Lets Go

Departure from NZ was interesting. Our flight leaving Auckland was turned back so as a disorderly behaved woman could be thrown off! Procedure then apparently calls for the Police to come on board and check nothing sinister has been left behind or occurred, in addition to hauling off the offender. Next on the list was to replace the wasted fuel! Once tanked up and ready to hit go, alas - another plane had spilled hydraulic fluid on the runway so now that needed to be cleaned up before we could finally lift off.
At least this meant a shorter transfer in San Francisco.
I was met by long time friend Rachel at Heathrow (now the 4th September) and we had a bit of a tour about, had a coffee, and dropped in to Marks and Sparks prior to settling in to my Airbnb.Læs mere