Well in a remarkable twist of fate, the journey went about as smoothly as it possibly could! The flight from Leeds to LHR took off on time, and arrived so early we had to circle for 10 minutes before touching down 5 minutes before we were scheduled to.
The luggage came in 5 minutes, and the transition between terminals 1 and 3 took about 10 minutes (at a brisk pace!) and when we checked in there wasn't any queue and we went straight through to departures in a flash! I bought a bottle of perfume and we were sitting waiting for them to call the gate by about 10:30 - we'd only landed at 9:05 and our Raleigh flight wasn't until 11:55! Once they announced the gate (one of the furthest away) we set off and were there before 10:45. They started boarding us at 11:10 and we were all sat on board ready to go at about 11:40! Amazing that we actually took off early too.
The flight was scheduled for 9 hours 15 and it actually took 8hrs 30 and we both got through customs in a flash, so all in all it was a super early experience!
After picking up the hire car and zooming round the car park a few times to remind myself to stay on the right and that, no, that's not the handbrake, that's the window handle....we headed off to the hotel - a mere 5 miles, and approximately 10 minutes away. So, by about 5:30 we were settled into the hotel and unpacking!
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