The first flight - what ash.....

So when you are planning a long trip away it doesn't dawn on you how long 10 weeks away from home actually is. You get so wrapped up in organising flights and accommodation, lessons, making sure you have the right kit and clothing that the actual time away doesnt come in to it!

Now dont get me wrong, I am not adversed to being away from home, or for that matter travelling alone as this is not the first time I have been away alone. After 7 yers at boarding school and 4 years years at university I should be used to leaving my home for a term at a time, I guess this is a little different as I cannot just get in a car and come home, but this feels a little different. I have not done anything like this so maybe that is why. I will be kiting in 3 different countries, with 6 different bases and touching at least 10 airports in just under 10 weeks. My god I better come back a good kiter!

SO whilst I am sat onboard the EZY8857 flight to Hurghada with my ipod on, watching 3 french kids play fighting; I wonder what lays ahead for me over the next 2 weeks (one step at a time). I have never been to Hurghada or Safaga and I am hoping that I will land in the daylight, as the pevious times I have been to the red sea I always seem to arrive in the dark!! I am not sure it has really sunk in yet that tomorrow I will wake up in a warm & sunny country and spend the whole day on the beach with my new kit!!

PS Couldnt see any ash during take off or the flight. I am now further convinced that Iceland is plotting to slowly take over the world. First by the manipulation of the world's finances and next by bringing the flights to a stand still for a large part of europe. What next!