Scotland the Bravest

After a break of nearly 12 months the saga continues ....

The flight over was a non-event. They`ve improved(?) the flight entertainment so that you are supposed to have 28 movies available at any one time and can start watching any one at any time - that is of course if the system was working properly. Sound familar?

We arrived at Heathrow on time and had 1 and a half hours before the Glasgow flight left - should be plenty of time you would think - however it was a nightmare. There were huge queues for everything - from getting a bus to Terminal 1 to going through security. To help things when we got near the front of the queue for the security check Kerry was informed that you could only have one piece of hand luggage - hand bags are included - so we left the queue to try and stuff a full handbag into Kerry`s carry on bag - I made it fit! Heaps of other irate customers weren`t so successful. Everyone there was in the same boat (plane?) .... they had all flown into Heathrow that morning from somewhere and had obviously been allowed to board there original flight with multiple articles only to be informed by the lovely, pleasant lady at Heathrow that only one item was allowed. It was the last thing you needed after sitting on a plane for 24+ hours ....

Our plane was due to depart at 8.30am. We joined the line for the passport check at 8.25am!!

After running all the way to the plane we were the last to board and the plane left 10 minutes late - also, we were informed minus one of our checked-in big bags (turned out to be Kerrys) .... which thankfully turned up at Matt`s later that night.

Despite the fun at Heathrow the plane landed about 5 minutes late at Glasgow and Matt and Karen were there to greet us. Both looked really good! Karen then had to leave to go and board the same plane we had just arrived on for a couple of days in France for work.

When we approached Glasgow in the plane it was covered in a thick fog - the rest of the country was clear and the temp was a brisk 8 degrees. We headed off to the hospital in Byers Road for Matt`s specialist appointment. They are going to change medication for Matt to .... can`t remember the name ... just need to get formal approval and he`ll start on that in a couple of weeks. It was abit hard to concentrate when all you wanted to do was lie down somewhere and go to sleep.

Then off to sunny Milngavie ... and I mean sunny. The fog had lifted and the sun was shining and the temperature reached around 20 degrees celsius - the hotest day I had ever encountered in my trips so far to Scotland!!

Matt and Karen`s flat/house is very nice and the whole area is very pretty. It`s amazing what a difference it makes with the trees having leaves etc. [Craig]