Bleary eyed I checked out of the hotel just before 05:30 and rather than bother waiting for the bus decided that a nice brisk walk to the airport in the chilly morning air would probably be the easiest way of waking up.
At this time of the morning the queues for check-in were considerably shorter than they had been on Saturday morning, however the queue for security was surprisingly much longer and it took a good 10 minutes to clear through and get into the departures lounge.
It also turned out that there are a lot of people who either commute from Luxembourg to London or have early morning meetings as the plane was totally full and consequently rather cramped – but we left on time and in the end made it back to London a full 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
After a very quick journey through city airport – with once again my bag on the belt when I got there – I headed out of the airport and caught the DLR round to a hotel I’d booked a day use room in. Again, thinking I was going to be later and building in contingency I didn’t think I’d be back home in time for my morning meetings so had booked the day use hotel room to work out of, in reality I would probably have made it back home with time to spare, but at least I didn’t have to worry about being late for the meeting.
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