Thursday 19th April

We didn't manage to get the luggage down to two cases :(

Very early pickup by the Gatwick Flyer. 04:40!!

M25 busy, yet again.

Virgin Check-in queues at Gatwick were very long as usual (I guess about 200 people lined up to check-in). However, we were through in under 5 minutes thanks to the on-line check-in and DIY boarding passes. Definitely a time saver as all that happened was they looked at the passports, weighed the bags then stuck the labels on them. But best of all we had to queue at a separate 'bag-drop only' queue and there were only 4 people in front of us. :)

Waiting now in the Servisair lounge. Linda is nowhere to be seen, she's toddled off to the duty free already! :( :(

Waiting in the Swissair Lounge for our call.

Linda's been shopping already!

Just as we arrived at the car rental place, two other people had just ordered convertibles, so we had to wait quite a while for new ones to be made available (i.e. cleaned!).

Note, Linda wasn't always this happy looking, especially when the wait grew longer and longer...

Worth the wait!

This is what we ended up with though - it's a Ford Mustang convertible. Very low to the ground, especially after our Dodge SUV last time around. It was a real struggle to get the cases in. One had to go on the back seat with another bag whilst the boot was almost completely filled with the second suitcase!

OK, so it did take us 5 minutes to spot the button to take back the roof, but once we had it down, it was an enjoyable ride!

Looking forward to driving it more soon.