Toronto; Friday, 25 August, 2017

It wasn’t a particularly early flight, but as I’d managed to get an incredible deal on first class I’d stayed over in Heathrow the night before so I could make full use of all the facilities. It meant that after a bit of a lie in, and with no breakfast from the hotel I headed over to the terminal to checkin.

I had a very pleasant four hours in the lounge taking full advantage of the free food and drink before it was time to head to the gate, and onto the bus that took us out to the plane. Whilst I was on the bus I had a quick check on my phone for the price of the same flight the following day and was able to feel smug that anyone who turned up at Heathrow to book the flight last minute tomorrow would be paying more for economy than I’d paid to be at the very front of the bus.

It was an excellent flight, with amazing service – as you would kind of expect. It was one of BA’s most modern 787’s so the cabin only had 8 passengers for the two members of the crew to serve, so the inflight service was very personal, and it had to be one of the most comfortable flights I’ve ever had.

We landed in Toronto and after a very quick journey through the airport I was on the train into town and then down to my hotel.

I checked in, dropped off my bags and headed back down to the harbourside, immediately outside the hotel.

My room looked straight out over the harbour and to the Toronto Islands located a short distance off so it was to there that I headed first. The journey over was pretty dramatic with the stunning Toronto skyline slowly revealing itself as the ferry headed out from the harbour with the massive CN tower being the focal point.

Over on Centre Island I had a long wander round taking in the beautiful setting and the stunning vista of the Toronto skyline before heading further into the islands. I headed over the bridge onto Middle Island and had a lengthy wander round the quite difficult maze before heading over to the beach and the pier.

I took the boardwalk along the south coast of the island and onto Ward’s Island where I made it to the harbour on the north side of the island not only with plenty of time to catch the ferry back into the city centre, but also to see the sun set between the buildings of Toronto and the city start to light up for the night.

The boat took an indirect route back to the mainland, making an additional stop near the city airport to pick up more passengers but if anything it made the journey better as it meant we headed across the harbour with the CN tower slowly lighting itself up for the night.

By the time we got back to the main harbour it was close to 9pm, but even with the comfortable flight the fact it was 2am back in the UK was starting to make itself felt and I decided to turn in for the night.