The ash cloud which forced the closure of Manchester airport has set me back a few days. Although the airport has been reopened from 1am this morning and my flight was at 11:15am it was still cancelled, maybe they didn’t get the plane back from yesterday or something.
Anyway I have since chased up a refund on that flight from ebookers.com and have booked myself a place on a new flight Wednesday morning (although I have a completed booking status I’m still waiting anxiously for my e-ticket).
Since I was staying at the Travelodge @ Manchester airport it was the easiest choice to just stay here another 2 days in my room that has soon become home.
No point getting stressed I’m just going to relax, losing 2 days from a 3 month trip isn’t the end of the world, I just hope it all goes to plan on Wednesday. Keep calm and carry on.
An ash cloud, of all things, put me back a few days. It had shut Manchester Airport entirely, and even once the runways reopened at one in the morning, my eleven-fifteen flight was cancelled anyway — some story about a plane that never made it back the day before, though nobody seemed keen to explain it properly.
I chased a refund out of ebookers.com and booked myself onto a new flight for Wednesday morning, then sat there refreshing my inbox for the e-ticket that hadn’t quite arrived yet, booking confirmed or not.
Since I was already holed up at the Travelodge by the airport, staying put for two more nights was the path of least resistance. The room had started to feel less like a room and more like an address.
There didn’t seem much point getting worked up about it. Two days lost out of three months is not, in the grand scheme of things, a tragedy — I just hoped Wednesday would go the way it was supposed to. Keep calm, as they say, and carry on.
13 comments from 2010
You never know you might get cancelled on the way home too and end up with an extended trip in the sunshine!
hi,rye, fingers crossed all plans go ahead on wednesday,at least you have a nice room to relax in for the time being,thinking about you love mum keith &josh xxx
Good luck bud! Hope everything gets back on track asap!
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Good luck stifler, keep the chin up I'm sure you'll get there soon!!
"Pain in the Ash" - he's got the puns in already!
hope everything works out man X
im just trying on fallout three to get past the part I am stuck on p.s my freind Aaron will be leaving you a message soon because i have gave him your website.
good luck on your journey
Ryan, I'm not sure if you already know this: Try to intake 60 Gram's of carbs per hour and 300 to 400 calories, plus 2 16oz bottles of fluid especially in the desert.You may have to ride early morning and late afternoon in the desert
Hope the flight goes to plan tomorrow, good luck on the trip.
Hope you have/had good flight give us a shout when you can, best of luck from Dad, Helen, Brad and Will.
good luck tmw Rye,when the cycling begins,will be thinking about you,luv mum xx