Knobcottage in China

And Well, plane seems empty, might get a four row and get my head down.  I've got my own tv and remote. A nice pink pillow And a hermetically sealed bag with something blue and towel-ike in it.       And I've just been moved to a row of four empty seats.  Bargain!  Here is my 'bed' ...And me in it! ..And just in case you were wondering..There. Was a blanket inside the hermetically sealed bag.  Smelled like it had been stored a while! MySo, a decent nights sleep across four seats.  Then around 6am plane moves to morning mode and breakfast!  Yoghurt, mini croissant, butter, jam, melon balls and I chose chicken noodles.  Excellent.  Rested, fed and ready to face the day...But hang on it says the outside temperature in Beijing is 87 F.  Sounds hot...Quick conversion 30C.  Well I wasn't expecting that!  Doesn't look like I'll need my fleece today! Hang on...Turbulence, change ...

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 o...