I’m on holiday this week, so apologies if my posts are rather brief – I have other things on my mind.
We were up at 5.30am after a very poor night’s sleep. A quick cup of tea, load the cases into the car and then we’re off to Luton airport. Traffic is worse than I anticipated, and it takes us over 3 hours to get there – luckily we left in plenty of time.
This is the first time that I have flown since my DBS operation, and I’m a little apprehensive about going through security. I tell everyone to remind me not to just walk through the security scanners, because I’m scared that I’ll forget not to do so.
I have my little card from Medtronic to show to the security guards, so I’m all set. We drop off our cases, and head for security. The security guard doesn’t know what to do when I show him my card. “I’ve never seen one of these” he said “I’m only a trainee, I’ll have to get my supervisor”. My card gets passed around a number of people, before they decide to let me avoid the standard scanner, and they ask me to step inside a different kind of scanner that they assure me is safe. I pass through without any drama, and then I’m given a really thorough frisking – in fact I’m beginning to think the guard is enjoying it! Then I’m through, and we proceed to the departure lounge.
We arrive at our destination on time, collect our hire car and then drive around in circles for a little while – we know exactly where we need to be, but had reckoned without the one way system. Eventually we arrive at our apartment, drop off our cases, go shopping at the local supermarket, and then go to a local restaurant for a meal.
By the time we are walking back to our apartment, I’m really knackered and my feet are beginning to drag. That’s the only thing that’s bothered me today – my walking has been fairly rubbish all day, but everything else has been well controlled.