And I can post on this thing now, so let's get cracking.
Day one
トムーさん turned up at 4am on Friday morning, bleary-eyed and stubbly to be greeted by my bright-eyed and bushy-tailed self with something of a collection of luggage all ready for the off to Newcastle airport.
Off in the taxi we went and through the usual bore of check-in, security checks and concealment of crisps about our person to hurry up and wait. Our time was brightened by spotting Ms. Emma Aveyard across the way and it turned out she would be accompanying us to London Heathrow, a pleasant surprise.
After a brief look around the lego shop and donning our Japan shirts, a short trip to the arcade improved things more than words could ever describe:
That's right ladies & gentlemen, say hello to アレクスーさん, the official mascot of Japan 2011.
So onboard BA1321 we went, トムーさん thought we were getting something lovely and bacon-y, alas, he had mis-read BA.COM and we had to make do with potato and tomato.
Sad face.
After landing at Heathrow and being reunited with our luggage (and my passport after I left it on the plane, oops), we navigated the gargantuan mess that is the Heathrow underground system.
We made it to T3.
Then we found サムーさん, who had lost his voice, hilarity ensued.
More luggage checking, moving metal into different bags and confirming identity followed, then we had oh, only about 6 hours to kill. In a terminal in the process of being refurbished, surrounded by Chanel, Bulgari & Paul Smith.
After many crosswords, a Boots meal deal, countless aimless wanderings of duty free and some more crosswords, passengers of VS900 finally got called to their gate. Win.
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