A sad tale of a colleague who didn't keep up with me ...

He was slow even getting out of the office so I set off first (we were flying London Stansted to Dublin, about 6.00 pm), when check in closed he was still on the road and thus had to pay again (this being Ryanair) for the next plane an hour later.

I flew to Dublin as planned and rented the car, then waited for him but in the meantime the fog came down at Dublin, they were held overhead for a while then diverted to Belfast. I drove to the hotel.

They sat at Belfast until about 11.00 pm, no weather improvement, only then did the airline think of organising buses to Dublin, he was put out there at 3.00 am confronted by a closed airport and a 200-person queue for non-existent taxis. Eventually made it to the hotel just as the breakfast service was starting.

Moral of the story .... keep up !!