Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (2011/12)
Dodging the storms
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 ABOVE and FAR RIGHT: New Senator Lounge at Frankfurt 'B' gates, Terminal 1 |
It's always a bit of a nuisance when an aircraft the size of a Boeing 747 pulls onto a remote stand, but we were so far ahead of schedule that it scarcely mattered. After a bus transfer to the main terminal and an easy passage through the formalities there, I made my way to the impressive new Senator Lounge at Terminal 1's 'B' gates, a vast improvement on its predecessor. When the time came, it was a short walk from there to Gate B24. |
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(Link to flight log in side panel)
So the strong winds that had carried me into Frankfurt well ahead of schedule had then operated against me on the final leg of the journey, and I was 30 minutes late arriving back into my home airport. Overall, however, it seemed that the gods had been smiling on me during this trip. Had I set out one day later, I would have encountered severe disruption caused by winter storms. And had I planned to arrive back one day earlier, I would have run into even worse storms that had been responsible for widespread structural damage within the last 24hrs. As it was, I had an easy drive home from the airport and arrived to find that the impact of the storms on me amounted to one dislodged roof tile.
What a wonderful trip it had been: 'short but perfectly formed' seemed like a suitable summary.