Haven't blogged this last week as we've been away in Lanzarote in a lovely villa for a week. I don't like updating twitter or my facebook status saying 'having a lovely time away' because that's just asking for trouble I think - so I just tend to go quiet then update the blog and all the online stuff with all the details after the event.
So, here goes.....
Last Monday we decided we'd better get our holiday booked and we looked online at the last minute section of the JamesVillas website - we came up with 'Villa Lapa' in Lanzarote - with flights from Gatwick (because from anywhere else they were too expensive - not sure if it was the XL fiasco or the fuel crisis - but flights from Leeds, Manchester or East Midlands were over £1200!!!)
On Thursday morning, we set off from home at 9am - arriving at the off-airport parking at East Grinstead at about 12:30 - well ahead of our 13:30 schedule. We hit the airport around 13:00 and met Janey at about quarter past and by half 1 we were checked in! Super early - as the flight wasn't until 16:15.
After a nice trip around the duty free, we ended up in the pub having a few swift Guinnesses! A nice start to the holiday. As we approached the time for boarding though, the gate number didn't appear on the board. "Oh no", I thought. Not another episode in the 'Liza's bad travel luck" saga?! In the end the flight was delayed. 1 hour 45 - so we left at 6pm. As it turned out it was actually not bad luck at all. Our fight was merged with an 'XL rescue flight' and so the 60 or so people who were flying to Lanzarote were put on an enormous plane with LOADS of space - we had 3 seats each!
To be continued...
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