Thursday 6^th October 2016

A very early start this morning. Up at 4:45am and got a taxi at 5:30am for the 25 minute trip to Manchester airport.

As we had already checked in on-line we didn’t have to queue for long, however, getting through security was a different story. It is probably the most thorough we have experienced. We had to take everything out of our pockets. Even had to take off our jackets and put them through separately. Lynne even had to take her lipstick and ventolin inhaler out of her handbag and put them in a plastic bag to be scanned. She had also forgotten there was a sample perfume bottle in her carry on bag. It showed up on the scan so the security people made her take everything out of the bag and they then proceeded to open every box.

We boarded the plane at 9:30am and landed in Munich at 11:00am for a 1-hour stopover. We had to disembark and take our carry on bags with us. We boarded the same plane at 12:00pm (sat in the same seats) and settled in for the 11½ half hour flight to Singapore. The flight was a little bumpy and the plane was full so there were no spare seats to move into for a little more room. Premium economy for us on long flights in future as there is more legroom.

Wednesday 5^th October 2016

The weather is still being kind with clear blue sky, however, the temperature is getting decidedly cooler with an expected top of only 15° today.

Today is our last day in UK for this trip.

We had breakfast with Heather & Michael and said final farewells to them as they are heading off ot Yorkshire today.

After breakfast we walked into the main Manchester shopping area for a look around then got a pizza for lunch. Back to the hotel mid afternoon to and sat in the lounge area catching up on emails and checking in for our flight to Singapore in the morning.

We had dinner in the Hotel Restaurant, which was very pleasant, and the food was good then headed upstairs to finalise the packing ready for tomorrow.