful, but again we were into the having to pay for everything set up, which I do not like, as I would prefer to pay more for the ticket and get a bit more for our money.
Friday 3rd
0700 which was ten and half hours later, and with eight hours time difference,
1500 local time,
Mad rush as our connecting flight was due out to Edinburgh at 1610, but made it despite it being a long trail round the corridors of T 1 Heathrow, and then
1610 - despite all being ready, more passengers failed to turn up so their cases had to be unloaded and we eventually left the ground at 1700, arriving in Edinburgh at 1800.
A long 24 hours travelling, and overall we have covered just under 20,000miles in the past three weeks.
Now need to get orientated and organised again.
Out of interest our time scale was :-
Thu 2nd
0330 rise and shine.
0430 off to airport, where we were early and had to wait for the Ministry of Agriculture people to get their X Ray up and running
0700 flight to San Francisco left on time and arrived at 1230, then the clocks moved forward to 1530, local time. Had time to wait so we headed to the Red Carpet Lounge, bit disappointing compared to some of the other lounges we have used. Nice models in the hallway.
1905 - bit of a carry on to get boarded on London flights, we were slit up, seats changed as the plane had been upgraded and had a new seating arrangement designed to get an extra twenty nine bodies on board.
Bit excitement when we were stopped in the boarding tunnel / ramp by three armed Police officers who checked our ID and asked a few questions about where we had been and were going, etc - caused a stir.
1905 - plane was pushed off on time, but went round the block and back to the ramp again till 2015 - when it left due a problem with luggage on board belonging to passengers who had not boarded.
The cabin crew were the London based team, very nice and helpful, but again we were into the having to pay for everything set up, which I do not like, as I would prefer to pay more for the ticket and get a bit more for our money.
Friday 3rd
0700 which was ten and half hours later, and with eight hours time difference,
1500 local time,
Mad rush as our connecting flight was due out to Edinburgh at 1610, but made it despite it being a long trail round the corridors of T 1 Heathrow, and then
1610 - despite all being ready, more passengers failed to turn up so their cases had to be unloaded and we eventually left the ground at 1700, arriving in Edinburgh at 1800.
A long 24 hours travelling, and overall we have covered just under 20,000miles in the past three weeks.
Now need to get orientated and organised again.
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