Day 320 - A 29 Hour Day

After all the wet weather of late and with the prospect of some colder days on the way (good to see some snow has finally fallen in the Alps!) which may discourage some of the idiot plants in the garden (including the climbing rose which is now in bud...), it is with a quite sense of optimism that we headed to Gatwick this morning...

Could be worse: could be battling out the first Monday Stableford of the year (how exactly did Jon manage 44 points???)!

Orange Juice only: Day 4 of Dry January!

All traffic behaved, the service from the Tesla team at Gatwick was at its impeccable best and the airport was relatively empty: all of this meant that we arrived at the BA Lounge in plenty of time.  A slightly subdued atmosphere pervaded the place as it turned out that the facilities were to be closed the following day, as the company starts the process of moving from the North to the South terminal.  The staff all seemed very positive about the change but I worried that for some they might be out of a job shortly...

The flight left about an hour late as a couple of passengers "got lost in the terminal" (!) and their luggage had to be removed.  Given that we had 9+ hrs ahead, this was unwelcome news and the very northerly routing that the captain had been given meant that we were unable to make up for lost time.  Then our luggage (K's golf clubs!) was almost last off....

And we had decided to try out an alternative way home, making use of the SuperShuttle service.  Normally, we just pickup a one-way rental car but that is a bit of a hassle too so we thought we'd try something different.  Unfortunately, the shuttle had three drop-offs before ours so it wasn't until 21:00 local time (02:00 UK time) that we walked though the front door here in Sarasota.

But we arrived safely and everything in the house looks very welcoming...