We were due to fly home from Palma airport at 12 55 and arrive at Gatwick just after 3pm. Then train to Portsmout Harbour, Wightlink FastCat and home at 5pm. This is what happened:
Picked up on time from the Hotel at 08 40 in a smart Volvo Coach.
Very smoothr drive to Palma Airport: luckily got the from seats and had a good view of the trip.
This is were the plan fell apart! Apparantly there had been a baggage problem and the check in queue was huge, passport control was fine for aduktrs but those with kids could not use the automatic gates so had to queue for 40 minutes to get passport stamped! eventually got on plane about 30 minutes late - not at a gate buy bussed onto tarmac. As we boarded we realised our paid for seat allocations had been changed but we managed to negotiate with other passengers to sit almost as we had asked. The Captain said the disruption a Palma was normal: not the best airport experience we have had!
By now we had missed our take off slot and we eventually took of at 2 30pm. With the time change we landed at 3 40pm and with a good immigration and baggage collection we just caught the 4 39pm train to Portsmouth Harbour. BUT an incident at Fishbourne (Sussex not Isle of Wight) meant an extra two train changes and another hours delay! We got indoors at 8pm. A total travelling time of just over 12 hours! This did not distract from a great holiday and our felay claim is already in with Southern Trains!
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