Image via WikipediaI'm back home safely after an unexpected extended holiday in Turkey. I was due to fly back on 19/4 however, due to the flight ban over Europe imposed as a result of the Volcanic Ash cloud was unable to do so. The flight ban was eventually lifted on Tuesday which prompted the slow but sure clearance of the backlog of people who had been stranded since Thursday.
I was able to fly back to England on the Friday 23/4 however, our flight was unable to land at it's original destination and was given a slot into Norwich. Great to be back and only 1 hour 30 mins from home, except the car was in Gatwick...so we joined the other 200 + passengers on the coach journey down to Gatwick. Our convoy took 4 hours. What amazed us was how miserable the Coach driver was. We had just spent a glorious time in a wonderful country with wonderful friendly people who could not do enough for us, only to meet what can only be described as a grumpy old man who clearly did not want to be driving us to Gatwick. Richmond Coaches do not get my vote!
Thankfully my car was safe and sound and the check out procedure was very smooth with no extra charge incurred. Thank You BAA Car Parking!
As it was 10.30 pm and we'd been travelling since 9.30 am we decided to stop over night in a hotel to break the journey. Thanks to iphone I located a hotel we phoned and reserved a room. On checking the cost on the room it was £55 which in and of itself is reasonable however, if you book on-line it's £30, so we proceeded to do this....no luck. Sadly the receptionist was unable to give us the room at the internet price. So we made the decision to drive home instead. Ibis Hotel's loss and actually our gain. It's amazing what you can achieve when you put your mind to it. So lovely to sleep in your own bed.
More about what I learned as a result of being stranded in Turkey soon...
Enjoy the process of life,
Noelyne Jones
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