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limey · 04-19-2015, 02:24 AM

First airport of the day is Tashkent International. As far as I can see from the departures board it handles ten flights a day. I'm there at 6.15 for an 8.15 departure. Security, customs (another form to fill in), passport control and more security to go through.
At about 7.45 we're called to gate B1 which clearly displays a departure for Dubai, while Istanbul is gate B9. We're then called to gate B9. Apart from that it all goes without a hitch.
I just had a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in my room before I left the hotel so enjoyed the breakfast in the plane.
Second airport of the day after a five hour flight is Istanbul Ataturk. Two hour layover here, but I've got this one sussed as it's my usual hub. There's a nice wee bar/restaurant, not too busy, up above the main food court, next to the first class lounge. I had a lovely salad and an enormous beer there.
A 3 hour 40 minute flight brings me to Gatwick and a badly planned 5 hour layover. I try to get bumped onto an earlier flight but there isn't one.
By the time I get to Glasgow airport I've been awake for 22 plus hours and in airports and planes for about twenty of those, consumed a cup of black tea with sugar and two biscuits before I left the hotel, two in-flight meals, one healthy salad and a giant beer (Istanbul) and a gin and tonic (thank you BA!) and am falling asleep as I stumble towards the airport motel.
To keep myself sane on the flights I listen to audio books (Nella Last's War - excellent real diary of life in Britain during the second world war) or watch in flight movies (if any appeal to me) and knit socks. I use small wooden needles which are a bit like cocktail sticks and have not yet had airport security ask me to give them up.
I now know that it takes ten hours to knit a sock as I completed half a sock on the flight from Tashkent to Istanbul.
(Monster, as I am self-employed in a sector where client confidentiality matters I have made it a rule never to talk about my work on public forums. [emoji87])
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04-19-2015, 02:24 AM	#35
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	First airport of the day is Tashkent International. As far as I can see from the departures board it handles ten flights a day. I'm there at 6.15 for an 8.15 departure. Security, customs (another form to fill in), passport control and more security to go through. At about 7.45 we're called to gate B1 which clearly displays a departure for Dubai, while Istanbul is gate B9. We're then called to gate B9. Apart from that it all goes without a hitch. I just had a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in my room before I left the hotel so enjoyed the breakfast in the plane. Second airport of the day after a five hour flight is Istanbul Ataturk. Two hour layover here, but I've got this one sussed as it's my usual hub. There's a nice wee bar/restaurant, not too busy, up above the main food court, next to the first class lounge. I had a lovely salad and an enormous beer there. A 3 hour 40 minute flight brings me to Gatwick and a badly planned 5 hour layover. I try to get bumped onto an earlier flight but there isn't one. By the time I get to Glasgow airport I've been awake for 22 plus hours and in airports and planes for about twenty of those, consumed a cup of black tea with sugar and two biscuits before I left the hotel, two in-flight meals, one healthy salad and a giant beer (Istanbul) and a gin and tonic (thank you BA!) and am falling asleep as I stumble towards the airport motel. To keep myself sane on the flights I listen to audio books (Nella Last's War - excellent real diary of life in Britain during the second world war) or watch in flight movies (if any appeal to me) and knit socks. I use small wooden needles which are a bit like cocktail sticks and have not yet had airport security ask me to give them up. I now know that it takes ten hours to knit a sock as I completed half a sock on the flight from Tashkent to Istanbul. (Monster, as I am self-employed in a sector where client confidentiality matters I have made it a rule never to talk about my work on public forums. [emoji87]) Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of Last edited by limey; 04-19-2015 at 02:53 AM.