Our flights were originally booked with Gulf Air on a flexible return, but as all flights were full, we were advised to simply turn up at the airport in case seats became available. On Friday, Jonathan, Steve, Fergal and I decided to go to the Airport on the off-chance that we would get on the 08:00 flight. Well, as luck would have it, four seats became available and we were off, via Muscat to London. We couldn’t believe that we had got away so soon, but did wonder how long the rest of the team would have to wait for seats?
Anyway, we arrived into London Heathrow that night, Fergal and I keen to get on the last flight to Belfast but, of course, the baggage reclaim took so long that we missed it, so we said good bye to Jonathan and Steve, and then found a comfortable place to sleep for night (nice comfy airport benches!)