70th Anniversary (contd.)

After the ceremony everyone went to the village hall for coffee and cakes.  Gifts were given to the very many helpers who had voluntarily worked so hard to mark this anniversary. Then  our friends, Else & Erling kindly invited several English and Australian relatives to supper.  which was nice as we were able to spend some time with Ernie's nephew, Graham, who had flown from Northern Ireland. After a nice supper provided by our generous hosts we returned to our hotel.
The next day things did not go quite so smoothly  We rose at 6 so as to be in good time for our 8.25 flight.  There were only 7 passengers.  At 10 a.m. we were told our flight had been cancelled because of fog in London. We spent the whole day at the airport not knowing how or when we would get home.  Eventually they booked us on to the evening flight leaving at 5.30. We spent our time in the very comfortable Executive Lounge with free food and drink.  A & T were able to do some work on the computers which were provided.  I found it very boring as I cannot see to read.  All the other people were groups of businessmen. Amanda and I spent money in the shops. (How cleverly they provide such temptations).
At 5 p.m. we went to the plane.  Then there was another delay of one and a half hours because of confusion over the amount of fuel because they had not allowed for we extra 7 passengers from the morning flight.  We eventually took off and arrived in London at about 9 p.m. where our taxi driver had been waiting for hours.  We said goodbye to Tom and arrived home at 11 p.m.  A rather long day!