I've started the journey to South Africa for Lyndy and Jason's wedding.  The journey so far has been so easy and relaxing, just the way I like it.  I left Birmingham on the 13:00 Virgin train, got the Victoria line tube to Green Park, then the Piccadilly line to Heathrow terminal 5.  Each and every step without any trouble and nicely relaxed, just the way I like it.  However upon getting to terminal 5, I took the escalator up to what I thought would get me to departures, only to get so far that you have to take an elevator back to the tube platform only to be taken then to the top floor!  How stupid is that!

My impressions of terminal 5 is that it is lovely wide open, clean and well laid out.  There are no real sign's around the place and instead they have loads of 'honkies' telling you where to go.  Being Scottish and practical, I see that as a real waste of money [especially as most of them are blokes or not so good looking women ].

I decided to have some dinner before checking in, and headed for the "The Five Turns" pub & restaurant.  Service was incredibly slow, despite there being hardly a person in the place, yet I've counted at least 7 people working here.  Took nearly 10 minutes get someone to even take my order!  Then when they did, most of the main menu was 'sold out'.  So ended up having some over cooked fish and chips, then decided to risk having some ice cream.  The ice cream came in a tub that you normally buy from a shop, and they are charging HOW MUCH for that!!!  Won't be coming back here again, or recommending to others!

Let's hope that the duty free and the flight is better   Blog again soon...