Playlist
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Craig Armstrong - Film Works 1995-2005
Marillion - Happiness Is The Road
Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe
Big Elf - Cheat the Gallows
Cheryl - 3 Words
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys Christmas
Laura Pausini - Primavera in Anticipo
The Cure - 4:13 Dream
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
DJ Hell - Teufelswerk
William Fitzsimmons - Goodnight
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Alice Peacock - Love Remains
King Crimson - Level Five
Soft Cell - Heat : The Remixes
Grand Theft Bus - Made Upwards
Kleerup - Kleerup
Muse - The Resistance
Rush - Counterparts
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel?
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Pet Shop Boys - Alternative
Craig Armstrong - As If To Nothing
Del Amitri - Can You Do Me Good?
Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising
Lou Reed - The Raven
Hollywood Vampires - Who's Laughing Now [Single]
Cloudland Blue Quartet - SXTY (Latest Mix)
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle
Off to Germany today, for a wee tour, which will include, in a couple of days' time, a concert by German Superstar, Udo Lindenberg...
Trundling down the hill in the rain as how it all started...
Bags checked, checked in and through security all by 10:45...
We were due to fly just after noon and, on plan, our plane arrived and, we thought, was being prepared for us...
But it wasn't to be...
A hydraulics leak was threatening an on time departure...
An engineer was called...
We were updated but the situation gradually deteriorated until, shortly before the by then considerably delayed departure time, the flight was finally cancelled...
A mad dash down to the baggage collection area to collect our bags and then, another mad dash to the check in area again, to check onto the next flight, due to leave around 6pm - luckily we were near the front of the queue and made it onto the seating plan...
I'm pretty sure others from our aborted trip did not...
Once again, bags checked and through security and deja vu at 2:15...
Phone calls made to our hotel and car hire to advise of our later than expected arrival times...
Then, to relaxing with a coffee...
Once again our flight was delayed though...
We boarded at 6:45...
Then, further delays...
But we finally took off at 7:20 - around four hours after we ought to have been checking into our hotel and having a wee wander around the small town, on the Hessen/Bayern border, of Seligenstatdt...
Instead, this...
Luckily we'd had sustenance at the airport during our elongated wait as, due to there being not enough meals on the plane, no food was served...
Other than that, an uneventful flight...
...landing around 10pm, German time...
Car pick up went smoothly...
...followed by a fractious journey through the dark, on unknown roads, to our hotel seemed to take considerably longer than the expected 25 minutes...
However, the very kind staff had kept it open for us and we were treated to free beers in the bar...
...before retiring...
A long day indeed but glad, at last to be here...
Highlight of the Day : Our second flight taking off...
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