The flight was slightly delayed but we
arrived at Heathrow Terminal 5. Signage to get to the other terminals wasn’t
superb and we ended up taking the bus. At one point Jenni was in the bus, I was
still get my bags and doors were closed!
Yikes, we hadn’t even left the UK and we were going to be separated.
Never fear, doors opened, bags on bus and off to Terminal 1
We got checked in at Terminal 1 with ease.
Bags away and sent directly through Blantyre!
We had lovely dinner and felt the
excitement at last....we were on our way! In the check in we met up with a
large group (27) with t-shirts emblazoned with ‘Classrooms for Malawi’. In discussion with them, it turns out that I
knew one gentleman, Tony Begley, who has previously done work for Mary’s Meals
and has visited Kincardine in Menteith. They seemed to be bringing loads of
balls etc as well as their skills in building classrooms so we wondered if they
shouldn’t be called ‘Tennis Ball for Malawi’. They will be returning on our
flight in two week so it will be interesting to hear of their progress.
The flight itself was 10 hours and fifteen
minutes. We had a good meal and before
the battle could begin in Les Miserables on my TV, I was fast asleep and
managed a good 4 or 5 hours. Jenni had a
really good sleep just as we took off but wasn’t as fortunate during the bulk
of the flight.
Johannesburg airport is fantastic! We cleared immigration and had a couple of
hours to wander around. There are some
lovely shops there and a few purchases were made! There was also an amazing
statue of Nelson Mandela made out of wire, so we had our picture taken there,
particularly poignant at this time of his failing health.
The flight to Blantyre went quickly and 27
hours from leaving Dunblane, we had arrived in Malawi. Even better, so did all
our bags!
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