September 12
Woke up at some ridiculous hour - 0730 and walked up to the cafe, next to Carolines school, and had a final cheap coffee.
The flight home was on time - but i had the worst airplane food i have ever had - Ben, to use your term - 'it was a dirty sandwich'. Arrived a little late in Heathrow and walked into the arrivals hall.....for the first time ever (i think) there was someone to meet me at arrivals!!! The person did not run up to me, jump on me and kiss me passionatley (like in the movie Love Actually) - instead, he casually walked up to me and i shook his hand!! It was John!!!!!
We had a final coffee (not starbucks) and then the very nice man from Lufthansa picked us up and took us to the warehouse where the bikes were!!
Martin (the very nice man from Lufthansa) was a star - he had helped us sort out getting the bikes through customs and as we walked into the warehouse the bikes were there and ready to go!!!!
We hit the british roads.....and headed for the nearest gas station!!! How much!!! 91p for a litre of gas!!!! What happened whilst i was away!!!??? A bit of roadrage later (somethings never change in the uk) and we were on the way to Johns house - sussex way (never actually really worked out where he lived....i just followed him!!).
Stayed the night at Johns and met the lovely 'Gail and the kids'. Thank you Gail - eating some nice home cooked food was a really pleasure!
- Posted by mark stowe on 17/09/2006.
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