Gary and Adella left us to go back to UK and I can only say this because a) I am sitting at home, b) they are 3000+ miles away and therefore cannot hit me....
...but there was an certain unfortunate symmetry to their departing as per their arrival....
We were all packed and ready and left Big White in a light snowfall, however the airport was reasonably clear and flights were coming and going.
On the drive down the mountain the snow thickened....but then lifted and we parked in the airport carpark to some light flakes...also Gary got propositioned at the traffic lights by a young lady in a sporty little number..apparently to ask directions but we think it was something more....that was until she spotted Adella glaring at her from the backseat!
We arrived in good time for their flight, straight to check in to drop the bags off, a bit of a queue at the ski drop off whilst the skis were searched for gunpowder residue (?!) and then to Timmy H's for further research on the huge variety of Tim Bits (cinnamon added to yummy list).
Planes still taking off...although inbound plane from Toronto was delayed...but hey, only by 10 mins....more coffee....inbound plane delayed by an hour...but obviously planning on speedy turnaround as outbound only delayed by 30 mins (go ground crew guys!)...still time to make that connection in Toronto to the Heathrow flight....tight but doable....oh look the snows getting heavier....really heavy...really, really heavy....snow goes.... still 30 mins before the flight no sign of any further delay (reassuring words from the reeds 'hey, this is canada, they're used to this kind of stuff', 'they'll clear it in a moment', 'if the plane wasn't able to land they would have sent it on to Vancouver by now', 'good deals on pizza if you do need to stay an extra night' etc etc)...
..so we left our friends (with a bit of a sniffle) and headed home, confident that all would be well...after all what was the likelihood of it happening twice....?
...quite high as it turns out....
.... plane delayed until 1:30pm then 2:30pm (apparently did go to Vancouver and come back again)...missed connecting flight at 7pm but hey, there's another plane at 11pm so they were quickly booked on that one....which would have been fine if the plane had worked....they could fix it... not they couldn't... unload bags/food from old plane...find new plane (probably a good idea!)...load baggage, food, people....leave at 2:30am....get home at 4pm UK time...oh yippee work tomorrow...
G&A big hugs and we hope the skiing and partying made up for it....somehow....
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