I find myself in São Tomé.

Getting here entailed an overnight connection in Lisbon (LIS TMS departs at 10am). The MAN LIS flight was delayed by over three hours, a midnight arrival mangling my overnight arrangements (the airline forgot to book stopover hotel: well done TAP!).

Forgetting about the reasons for the delay, does delay to a first leg carry any liability in terms of Reg 261. Logically I'd grudgingly admit it shouldn't, as the overnight buffer, and an uncharacteristically on-time departure from Lisbon, meant i arrived at the final destination fagged out, but bang on schedule.

For those interested, the Lisbon-Accra-São Tomé service is operated by a standard issue A320
The overnight return is going to be interesting ...