Making New Friends at 39,000 feet

Emirates A380I’m (back) in Dubai and wow…. what a whirlwind of events I’ve experienced since boarding the Emirates A380 in Heathrow last Wednesday! This is part one.

First of all I need to introduce the other half and sometimes travelling companion, Robert, otherwise this story won’t make sense.

Making New Friends

When I received an email, 4 days before travelling, asking if I’d like to upgrade to business class for £320, I decided to consider it. Not for long…. I paid.

So, instead of a drop off at the airport and a long wait in the public areas of Heathrow terminal 3, I checked in my (huge, business class) amount of luggage (mostly Harris Tweed and handbags but that’s another story!) and made my way to the business class lounge.

Being so engrossed in finishing off work and having a quick breakfast with a glass of Champagne (well, why not!), I didn’t notice any of my fellow passengers in the lounge.  So how surprising it was to see that several famous cricketers and TV presenter and radio show host, Chris Tarrant and also, Felix Francis (writer and son of Dick) were on the same flight!

Shona & Chris TThe Emirates A380 (that’s the double decker plane, if you don’t know it) has a whole upstairs deck dedicated to First and Business class and at the back of the business section, there is a lounge/bar area where you can mingle with other passengers and stretch your legs.

Being the sociable types, me & Robert popped into the ‘lounge’ for an hour or 3 and this is where I met a lovely man called John Ayling, as well as Felix, Chris and his partner Jane. John said they were all on a Lord’s Taveners trip to Dubai to play cricket against the Emirates team and to generally raise money for the very worthwhile projects that the organisation support.

An Invitation not to be Passed Over

So, there we are…plugged into our seats (turbulance) and John starts promoting the fact that he still has tickets to sell for the gala dinner on Friday. I think FAB (a party) but Robert thinks oh no, I’m going away on biz. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I go and party and Robert goes to work in Iraq.

More to come………..

So that’s where I’m going to leave it for today, otherwise this post will become a book and you will get bored.

Tune in for the next installment soon 🙂

Thanks for reading.

Emirates A380 photo, courtesy of Wikimedia

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Making New Friends at 39,000 feet

Emirates A380I’m (back) in Dubai and wow…. what a whirlwind of events I’ve experienced since boarding the Emirates A380 in Heathrow last Wednesday! This is part one.

First of all I need to introduce the other half and sometimes travelling companion, Robert, otherwise this story won’t make sense.

Making New Friends

When I received an email, 4 days before travelling, asking if I’d like to upgrade to business class for £320, I decided to consider it. Not for long…. I paid.

So, instead of a drop off at the airport and a long wait in the public areas of Heathrow terminal 3, I checked in my (huge, business class) amount of luggage (mostly Harris Tweed and handbags but that’s another story!) and made my way to the business class lounge.

Being so engrossed in finishing off work and having a quick breakfast with a glass of Champagne (well, why not!), I didn’t notice any of my fellow passengers in the lounge.  So how surprising it was to see that several famous cricketers and TV presenter and radio show host, Chris Tarrant and also, Felix Francis (writer and son of Dick) were on the same flight!

Shona & Chris TThe Emirates A380 (that’s the double decker plane, if you don’t know it) has a whole upstairs deck dedicated to First and Business class and at the back of the business section, there is a lounge/bar area where you can mingle with other passengers and stretch your legs.

Being the sociable types, me & Robert popped into the ‘lounge’ for an hour or 3 and this is where I met a lovely man called John Ayling, as well as Felix, Chris and his partner Jane. John said they were all on a Lord’s Taveners trip to Dubai to play cricket against the Emirates team and to generally raise money for the very worthwhile projects that the organisation support.

An Invitation not to be Passed Over

So, there we are…plugged into our seats (turbulance) and John starts promoting the fact that he still has tickets to sell for the gala dinner on Friday. I think FAB (a party) but Robert thinks oh no, I’m going away on biz. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I go and party and Robert goes to work in Iraq.

More to come………..

So that’s where I’m going to leave it for today, otherwise this post will become a book and you will get bored.

Tune in for the next installment soon 🙂

Thanks for reading.

Emirates A380 photo, courtesy of Wikimedia

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