Time to head back to Europe.
My dear friend gave us a 130mph average speed' lift to CPT International.
It was empty. As it turns out we had the same crew as on the outbound.
Needless to say we had absolutely spectacular service.
Sector 3:
CPT-LHR 744
Seat 2A
First
Crew: Outstanding.
Light load, only 6 out of 14 seats occupied. I'll let the pictures tell the story.
Starter 1: Prawns. Tasty. Worked nicely with the Mersault.
Mood lighting:
Starter 2: Soup on veggies. Also tasty.
Entree: Line fish. Too salty. The Laurent Perrier 2000 balanced nicely here.
Pudding: Chocolate cake with ice cream. Coffe and JW Blue. Why make things complicated?
I asked to be woken 1h 15min prior to arrival:
Landed. The always impressive BA line up at T5:
The flight was truly exceptional. The crew seemed thrilled to have us again.
We where looked after in the best way. If every sector was like this, wow.
A slight shambles in flight connections and security.
The crew had forgotten to seal my duty free shopping... re-pack and check bag to hold.
Since we where on an F inbound we could access the Concorde Room.
Perfect after a nearly 12 h flight, even in F. cabanas reserved for 2 hours.
A shower, a 1h sleep and then brunch:
Sector 4:
LHR-ARN A320
Seat 1D
Club Europe (intra-EU J)
Crew: indifferent
Not much to say really about this flight. I slept most of it and sticked to water
since I would be driving once back in Stockholm.
To summarise:
BA F exceeded all expectations except for the bubbly. The crew was great. The Champagne onboard in F is now
Laurent Perrier Millesime 2000, only. That is piss poor BA. A year ago it was Bollinger GA 1999 and Pol Roger 1999.
A serious slip in standards.
Cape Town was fantastic. I am considering moving there. A rare blend of religion, culture and people that works nicely. Diverse.
Stunning scenery. Extremely friendly people. Fantastic wines, obviously.
Petrus Sr. said this is the kindest thing someone has ever done to him. Mission complete
Thanks for looking,
Petrus