Taking off for England

Sunday, July 4
Overnight flight to London
We departed Sunday, July 4, and had hoped to pick up Meghan to drive us to Lester Pearson airport. However, to prove the old adage that if it ain't broke, don't fix it - Jan replaced the old battery the day before we left and then the car wouldn't idle. So Hans drove us to the airport on his way to work in Wasaga Beach. Thanks, Hans! Sorry that Meghan and Erin won't get to use the car while we are away, but dat's da way it is! Left a big "do not drive this car" sign on the steering wheel. Also left the keys with Geoff in hopes that he would fix the car while we were away and the girls would get some use of it. Perhaps Erin could pick us up on our return after all.

At last we were waiting at gate C30 Terminal 3. They were calling the first groups for boarding. We did not buy the Plus package so that would not be us. But I didn't mind. I waited so long for this trip that a few more minutes didn't matter.
Once on board, Erin's observation proved true - Transat does indeed pack every possible seat into their planes, and fills every one. I like a window seat but in fact there was wall beside me rather than a window well, so my space was really cramped. And we had to do quite a dance every time one of us had to move around a bit. We slept fitfully if at all but everyone on board remained cheerful. We departed Toronto via Air Transat TS722 July 4 at 9:55 pm to arrive at Gatwick July 5 at 9:55 am. There is a 5 hour time difference and it was a 7 hour flight.