Long journey home

Went to bed at a reasonable time on Saturday night, and up by 0730 - seemed like the middle of the night!
Drove to the airport, but had a panic at the end because couldn't find a petrol station and we had to take the car back with a full tank. Risked turning data roaming on the iPhone and used "AboutMe" which took us to one straight away. Mahon's a nice airport, small and not busy at all. Boarded our lovely little turbo prop plane (I'm being sarcastic - hate them) and took off in glorious sunshine. Actually had a nice flight. Only in the air for 20 mins, so barely got high at all and had fantastic views of the whole of Menorca, and of Mallorca as we flew in to Palma. I even looked out of the windows and took some photos.

Then to Palma for a 90 minute wait, and was really grateful for our Priority Passes as we got to spend it in the VIP lounge. Free drinks, sandwiches, newspapers and wifi. Then on to our flight to Madrid. Another hour and a half and we were there. Quite uneventful. No turbulence, but was getting very sick of the Iberia menu of ham and cheese sandwiches by now.

After less than an hour's wait we were on the final flight to London, clutching a bottle of duty free brandy and several bags of gummys for the grandchildren. Spent the journey playing Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies on the iPad, much to the amusement of the people sitting next to me. For some reason Stu and I had been seated apart. Landed a few minutes early, but then had to sit on the tarmac for 30 minutes as there was no gate for us. Must have been a shock to ground control, us arriving out of the blue like that.

Finally got off, quick passage through passports etc, got all the bags (I was amazed that they'd followed us through 3 airports), and we set off to drive back to Sheffield. We were keen to make it back to the pub quiz as a friend celebrating his birthday would be there. Normally takes about 2hrs 40, and we had a good start with Stu driving and playing the normal beat the satnav game. Got slowed down a bit by a police car doing 69 miles an hour in the slow lane. Spoilsport. Anyway, made it for 9.30, and arrived in time for start of quiz, and for a change we won!

Great holiday!