In Bangalore Airport, waiting for his plane, no less a personage than Nicholas Parsons. Alas he had to wait more than just a minute (honk!) as there had been a deviation (honk honk!). It was a foggy morning in Bangalore and it turns out our plane couldn't land. It had been diverted to Chennai. Some three hours behind schedule we finally took off and I was on my way home at last.

The flight itself was comfortable but it turns out Heathrow had been having bad weather as well. Apparently there had been a thunderstorm earlier which resulted in more planes on the tarmac than there were gates to receive them. So having landed we then waited another hour before we could get off.

And the fun wasn't over then. I got the Heathrow Express back into London. We set off very slowly before gently coming to a complete standstill and losing all power. We waited in the blackout for a short while before we (slowly) got going again. One more blackout, one more standstill and we limped into Paddington a further 30 minutes late.

It's great to be home!