Thanks, but if he was over Dublin (that's what he meant by "out of Dublin, right?) then he didn't really miss his plane, did he? Did he mean that he got on his plane back to the US, then they encountered a mechanical problem over Dublin that forced them back to Heathrow where he was waiting for another plane?

"out of Dublin" - to me - means there was some problem with the flight going out of Dublin. Not that there was a problem over the city, in the air.

It sounds like he had a flight from Dublin to Heathrow. That flight left Dublin late due to a mechanical problem. He was supposed to catch a flight from Heathrow to the US. He missed that flight.

That's what I thought when I read his post, but I didn't think he went to Ireland. Last I read he was in England. Maybe I missed something...

Lots of people fly into Dublin and then take a hopper to England. When they are coming in from other countries, anyway. Airfare is cheaper into Dublin - no paying any UK air duty to the Irish government! You only pay duty on the much cheaper hopper fare over to the mainland.

Thank you so much! I must admit I have been too exhausted lately to return to the blog and even BE has suffered my attention as well, but hopefully I can remedy both situations within the next day or so, as there is so much left to say and much to update on. But thanks again for your lovely comments and I'm glad you like the blog. If I can show other people just what IS possible, it might help them take that first step to returning home if they're unsure for any reason..

Have just written an essay for BE, but has to be moderator approved of course. Hopefully it should be readable within the next 24 hours or so.

Sorted

You're awesome

Where will we find it?

Each time I have flown into Heathrow the service has been much better than the US airports I have flown into. Staff waiting to help all around the airport and direct you..

It's under 'Back Home' and titled 'Back 3 months'

I'm also in the process of adding to my blog and just put in another entry. I will do more over the next couple of days while I'm off work

I quite like Heathrow Airport and even spent 12 hours there once without any hassles. Of course I think they're pretty good right now as they're honouring Dr Who and having the Cybermen and Daleks there all this week, plus a Tardis photo booth and gift bags... what I wouldn't give to be able to land at Heathrow right now.. lol

Good to hear from you look forward to any updates. I know you are busy and tired out from work.. I CAN relate.

We were on a Aer Lingus flight out of Dublin to LHR. After we were all loaded on the plane they found the plane had a mechanical problem so after working to correct the problem for about an hour and a half they had to transfer all the passengers to another plane. I wont go into all the details of trying to find a part and trying to scavenge a part from another plane.....

Well as far as I can remember Heathrow has always under construction. To get from terminal 1 to terminal 5 takes about 20 minutes on a shuttle bus I think then you have to get from the bus let off stop to where you need to get to. More time.

May I ad that we tried to get an earlier flight out of Dublin but the airline geniuses don't allow that. We pointed out that it could alleviate a problem if the scheduled flight was delayed and we missed our connection.

An airport is an airport you say. ??????

Cheers