The morning came around quickly and I reset the foldout lounge back into an office, grabbed my gear and the bedding and headed to my friend's place to spend the morning. A load of washing and drying, family calls, staring into space a bit (quite tired).
Kailash popped in for lunch with her son (on a half day) and we had a lovely final chitchat before she went off to meetings and I needed to head to the airport. I had intended on cycling the 23kms but ended up riding 4kms to central station and catching the train from there.
I located my check in area, and a quiet spot against the wall and started my pack down of the bike to fit in the bike bag. I couldn't get one pedal off again 🙄. Managed to get it all to fit in the bike bag and carry bag (I have uniform and shoes extra) and Checked in with plenty of time. I had a planeload of tired and hungover English soccer fans and so we were all asleep pretty quickly 😂
I have my next flight early tomorrow morning and so took advantage of Ryan Air's 'check in your bags the night before if you have an early departure' deal. What this has meant for me is that I now have time to leave the airport, go back to the warm and generous warm showers hosts from my last pass through Manchester, for a night's sleep and catch the first tram at 5am in the morning back to the airport. I passed by the seating area I did my overnighter a few weeks ago and feel incredibly grateful to have a bed instead.
A bleak 14 degrees outside but no rain🎉 and a warming lentil stew and homemade bread awaited me.
Night from me 💤
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