A good journey to Heathrow en route to South Africa

The team were delight that so many folk came to wave us off from Wolgarston. Thanks so much! Despite the rain, the mood was good and the many bags were manoeuvred carefully in to our Travelwood Minibus by our driver Brian.

Our journey was rainy, but smooth and quick and before we knew there was a stop at Oxford Services and then Heathrow seemed just around the corner.

We arrived in good time and said a thank you to Brian for such a trouble free trip.  No doubt having Mr Leonard as co-pilot was a big help!

We were able to check in quickly without too much fuss thanks to some kind staff from Virgin

We have now set up a base camp in the departure lounge where there is a good mixture of homework, food, card games and chat, mingled with visits to the loo and the many, many shopping outlets.

All good so far.  We are due to fly on Virgin VS449 at 2230 and arrive at OR Tambo in Johannesburg at 1130 South Africa time.

We've had a lovely welcome message from our hosts at Hands at Wok in Africa where we will be staying... Which is really nice of them

See you in a few hours ... Thanks for following.

Richard Westwood