After we arrived on our East Coast train at Kings Cross, we got on to the Picadilly line to the airport. The queue was so long to buy tickets at the ticket counter, but there was a machine where one could buy the tickets and pay by card. The queue took so long, so I said to Timmy that I am going to try the machine. If I get it wrong, I will plead ignorance! But it was easy, I had to pick 1 adult ticket and 1 child ticket and I wanted to go to zone 6 (the last zone!) in goes credit card, out comes 2 little pink cards. We crab our bags and hoofed off again in the direction of Picadilly station. There was a train waiting and I jumped on but could see that Timmy was hesitant. I grabbed him onto the train. But this train (just like the one into King's Cross) takes forever! Turns out, we were slightly on the wrong train. It did not go all the way to the airport, but stopped 4 stations before. We got off and the next very next train was the one that took us to the airport. We did not even wait 5 minutes!
Into airport, thru check in where the lady said that I must have my name changed as the booking name and the passport is not the same. For some obscure reason, I am M.Stey-Williams ....!
Thru customs...where they make you take out all your cosmetics and put in into one very small little bag. Somehow, I did not explain this very well to Timmy and they searched his bag. They took away his new deodorant as it was now bigger than 100ml. The customs official fondled Timmy's very thick book...maybe he could not believe his eyes when he saw a very thick novel in real life. Anyways...walk just 5 steps away into the departure hall and what does one see......? A Boots shop selling the exact same "too big" deodorants.
Timmy had his eye in some lovely "Tekkies/sneakers" whatever! He saw a pair and it looked good and it was a £25 cheaper than in "The Style Mile".
The other thing was that one of the other boys bought an iPod touch at the Apple shop. It was £149 and at the airport, the same one was £149!! So much for duty free except to confirm what I also believed....some products are not cheaper in other countries. Apple sets the price so that it will cost the same all over the world! I will get one at Incredible connection in PE, so if something goes working (in the 12 month warrantee) it can be returned without a hassle!
Onto plane which was parked way way over t h e r e .....!!! We walked a mile to get there. But it was the same A330-200 that took us to London. The service on the aircraft was so-so. They also tuned up the heat in the cabin so much that I felt very sick when we landed. For some reason, they did not turn down the heat at all! Even the purser said that I do not look well - well....obviously!
Onto have our bags rechecked to PE, upto lounge where I had a snooze in the chair. By now I was just so tired! Departure PLZ, 10:45 arr..12:30.
It was good to see my little boy Jono! I really missed him so much!
And then....home sweet home!
End of our Scotland Tour 2014......!
Games on the aeroplane.... (For Jono)
