Travellin' man
May. 1st, 2013 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularToday is May Day, aka Labor Day pretty much everywhere that isn't the good old U.S. of A., which by an astonishing coincidence happens to be where I will be tonight, if all goes well.
If all goes well. Famous last words, right?
Let's see. Because of the Easter holiday, the traditional May Day bank holiday got pushed back to the 7th of May. The traditional protests, on the other hand, are apparently proceeding as scheduled. Thus, any number of marches, throngs, and general annoyance, which will hopefully not end up with glass and ashes all over the street.
Hopefully.
The personal impact? No train service to the airport, so I had to call a taxicab. Worries about protests impacting traffic, so I had to call the cab early. That, plus my paranoia about being late for the flight, plus a half-hour delay in the flight itself...
...yeah, it's possible to get to the airport too early as well as too late. Say, if you're there before they open up check-in for your flight, and you have to stand around and wait for it. Bright side? I was at the head of the line, got my suitcase checked without any problems, and I'm cooling my heels on the far side of the passport-control checkpoint with two hours to departure time.
From what the announcement on my phone indicated, a half hour's delay in departure equates to about five minutes' delay in arrival at Heathrow, so I guess they keep some speed in reserve on the regular flights just in case. Well, that's why I left two and a half hours for my layover.
Anyway, nine or ten days Stateside, a day in London, then back to the grind.
Departure in two hours.
Be excellent to one another, everyone.
If all goes well. Famous last words, right?
Let's see. Because of the Easter holiday, the traditional May Day bank holiday got pushed back to the 7th of May. The traditional protests, on the other hand, are apparently proceeding as scheduled. Thus, any number of marches, throngs, and general annoyance, which will hopefully not end up with glass and ashes all over the street.
Hopefully.
The personal impact? No train service to the airport, so I had to call a taxicab. Worries about protests impacting traffic, so I had to call the cab early. That, plus my paranoia about being late for the flight, plus a half-hour delay in the flight itself...
...yeah, it's possible to get to the airport too early as well as too late. Say, if you're there before they open up check-in for your flight, and you have to stand around and wait for it. Bright side? I was at the head of the line, got my suitcase checked without any problems, and I'm cooling my heels on the far side of the passport-control checkpoint with two hours to departure time.
From what the announcement on my phone indicated, a half hour's delay in departure equates to about five minutes' delay in arrival at Heathrow, so I guess they keep some speed in reserve on the regular flights just in case. Well, that's why I left two and a half hours for my layover.
Anyway, nine or ten days Stateside, a day in London, then back to the grind.
Departure in two hours.
Be excellent to one another, everyone.
