Hello from Paris (CDG)

As i say…next time im going Eurostar!

Thats what you get for flying bmi…

BA all the way…no tech issues and a lovely smooth flight to add to it though I thought a rather bizzare approach into BHX

But on the other hand, bmi were cheaper than British Airways.

And I’m sure that British Airways do encounter technical problems often enough, especially considering that they have engineers based at CDG. It was these engineers that had to come and see to the aircraft.

That storm was the biggest I have ever seen. The thunder shook my house and there was lightening literally ever 10 seconds! 😮 😀

Just above Manchester and the north it looked like this….

We had a huge storm here as well, huge delays on stuff in and out of LBA.

Just as well you got off at BHX, our trip from there to GLA took us through the big storm that hit northern England. Bouncing around at 24,000ft I could hardly get my beef sandwich anywhere near my mouth !!! 😀

That storm was the biggest I have ever seen. The thunder shook my house and there was lightening literally ever 10 seconds! 😮 😀

Ah you carried on up to Glasgow.

Care to explain to me what the point in offering a flight Paris-Birmingham-Glasgow is, but then forcing all passengers off it and onto a connecting flight? Seems a bit bizzare to me.

Good question, especially as you get off the plane for about half an hour before reboarding the exact same one, in the exact same seat with the exact same cabin crew serving you yet another sandwich and slice of cake.

Ah you carried on up to Glasgow.

Care to explain to me what the point in offering a flight Paris-Birmingham-Glasgow is, but then forcing all passengers off it and onto a connecting flight? Seems a bit bizzare to me.

Would of prefered bouncing around to sailing calmly over open skies! Not had a bumpy flight since flying through a thunderstorm over Malaysia!

Thats what you get for flying bmi…

BA all the way…no tech issues and a lovely smooth flight to add to it though I thought a rather bizzare approach into BHX

Just as well you got off at BHX, our trip from there to GLA took us through the big storm that hit northern England. Bouncing around at 24,000ft I could hardly get my beef sandwich anywhere near my mouth !!! 😀

Thats what you get for flying bmi…

BA all the way…no tech issues and a lovely smooth flight to add to it though I thought a rather bizzare approach into BHX

Sounds like a great adventure, hope I can go next time its on 🙂

Just to let you know Michael – Its DBCF not DCBF, sorry to be so picky ;).

I’m green with envy lads

Well, in response to my first post, that 21.55hrs flight never left Paris at 21.55hrs. In fact, it hadn’t even arrived by that time, so we were told that it would be about 40 minutes late in getting away for Heathrow.

Once we eventually all got on board G-MIDP (an A320 incidentally) we sat and waited… and waited… until the Captain finally explained that we had a technical problem with the navigation equipment on the aircraft. A British Airways engineer came on board and we were told to sit tight for half an hour while it was looked at. There was no guarantee it could be fixed.

Anyhow, it was fixed and by 00.20hrs (Paris time) we were on our way to London Heathrow, eventually touching down in a rather hot London, with temperatures at 26C. We landed at 00.01hrs (UK time) and had arrived 2 hours and 1 minute behind schedule.

Anyway, one of my infamous flight reports will be appearing on the Trip Reports board some time soon, so keep an eye out.

No we were in the centre of Paris, nearest metro was Pigalle. About 10 minutes walk from Gare Du Nord ish.

My map reading skills are excellent so no problems there…main issue was the language barrier to be honest. I dont speak a word of French and my dad is fluent. unfortunately he’s quite good at ignoring things, e.g. when a French security guard was going on about my bag (this was in a supermarket). I was deserpately looking round for my dad who turned and said “what?”

Apparently the security guard gave up once he realised I was foreign. Single european community my rear end…

Dark blue shirt yeah..not my usual attire but the climate dicated otherwise!

Yeah, think I saw you. I had Black trousers and a bright blue T-shirt.

Did you stay near CDG?

We stayed about 2 mins from Orly, but never managed to get there. Partly my map reading, thinking we could walk down Mototrways 😀

dme

Dark blue shirt yeah..not my usual attire but the climate dicated otherwise!

Should have some more soon, my memory cards were full of paris and battery life was low (fuji finepix S5000) so had gone back to my Canon EOS 300V!

I hate that airport, im going Eurostar next time!

Hi murph,

were you wearing a dark blue T-shirt?

dme

Should have some more soon, my memory cards were full of paris and battery life was low (fuji finepix S5000) so had gone back to my Canon EOS 300V!

I hate that airport, im going Eurostar next time!

I was taking photos of many an Air France aeroplane seeing as barely anything else taxiied past!

That’s about all I snapped from the glorified bus shelter too…

Lol small world isn’t it…i was the ginger haired fool dragging my dad around who was complaining about everything and I was taking photos of many an Air France aeroplane seeing as barely anything else taxiied past!

Really small world, my hockey captain was two rows behind me (I was 8f)…and I never realised until the end of the flight! What a lovely approach though!

Either of you the one with the british airways bag? :D. They were the only people I recognised as spotters in the gate area!

Moi, monsieur. 😀