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Good Morning!

Gee, I'm already pretty bad at updating this, sorry! So how is it we've ended up here with one in twenty year weather? It's freezing here (literally), however I won't complain too much as I know things are much worse at home. My condolences go out to anyone who has lost a home, a family member, friend or pet in the bushfires. If only you could have some of our cold and snow!

So, we eventually got out of Heathrow and proceeded up to Aberdeen....well that was the plan. We actually circled Aberdeen for about 30 minutes and then we were diverted to Edinburgh as Aberdeen airport was closed. The next part of the fun was that the pilot had exceeded his flying hours for the day, so even if they opened the airport again, he couldn't fly us up there. There was going to be about an hour wait, and then a bus ride to Aberdeen :( By this time it was about 4pm, and we had been scheduled to get into Aberdeen at about 10:30am. We had been awake for nearly 48 hours straight and were totally sick of travelling.

We finally worked out the phone numbers and called Carol. She insisted we were not going to catch the bus, which would have probably taken about 4 hours in the snow. What an angel! Carol and Derek left work early and drove down to Edinburgh to pick us up - it was wonderful to get in a comfy car instead of public transport.

To be continued....with photos

Good Morning

Is anybody reading?

We've landed in the UK, and we're stuck at Heathrow due to the weather. Our flight in was delayed, then our connecting flight was cancelled...bummer!

We've now been travelling for over 24 hours on little sleep and we're a bit over it.

We'll get there soon enough and I bet it's sunny and warm in Aberdeen :P It is currently snowing and only 1* in London.

Why are we waiting?

Weŕe sitting in Sydney patiently (NOT) waiting for boarding time. This sitting around in airports is probably the hardest part of traveling for me. At least once you are on the plane you are usually on your way.

I am grateful that Alistair traveled for work enough that he has access to the Qantas business class lounge - I think I´d be really annoyed without the perks that come with it ;)

So I´m waiting as patiently as I can, hoping the time will pass quickly. Now, if I could have a nap I´d be fine! That´d make the waiting much more bearable.