Journey out

The day has arrived, our taxi arrived and took us to Thorne Hill where we boarded the Oxford Airline coach to Heathrow. On arrival at Heathrow’s central bus station we navigated the concourse and found the bus stop for the Hoppa Bus that would transfer us to our overnight stop. We checked in and went straight for a meal.

We were up early for our transfer from the hotel to the airport. It was horrendous as the bus got more and more crowded as the journey progressed, pocket book entry next time use a taxi. Anyway we arrived in one piece and were priority checked in. After arranging assistance for Val we had breakfast. We were then taken to security, it was an awful experience, we were treated like sh1t. After letting those behind us in the queue go past us Val was taken through, at other airports as her “carer” Bill was allowed through with her. Not here even his sunflower lanyard carried no weight. We did eventually get cleared but it took its toll on Bill’s anxiety. After a lovely breakfast we were taken by buggy to the gate and were immediately boarded. We had cracking seats. The flight was on time, the in flight food was what it was, the entertainment was good. We arrived bang on schedule, that’s a first. We then found our driver to convey us downtown. We arrived and checked in a lovely hotel we met our tour manager who gave us our itinerary for the next few days. It looks very interesting. After sorting ourselves out we went down to a meal. After we’d eaten we returned to our rooms. It was only 20:00 hours local but we were shattered. It’s been a long day.