OK So first leg my middle daughter gives me and my wife a ride to Preston Railway station.We get a direct Northern Trains (new service) train to Liverpool South Parkway which is a new station thst I had not been to before. From there we took a longer than necessary bus ride to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. After that all was flawless though I was suprised to be asked to take my belt and shoes off for security. I never have to at MAN. They are all much nicer than the TSA though. Once through security, Ryanair check TWICE, the weight and size of the carry-on. One woman was at 13.5 kgs and she asked how much to check the bag - 40 GBP was the reply!!! Wow.Anyway , they were very strict.

After that it was all flawless. We had a row of three seats to ourselves and the wife sat in the window seat 27F so I took a middle seat since no one was in the aisle seat - 27E. Landed 10 minutes early. Sailed through airport. Family there to meet us. Young grand son charged up to me to hug me. Picking up my Hertz car was very easy but they do not have Gold Service in Knock. All in all, a very pleasant but frugal and spartan trip. No complaints from me. As they say "You tend to get what you pay for". RYANAIR is a low cost - low service airline. But they got us there safe and on time.