Seemed odd this morning for a holiday departure, alarm at normal work time and a taxi at 8:30 for a 10:05 departure. Security an Manchester was very busy in spite of being domestic but we were pulled out and sped through so it ended up quite casual.
Shuttle to Heathrow was spot on time which was good as only 60 mins transfer time.
Through Flight Connections we felt under pressure already, gave up on a Boots for water due to an enormous queue then panicking after losing 10min at WHSmith "fast" self checkout, rubbish machine and slow assistance on repeated lock ups.
Rushed through connections not sure what security we yet had to go through and feeling that we were running out of time, lift inevitably kept opening doors before finally going.
Finally rounded the corner to gate B45 to be greeting by total calm and no movement, and a Boots with no queue!
Boarded LA flight on time and settled in for an 11 hour flight.
Gee, that was a long flight, couldn't sleep at all & knees seized up. Landed slightly early but our gate had a load of luggage carts parked so we got pushed into an ally to watch 5 other planes get processed first. Through security rather slowly due to one seemingly over zealous agent talking to people for ages. We got him and he was actually a nice guy. The good news was that our luggage had made it via Heathrow and was on the carousel as we arrived so we were out for the car rental shuttle an hour after disembarking.
Picked up a silver Ford Escape SUV and headed for Marina Del Rey and our hotel for tonight.
Looking forward to a good sleep after 23 hours awake of which 11.5 was spent in the air.
Statistics: Miles today: 9 miles; Miles so far: 9; Fuel added so far: nil gals; States: California; Time Zone: Pacific(UK-8)
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