Journey to Heathrow

Well, things are never easy are they!  Thought I'd book in online to save time.  Finished then went back to my packing.  Reckoned I'd need another bag so went to prepay for another.  Up pops the message I red ..." You can't prepay for a bag after online check in!".  So shouldn't be a problem, I'll just pay excess baggage fees at the airport.  After twenty minutes of scurrying around the site, it appears it cost £17 per kilo, or some such figure, but as my 'maximum permitted dimensions bag' is full, I would need another bag.  Seems like that will cost £140....or thereabouts!  That's a lot of money for some extra clothing and some teaching props!  So I decided to take just one hold bag and one carry on.  Not easy to do.  Both bags are now a wee bit over their upper weight limit.  I'll just have to pay on the day.
Checking in online for the second leg of the journey proved interesting!  First time I logged in I ended up on someone else's ticket account!  I could have wreaked havoc, but decided not to!  So I logged out of their account and tried to log in to mine.  No chance!  Some weird exception rule flashed up on the screen, and prevented me from completing the online check in.  Just maybe someone had accidentally booked into my account!
Morning of the departure.  Woke at 3 a.m.  Might help with the jetlag..just need to remember to get off the train and not sleep!
But of a wobble when I eventually got up...started to repack at 5am!  I want to bring my best shoes but they won't fit in the bag!  Packed a second bag.  Took it down, changed my mind.  Repacked. Goodbye to everyone and off on the train to Woking.  My bag is heavy...26kg they told me at the airport

 


.I even got a message from Wendy (who's she) who is picking me up in Guiyang.
Got to the airport....Lifts this way...No they weren't !  Anyhow, after a brief loss of passport, left it on the self scan (oops!), I'm through security and ready to board...In a few hours!  There's even a free water machine!

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