41 Hours....

Thats about the time we were on the go for....Got up for work as normal on Friday and in the evening headed to the airport for our flight to the UK. Before leaving we found out from friends who were also flying that there were some problems. The in bound flight was still in the UK due to the weather. Instead of flying at midnight we left about 05:00 but at least we were on our way. The flight itself was fine until we arrived over the UK.....then the real joy of snow was revealed :-)

First we circled while Heathrow was defrosted and then when it was taking longer than expected we diverted to Manchester. Unfortunately we couldn't return as the weather was so bad and even being bussed back was not on due to the bad state of the roads near London. BA decided to put us in a hotel but we opted to take matters in to our own hands and so rented a car and headed off in to the unknown. Thankfully although the M5 was slow and snowy the rest of the trip was fine and we eventually made it to Southampton around 23:00, a little over 41 hours after getting up. Travel is good for the soul! Oh, and the kids were amazing!