OH MA DEAR ANOTHER FOOD TRIP
Day1 Friday 8th September It has been very busy lately, so it was time for us to have some time away. We had booked a trip to Madeira some months ago and it was finally here. The forecast over there was for rain every day we were there, turning to sun just as we were due to leave. Of course, it was blisteringly hot in Inverness for days before we left. Elain took us to the airport for the first leg of our journey down to Heathrow. It was 28 degrees as we drove to the airport. Oh joy, we thought. However, once we were checked in, bags dropped and a drink on the table, all was suddenly looking a bit hopeful. Besides, we are used to rain, we could cope, couldn't we? Of course we could! We had to stop overnight in Heathrow's Sofitel Hotel. The original plan had been to fly to London, then Madrid and out to Funchal. However, BA changed the time of the Madrid flight, so the whole timetable fell apart. They offered to put us up in the Sofitel if we could fly to Heathrow the day before...