After the months of planning, thinking, praying and organising, it's finally happening! I left the house at 3.35 pm this afternoon, took the Metro to the airport, and in due course got on the plane to Heathrow. Now it may not be either green or Quakerly, but I'd always promised myself that on this one journey in my life, I'd travel in comfort: so I booked the long haul flights business class. I'd not really realised that this meant you get access to the Lounges - hey, the business class do themselves very well! Free tea, coffee, snacks and internet! and a nice quiet and comfortable place to sit whilst waiting. I made myself a cuppa and had a scone and jam, something just to keep me going until later.
We made good time to London, arriving at Watford 13 miles out at 6.40. Congestion meant not landing till 6.55: and then, would you believe, the steps wouldn't work! Finally we got out, into a bus (heck, this is BA, not Easyjet!) and into the much vaunted Terminal 5 a full half hour after touchdown. Then it was a long, long walk to where you catch another bus to other terminals, in my case Terminal 3: the designers of T5 built long corridors and never thought of travelators for ageing women with doubtful knees! I finally arrived at T3 a whole hour after arriving at Heathrow.
Then through the whole security business again (I reckon this is just to keep the bottled water sales up), and so into the terminal. A quick call at the transfer desk, and then on via Smiths to get more water to the BA lounge, where they have meals, even - I couldn't resist a wee taste of chicken tikka masala and rice, and an apple, even though in about 90 minutes I'll be served what I hope will be a sumptuous meal. No wonder I'm overweight: but then I don't do this jetset lifestyle every day. Free wifi, too, so I can post this now, with the picture of my plane to Heathrow, and then it's time to board.
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