nightmare!

ok so here is the update!

the boys got as far as hamburg yesterday. they didnt want to go as far as getting the ferry across to copenhagen in case they need to come back to amsterdam and collect us! here's why . . . .

due do this pain in the neck volcano our flights were cancelled. SO the very very helpful andrew has changed our oslo flight from stansted to Monday afternoon. this would be ok because then we would only be a few hours behind the rest of the rally-ers! but nothing can be done about my flight to stansted today.

I booked a train ticket with a reserved seat just to be sure i wouldnt be standing all the way to london. got to the train station this morning, in plenty of time, to find that my train was cancelled due to rail works on the line!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was also informed that because of the volume of people trying to travel, any seat reservations were no longer held. I had to join the queue of people trying to get to london and hope that i could get on a train AT SOME POINT!!! train 1 left and then there was about 40 people queueing in front of me, so i was definitely going to get the next one. but it was an hour wait. i couldnt go and get a hot drink or anything because i would then lose my place in the queue and it had managed to grow so much it was winding all the way down the station and out the main entrance!!!

so the next train came in, and we got told that reserved seating tickets for this train were to be allowed on 1st!!! so we had to wait and watch all these people go past us!

then it was our turn, we got told coaches E & G was where we should head for. RESULT! FIRST CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i am currently sitting here typing using the FREE wi-fi! have just watched a movie & had some lunch. very good! there is extra room in the seats and little lamps on the tables! awesome! oh and power points so i can plug my phone and laptop in! woo!

once i get to london i will be meeting my sister and then we will be investigating the air space & flights before we decide what to do. we do not want to pay the £36 for us to get out to stansted airport to stay ovrnight and then tomorrow get told our flight is cancelled and we are another £36 to get back into the city! mmmmmm....................................

we have a bit of a back up plan if the flight is cancelled; we have been booked on to the ferry at Harwich at 9am on Tuesday and will be headed for Amsterdam. This means obviously that the boys will be doubling back the route they have just driven to come get us! and we will be days behind!

there will be lots of driving to get done to catch up. but if the car makes it with all the extra miles i have a feeling that they will want to bring it back home! haha!

who knows whats going to happen ......... the adventures have only just started!!!!

Lauren x