The first leg: Swansea to Heathrow

So excited! After a busy couple of weeks organising everything, I'm ready to go. Today I drove from Swansea to Heathrow, and gave Rhodri a lift. I was completely shattered after a very busy week, not to mention the fact that someone woke me up at 5am 'cos he didn't write down the name of the hotel I booked for him and also couldn't work out the time difference! Grrr! We squeezed Rhodri's skis into my little Punto and got to Heathrow in good time (or so it seemed). Took ages to get from the Hertz office to Terminal 3 and the queue for check-in was massive, not to mention getting through security, so I ended up getting to the gate just as the flight was boarding....Phew. Delighted to finally be on the flight though, and hoping to sleep the whole way. A bit nervous about delays has I only have about two hours to make the transfer in Bangkok.....fingers crossed!