Back to Blighty - Finally the end

So, just one more post to bring this fortnight of Paralympic fun to an end, as the journey home threw up a challenge or two, well what else.

A late check out time from the hotel, meant I had plenty of time to get my case sorted and finish off my "long day" 2 part blogs. 

Whendie had to wait for her landlady to meet up with her before she then grabbed a taxi over to my hotel.

We took the short walk over the road into the station and headed for the RER, the same journey I've been doing most days, as the airport is one stop past the venue where the sitting volleyball took place.

A final cheese and ham baguette and hot chocolate from the platform shop and a pastry for Whendie before we boarded the train.

We arrived at the airport and had a 5 minute walk to terminal 3 and found the check in desk. Whendie's case was .6 kg over her 15kg limit. Not bad.

Mine, however, had gone from 17.6kg on the way out, to 23.6kg heading back. Ooops uniform and souvenirs I think. Of course my ticket, as I'd found out before I went out, didn't include any luggage, but the helpful lady at the airlines had upgraded me to a 30kg allowance, so it was a tense few minutes as the lady at the check in desk had several discussions with her managers.  

Thankfully I'd printed the email from the airline confirming it all, so finally we were checked in and waiting to fly.  The chilled vibes still keeping me calm.

Heading through to departures we stopped in the duty free shop to buy a few edible goodies to bring home.

The flight was more or less on time leaving and thankfully no more incidents to contend with.

An hour and 10 minutes later we landed at Southampton and headed through to collect luggage. Needing to cross the railway to get to the taxi rank it seemed the lift was out of order. So was pleased when a nice man offered to help carry it down the stairs for me. And no he didn't run off with it.

A very short wait at the taxi rank and I was whizzing home. 

After the last couple of long days, I think unpacking in the morning and an early night. 

And so another adventure comes to a close. 

The next one is already in the planning, I'm just waiting to hear if it'll work out. But trust me, there'll be a blog for it if it happens.

But for now... au revoir, à bientôt.