Manchester to Boston

Can thoroughly recommend the Tribe Hotel-even has breakfast from 3am included in rate. Pouring with rain as we left to make the wearying trek to T3.
The lady on “breakfasts” is also cabin crew for Jet2. She apparently got off her flight from Lanzarote at midnight and went straight to Tribe for her other job. Needed to get her foot in the door, she said, as holiday flights lessen in October. 👏 to her. I would really welcome the job of being responsible for the signage in an airport….I wonder whether someone is secretly giggling watching the CCTV of all us poor fools trudging along the pavement to “Door 1” (as instructed for Departures) then going inside the building and trudging all the way back (parallel) to the pavement to Door 4 where we were told we deffo couldn’t enter from outside. Then the inevitable wait in the queue with dire warnings of how the check-in opens 2 hours before and you need to be there. Well we were but the queue is immense and there is 1 person on the check-in desk…. However, churlish to complain and on the positive side going through security was a dream-fastest ever. Ted never gets through first time and today did not disappoint-his hand luggage was examined closely and much swabbing took place before it was reluctantly handed back to him. At least it wasn’t an old screwdriver, long since forgotten, as was discovered at Delhi though missed in Heathrow! BA shuttle in one hour to Heathrow.
So…… have now been sitting on the BA plane at the gate at Manchester for 2 hrs. My back is killing me and going nowhere for at least 40 mins. Problem with on board computer and weather. We won’t make our Boston flight and will have to re-route at Heathrow.
Finally got off this ruddy plane, having been on it for 3 hours. Took them only 40 mins from Manchester to Heathrow. BA has been very good and a lady was waiting for those missing connecting flights. So we are now sitting at Gate C55 still in T5 awaiting the 14.40 to Logan, Boston with BA. Just 2 hours behind the main group so not too bad. Looks like one of those 4-engine, double-decker jobs…. not been on one of those since Hong Kong to Singapore in 2014.
Now in Boston, adding to the blog in the back of a taxi on the way to Hotel Revere and it’s rush hour. Uneventful flight and not too uncomfortable considering we had the two middle seats of 4 😩but no choice in the matter. Just about 6.30 pm local time and still light but 11.30 pm at home.
The queue at Homeland Security was humongous and the guy had to come out of his little box to place Ted’s fingers correctly for the all-important fingerprints as his dry skin made it a bit problematic 🤣😂
Having been in contact with Great Rail we took a taxi from the airport, gave the driver a generous tip and got a receipt to claim back-driver was delighted 🤣😂
So… now 19.30 here and half past midnight at home and we are in the Hotel Revere Bar having a drink before hitting the sack. Very nearly went to find the Cheers Bar or the Irish Bar but our heads are pounding so wimped out! Tomorrow is another day.Read more