Leaving Singapore we were heading into the unknown will we get caught up in the Civil Servant strike or we we arrive before it starts. They airline were making dire predictions of passengers having to remain on the planes for anything up to 12 hours before being allowed into the immigration and customs area.........
As it turns out we arrived well before it started and went through as normal, in fact as I write this the strike has finished and at Heathrow things were even easier with no delays whatsoever....
Our only scare was that we we arrived an annoucement was made by the pilot asking us all to remain in our seats until the London authorities said otherwise, thoughts of long delays ensued... however it turned out we were waiting for a pair of policemen who came on board escorted a young man off the plane from the section before us, panic over.
The flight was smooth and we got some sleep, some of scenery as we flew over Afganistan was amazing and you could see the terrain that makes it difficult for our troops to succeed in their mission.
We picked our car up at Heathrow and finally got to Coventry at around 11pm, just manged to stay awake.....
Penny and the jumbo
Images of Afganistan