Ruary, USA and Scotland, 2025

 Sunday 3rd August Flights Home Friday 1st - Glasgow Airport Last Friday 1st August I went across from the Holiday Inn Hotel to the departures desk at the Airort and said that I wanted to get some "Special Assistance" for my transitions from Glasgow Airport, through Heathrow and at Singapore Airport as I am unfamiliar with any of those. The time frame between landing at Heathrow and taking off for Singapore was 2 1/4 hours. Okay if nothing untoward happened and I didn't have to recheck in my bags at Heathrow. The time frame for landing at Singapore and taking off for Auckland was 1 hour! The ladies at the baggage check-in desk looked at my e-ticket and assured me that my bags would be checked in all the way to Auckland. They also pointed me to a service desk where I could register as needing Special Assistance. The man there booked me for all three airports. Sunday 3rd - Flight to Heathrow I had to get up at 5:00am Sunday morning to catch my 7:30am flight BA 1475 to Heath...

 Friday 1st August Glasgow Airport, The Holiday Inn Hotel, Cousin Julian & his wife Susan    Today was the day when I had to say goodbye to Sheila, who has looked after me really well and been a great host, and drive to Glasgow to get ready to fly out to Heathrow and then NZ via Singapore on Sunday 3rd August. The drive took about an hour. I had a some trouble finding the Return Rental Cars entrance, but a kind van driver said, "Follow Me", so I did and found it and returned the car all in one piece and nearly full of petrol. Next, I walked over to the airport  ... to find the Special Assistance desk where I could get help on Sunday morning with negotiating Heathrow from Terminal 5, where the Glasgow flight landed, to Terminal 2 where Air NZ departs from. In a fairly short space of time it was all organised, much to my relief. From there I walked outside and found, just like last time, that the Holiday Inn was just across the road On the other side of the road wa...