It was quite a rocky takeoff from Heathrow with the plane tilting back and forth for the first couple of minutes. Once it settled down the seatbelt lights were quickly off and service started almost immediately.

My choice of meal for this evening caused the usual amount of levity. I knew I would be eating an evening meal in the Concorde Room so I’d preorder a child meal again.



Proving once more that there is not much that a bread roll cannot improve, it converted into a very nice chicken roll, accompanied by a baileys and coffee to close out the evening.




By the time the crew were clearing trays the captains announcement was made that we were over Leeds and inside twenty minutes to landing. Quite surprisingly, the crew were still scurrying and faffing around ten minute later when the 10 minutes to landing was announced. They seemed to be running backwards and forwards with just one or two glasses each time, very odd. They were still securing the galley when the call came for ‘seats for landing’.