Corralejo; Monday, 14 March, 2022

Another early start and down by the doors of the restaurant before they had even opened so I could have a quick breakfast, go back to my room, grab my bags and checkout.

I timed it just right as I completed check out just as my transfer to the airport was arriving, a few minutes early. As we had a few spare minutes the driver asked if I’d like to go the scenic way through the dunes again, rather than bombing down the motorway as it would only add a couple of minutes to the journey time and I had plenty, so we once again headed down through the dunes to Puerto de Rosario and then on round to the islands airport a little way south.

In the original planning for this trip my flight from Fuerteventura had been early afternoon with a connection of just over 2 hours in Madrid. Unfortunately, relatively early on, the flight from Fuerteventura to Madrid had moved back to 11am, but the connecting flight hadn’t changed, so I was looking at a long afternoon in the lounge in Madrid.

I checked in and, despite having already uploaded them to my booking, the checkin agents asked to see my PLF and covid vaccine certificates again, so I had present those before I was handed my two boarding cards and sent through into departures.

At one point it looked like the flight might end up getting delayed by a bit, which I was a little bit hopeful for, and we were a good 10 minutes late pushing back, but a tail wind and good routing meant that we actually landed in Madrid 10 minutes ahead of schedule, adding yet more waiting time to my afternoon.

Thankfully I was able to take advantage of the lounge at Madrid airport so I could get some work done whilst spending the afternoon snacking for free, before eventually heading down to my gate about 15 minutes before departure, only to be called up again to present my PLF and Covid Vaccine certificate as they didn’t have them in their system!