Homeward Bound

08:00 - Simon and Garfunkel may have wished that they were homeward bound, but that is not a sentiment that is evident in our villa this morning. It has been an awesome week and I feel privileged that our children and grandchildren still want to spend time with us old timers. 

09:00 - Microsoft picked a bad day to make a security update and it seems the head of programming may not do so well in the next performance review. Fortunately, the news updates from easyJet, which started as a  hour or more delay, have been improving as the morning progresses and the latest estimate has the flight departing on time.

11:00 - The hire car has been returned with no issues and our trousers have been refreshed following a near miss on what has been known all week as the roundabout of doom. We were turning left (so all the way round anticlockwise to 9 o'clock) and as we moved over to make our exit, the driver of a wee red car decided that the instruction to give way at a roundabout was optional.  Fortunately Kev was driving and his younger brain effortlessly assessed the risks and took the appropriate action to the accompaniment of a chorus of "watch out Kev" from his passengers.

14:30 - The flight home took off more or less on time and the final update just before I turned on aeroplane mode suggested we would land only 10 minutes late. It's not all good news, our easyJet has run out of hot food (or the microwave is broken) and we are flying with someone who has a severe peanut allergy. Managed to get a drink and some pringles but decided opening the chocolate biscuits in my bag was a bit irresponsible, given the circumstances. Also I'm harbouring the uncharitable thought that one of my fellow passengers already knew about the peanut problem before boarding and most likely brought ample alternative provisions.

15,45 - Noise cancelling headphones actually amplify the noise of eating Pringles. Who knew.....

16:15 - Announcement from the cabin. We are over Cambridge, heading for Leeds and will start out descent in 15 minutes. We were also informed we were high up and going fast, but I don't remember the numbers. One important number I did catch - it's 21°C in Glasgow. That sounds hot, but not hot, hot. 

17:00 / 16:00 - Wheels down on schedule and watches adjusted to UK time. After all the complaining I did a few weeks ago about having to fly from Glasgow, we have been really fortunate to be here and not Edinburgh. There was no sign of any IT issues in Glasgow, but it appears that Edinburgh was not so lucky and has major problems. All we need now is our suitcase.

17:00 - Our suitcase has been collected and we are now standing at the pick up / drop off zone waiting on Scott and Wilma, who have kindly offered to meet us and drive us back to our car, which has been parked on their drive for the last week. Cars and taxis are coming into the drop off almost non stop and at £5.50 a pop to get back out, that's not a bad little earner.

17:10 - Watching a family being deposited kerbside with their suitcases, I am reminded that in Glasgow the plural of you is yous, as in "I'm going to miss yous guys"

21:00 - We are home, fed and are now sitting on the couch wondering if we should put the heating on.Weiterlesen