Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Day (Won) for Ruthie

Well you all know that I was born with luck or more succintly lack of. So what happened on the first day, well no I didn't get bitten by a snake but Mother Nature did take a hand in the play. Thunder and lightning over London meant that we sat on the tarmac in Dublin for two hours and when we did get the green light from ATC we ended up in the backarse of nowhere when we got to London! Yes the parked us in a field in Kent or somewhere close. Another hour sitting on our hands on the plane prevailed as they hadn't enough buses for us so as you can imagine, alot of stressed heads on the plane. This was followed by an arduous journey to the airport by the slowest bus driver I've ever had pleasure of taking a journey with.
Queue the mad dash from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5 and the obstacle course of people we had to vault, swerve by and practically assault to get by!
I landed into the terminal to find that my flight of course hadn't been delayed. It's never delayed when you want it to be and vica versa. Ah well, flight closed and no amount of persuasion could get me by security.
Back to Terminal 1 with me to try and sort out my bag, book new flight for the next day, book hotel etc.
Another 3 hour wait dealing with two school kids doing the re-booking and an irate group of Corkonians and fellow long haul passengers trying to get new flights boy! Then to cap it all off after ringing a dozen hotels in the area finally getting a booking and getting sent to the wrong Holiday Inn!! Apparently there are 4 in the general vicinity. A stiff drink and a pint while waiting on my second taxi to get to the right hotel sorted me out though. God Stella tastes good some times! Good start to the adventure so stay tuned for what I hope will be a little better luck on my next leg to Jo'Burg. By the way what won the 6.15 at Roscommon last night?
Tigertamer

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