Well after a few lazy days and a very good night out with Catriona Lewis to celebrate her birthday it was time to think about coming back to Bonn.
Of course with me flying is always something to worry about - especially when you are actually in the air and the plane suddenly starts to go down for no apparent reason. That feeling in you stomach as if you just left it in the terminal building which you just departed from. Oh I'm sorry here I am going on about flying as if it happened a few days ago - well it didn't. Due to the MASSIVe/utterly catastrophic snow across the country, which I will admit for the first few hours was fun.
We stayed over in a hotel near to Manchester hoping that we would avoid the majority of the snow and the ungritted roads. Instead we awoke to find a large pile of fresh snow outside the window and the airport bus struggling to get through the car park. Into the terminal for 8.30am.
Meanwhile it was still snowing and it appeared some flights were going as they were checking in people. Of course we had seen the news which said Manchester airport was closed and flights were suspended until 12pm due to runway clearance. After checking in we were informed the 10.10am flight to Cologne/Bonn would be delayed until 14.55 and we would have to sit and wait. So I went for a wonder around the airport to pass the time and ran into Dave who was likewise flying on the same flight. So we gathered in a small corner to start our little conversations/snoozes/crosswords etc. 14.55 comes - plane delayed further. 16.00 - plane delayed until 18.05. 18.00 comes plane delayed until 19.30. 20.00 nearly 12 hours after we arrived and the flight was cancelled.
Supposed to be flying back tomorrow and hopefully we will get there in one piece from A - B with little or no delay!
Am looking forward to coming back to Bonn - I have to admit I really have missed not being there!
Must try and sleep now
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