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Jan. 8th, 2016 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljPlane tickets are booked. I'm flying over on a Wednesday night to take advantage of the seat sale, only good for M-T-W days of the week though the return day is a Sunday, didn't make a huge difference in price that way. Had to book the Mister a return ticket since the one way price was ridiculous. I joked that it gave him an "out", if he wasn't happy after a few weeks! He said there wouldn't be anything to go back to anyway! :)
I will get there just before Easter and we'll fly back the Sunday after Easter and will spend a few days in Ipswich where his sister-in-law and nephews live. Since I get there on his last day at work, and presuming he isn't going to get off work early, I thought I'd get into London and take the train up north. It's more messing around but i'll only have a carry on bag and it's cheaper than getting the British Airways flight up to Manchester. Since I don't know if he'll be off work early, I'd have to sit around Heathrow all day. I can't get a key from his neighbour because he works. I landed on a work day once before but his Dad was still alive so i could go into the flat and nap before he got home.
The flight lands at 9:30, by the time I get off and through customs, I suppose it will be close to 10:30 with a half hour to get into London on the Heathrow Connect Train (less than half the price of the Express train, just a few stops along the way), taxi to Euston. That should put me at the train station between 11 and 11:30 in time for lunch. If i get a train about 2 p.m. or a little later, i'll get to Picadilly station and can have a cuppa while I wait for him to get there after work. Pick up a rental car from there and we're off. There's a couple of cheap hotels near where he lives, i just have to check on if any of them have free parking. Hotel parking costs can eliminate the advantage of a cheap room!
That's the tentative plan.
We'll have the car to visit friends and to ferry the last stuff from the flat to wherever it's going, charity shop, friends, etc. Not sure yet if we will take the train to Ipswich or if his nephew will come up and get us. He did say he might but if it's mid-week he might not be able to. A night in an airport hotel before coming home, makes things easier.
I will get there just before Easter and we'll fly back the Sunday after Easter and will spend a few days in Ipswich where his sister-in-law and nephews live. Since I get there on his last day at work, and presuming he isn't going to get off work early, I thought I'd get into London and take the train up north. It's more messing around but i'll only have a carry on bag and it's cheaper than getting the British Airways flight up to Manchester. Since I don't know if he'll be off work early, I'd have to sit around Heathrow all day. I can't get a key from his neighbour because he works. I landed on a work day once before but his Dad was still alive so i could go into the flat and nap before he got home.
The flight lands at 9:30, by the time I get off and through customs, I suppose it will be close to 10:30 with a half hour to get into London on the Heathrow Connect Train (less than half the price of the Express train, just a few stops along the way), taxi to Euston. That should put me at the train station between 11 and 11:30 in time for lunch. If i get a train about 2 p.m. or a little later, i'll get to Picadilly station and can have a cuppa while I wait for him to get there after work. Pick up a rental car from there and we're off. There's a couple of cheap hotels near where he lives, i just have to check on if any of them have free parking. Hotel parking costs can eliminate the advantage of a cheap room!
That's the tentative plan.
We'll have the car to visit friends and to ferry the last stuff from the flat to wherever it's going, charity shop, friends, etc. Not sure yet if we will take the train to Ipswich or if his nephew will come up and get us. He did say he might but if it's mid-week he might not be able to. A night in an airport hotel before coming home, makes things easier.
