Leg 7: LGW-MAN British Airways - Boeing 737-400

After a few days in and around London I needed to get up to Manchester to meet up with the better half who was arriving into Manchester on Etihad from Abu Dhabi (I was originally on this flight with her before plans changed). Rather than try and get up to Manchester in the early hours to meet her I flew the evening before on BA. This was pretty standard domestic flight fodder; left on time, enjoyed a tea and a biscuit en-route; arrived on time, happy days. As I write I am now in the Crowne Plaza at Manchester Airport, which is about standard for a UK airport hotel. On the plus side I received an upgrade to a club room (with free drinks in the club) and two free drinks in the bar (hence any spelling mistakes) despite having booked using points. On the negative side the internet is exorbitantly priced and the hotel bar is full of people whose holiday package to Cancun includes a night here prior to their 5 am departure and who clearly intend to be in the bar singing until that time.

This concludes the trip for now. Next flight is back to Dubai on Emirates in a week on so, which I shall post for the purpose of completeness.