Stirling; Friday, 06 June, 2014

It was always going to be a late-ish night as the flight wasn’t due to get into Glasgow until gone 22:30. However, by the time I arrived at Gatwick the flight was already delayed, and that continued to get worse to the point that by the time we finally turned onto the runway to start our take-off roll it was 22:20.

We arrived in Glasgow a little after 22:15 at a gate over the far side of the airport so by the time we’d gotten to the baggage hall and collected the bags, which took even longer than the passengers to arrive, I’d just missed the Jet Bus into the city, and rather than the usual 10 minute wait that this would normally require, there was now a 30 minute gap until the next service at midnight.

Getting off the bus at Buchannan bus station I walked the short distance to the hotel and, after managing to raise the night reception to let me in, checked in and went straight to bed.