On our last morning in New Zealand (Monday) we saw three Tuis watching us from a telephone line and singing loudly. It was as if they were saying goodbye. We had breakfast at Maranui Café in Lyall Bay before packing the last of our stuff. And so our journey homewards commenced, flying from Wellington to Auckland and then Auckland to Singapore. Despite the usual queuing through the airports everything progressed smartly. James and I wore compression socks for the first time and I think that they were effective because my calves didn’t feel tight after the long flights, which they sometimes do. There was quite a lot of air turbulence from time to time as we crossed Australia. I watched a film “Firebrand” about Catherine Parr, which was rubbish because it committed the cardinal sin of changing the facts of history, which I can’t stand. Our transition through the rather lovely Singapore airport went well and I was delighted that we had a row of two seats (without a third) on the next and longest leg from Singapore to Zurich. I was determined to get lots of sleep and I did; I think at least seven hours of the thirteen hour journey. Then the film Coco Avant Chanel was excellent which made up for my earlier film disappointment! When we arrived in London Heathrow this morning (Tuesday) we found out by message and email that our luggage had not made it onto our flight from Zurich in the short forty minute turnaround. We were advised that the luggage wouldn’t arrive in time for our flight to Glasgow so we filled out our details so that it could be delivered to us in due course. Our flight ended up being about an hour late and then had to have two attempts at landing because of fog at Glasgow; the pilot was using the automated landing system but he still didn’t feel that everything was right the first time. Back at home the cats were absolutely astonished to see us! We have had a fantastic holiday but it’s great to be home.
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