We had already had one travel hiccup on this trip when the Canadian railways threatened to strike and we had to cancel our tickets. But that was not the end of it....we travelled down to the airport with Philip as he was also flying away for the week. When we reached check in, the machine would only let Joan get a boarding pass. This felt like groundhog day as this had happened at Christmas when we were flying to Puerto Montt. The lady at the check-in desk took u...

On Tuesday night we drove through spectacular thunderstorms to Heathrow and stayed at the Heathrow Hotel on Bath Road. It was gone ten but food was still being served. Kevin had a pumpkin and goat's cheese ravioloni and Joan had a korma with paneer. Poor Kevin's meal was surprisingly unappetising. When the waiter asked if we liked it, we said no but he didn't do anything about it. Throughout dinner lightning was flashing wildly. After breakfast we moved our car t...

After breakfast we started our long journey home. Initially this meant driving to the ferry to get us back to the mainland and then on to Puerto Montt airport. We were relieved when the car hire company said there was no damage to the car. To pass the time we ate lunch at a restaurant that seemed to have run out of pizzas, chips... we settled for a large veggie sandwich. When they had no chips, they offered us Chicken nuggets instead! Bizarrely, some people who o...

We got up early for a Saturday and dropped off the Meezers and JB at their respective 5 star all-inclusive resorts. We had plenty of time to get to Heathrow which was lucky as we were held up for over half an hour with a crash on the M1. We left our car at Purple Parking and caught their minibus to Terminal 5. We were a little too early to check-in so we had the first holiday beer and wine. Once through security we had a meal before taking off to Madrid. That jou...