Bed was the most uncomfortable I have ever slept in and the room way too hot. Had to open the window and turn all the heating off. Woke early and decided to catch an earlier bus to Heathrow. Even LHR would be a more interesting place to hang around than the B&B. Got downstairs at 7:30am to find the bakery open. Had expected a rather fancy French bakery but was more of a greasy spoon so passed on the offer of breakfast (which was included in the price of the room) and just left.
Glad I did as traffic was bad and we were about 20 minutes late getting to Heathrow. Still plenty of time before my flight so not fussed, but it would have stressed me out if I'd caught the bus I'd originally intended to take. In hindsight would have made more (or at least just as much) sense to go all the way to London and stop overnight near Paddington and catch the Heathrow Connecct.
Once I checked in I had breakfast at a cafe outside security as I wasn't sure whether they'd be more shops this side or airside. Turns out it there were far more airside. Still, had a full English with a quite decent caffe latte with the last of my change 8.60 GBP which included a token tip.
Still had a 10 pound note so once through security I browsed the shops in an attempt to spend it. No point changing it back to Australian dollars when it was such a small amount. Bought a book, a bottle of water (for the plane) and a can of flavoured mineral water (to drink straight away).
Now on the plane writing this up. The upper deck is definitely the place to be if you are travelling cattle class. Only 11 or so rows up here so can easily imagine you are on a small plane rather than a massive monster. There are a few empty seats up here so might have been able to finagle an empty seat next to me. Not to worry. My seat mate is a slender young woman of whom I greatly approve. She drinks Bloody Marys and is reading a Lucifer Box story.
It is now 4pm London time and have about 8 more hours to go so time for a snooze for me.
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