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Flying home. Day 21 Tuesday 9 December 2025
☀️Bright sun in Tenerife, wet, windy but mild at home💨🌨️
Today was long and very busy in-between the waiting around for check in desks and, boarding gates to open and baggage to arrive. We rose at 7am, had an adequate breakfast at the Paradise Park Hotel. The reception staff ordered us taxi (the same one that bought us up yesterday) The flight was at 13:30 so we had to be at the airport by 11:30. We left just after 11am for a quick journey to the terminal of just 15 minutes. We waited a while for check-in to open, my holdall was still within 23kg, so no excess charges to pay. Once through security we got a sandwich and some water and ate lunch while waiting for the boarding gate to open. Boarding our flight was delayed by 35 minutes due to turbulence and head winds into Tenerife. Our return flight was not full and once in the air we had a good tail wind and landed on time. To pass the time on the flight I listened to downloaded Audio Books and music on Spotify which helped the time go quickly. Being seated for 4 hours did not affect my knee this time. I was able to walk the long route to Passport Control and baggage reclaim quite comfortably. Kazzi, our taxi driver rang Angie to say she was in Express pick up - a small car park where she can't leave to car unattended so we had to go and find her. That worked well and the journey home was quick and without incident. I got Kazzi to bring me home after dropping Angie off to save her from having to get her car out. It was worth the extra fare.
That was our last ocean voyage on board the Oosterschelde. Age and arthritis means that I will be more comfortable sailing on coastal voyages or inter-island trips from now on. We knew it would come eventually so we can look forward to shorter, European adventures. I have sailed aboard Osterschelde from 2012 to 2025 on 18 separate voyages totalling 16,284 nautical miles. Let's see what we can do before hanging up the waterproofs. I still have space for 31 voyages in my Logbook! We are looking forward to sailing the Outer Hebrides and St. Kilda in June, aboard the schooner Blue Clipper - a touch of luxury!
☀️Bright sun in Tenerife, wet, windy but mild at home💨🌨️
Today was long and very busy in-between the waiting around for check in desks and, boarding gates to open and baggage to arrive. We rose at 7am, had an adequate breakfast at the Paradise Park Hotel. The reception staff ordered us taxi (the same one that bought us up yesterday) The flight was at 13:30 so we had to be at the airport by 11:30. We left just after 11am for a quick journey to the terminal of just 15 minutes. We waited a while for check-in to open, my holdall was still within 23kg, so no excess charges to pay. Once through security we got a sandwich and some water and ate lunch while waiting for the boarding gate to open. Boarding our flight was delayed by 35 minutes due to turbulence and head winds into Tenerife. Our return flight was not full and once in the air we had a good tail wind and landed on time. To pass the time on the flight I listened to downloaded Audio Books and music on Spotify which helped the time go quickly. Being seated for 4 hours did not affect my knee this time. I was able to walk the long route to Passport Control and baggage reclaim quite comfortably. Kazzi, our taxi driver rang Angie to say she was in Express pick up - a small car park where she can't leave to car unattended so we had to go and find her. That worked well and the journey home was quick and without incident. I got Kazzi to bring me home after dropping Angie off to save her from having to get her car out. It was worth the extra fare.
That was our last ocean voyage on board the Oosterschelde. Age and arthritis means that I will be more comfortable sailing on coastal voyages or inter-island trips from now on. We knew it would come eventually so we can look forward to shorter, European adventures. I have sailed aboard Osterschelde from 2012 to 2025 on 18 separate voyages totalling 16,284 nautical miles. Let's see what we can do before hanging up the waterproofs. I still have space for 31 voyages in my Logbook! We are looking forward to sailing the Outer Hebrides and St. Kilda in June, aboard the schooner Blue Clipper - a touch of luxury!
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