​As an airport regular I like to think I have bag packing down to a fine art. 15 mins to pack for a 7 day trip is more than adequate,  I don’t even take hold luggage usually.  This trip is a little different for me,  a ski trip!  my first!  A broken bag zip and a few re-packing strategies later it only took the best part of an evevning  plus a panicked  morning re-pack.

After a few last minute erands I was ready,  ready and late.  In a way it’s a good thing my dad drives like a lunatic.  We made it to the airport in time,  then i cruised through bag drop off,  everything was looking good!  Not quite as smooth at security…  As usual I get the full pat down treatment,  shoes off,  arms out,  ra ra ra…  except then due to my lovely warm socks,  being a bit of a hippy, a late night and day dreaming a remixed hokie kokie,  i forgot about my shoes until reaching duty free. Woops,  a quick back pedal to the confused security guard staring at my lost shoes. Let’s try that again..

I always wander how coffee shops make tea so bad.  I’m not a coffee drinker,  just a forever disappointed tea man.  Hoping this time might be different but no just the usual crap teabag,  as i make my way to add my own milk and find a seat I watch my flight getting delayed by a further  5minutes every 5 minutes. Sure enough the inevitable cancellation came and so too another bad tea. Too foggy to fly they said as other planes were jetting off.

Im rescheduled to fly tommorow morning now.  And while I wait for easy jet to arrange a hotel, I’ve decided to start writing a blog!  As I probably should have done years ago. The aim is to document my travels a bit better and make comments on life as I see it. I might even managed to make one or two people laugh. I think i might even push the boat all the way out and get an instagram too.