After an emotional goodbye to mum, dad and rob we managed to get through security pretty quick and hassle free and went straight for breakfast! The first flight from Manchester to Abu Dhabi was 7 hours and as we boarded the plane and scrambled to our seats we realised that even though we were the first people to book seats on this flight 12 months ago I had managed to pick the only aisle on the plane without a window so the whole journey was pretty dull and dark!...