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I'm writing this whilst off work recovering from a b**tard of a throat infection/flu/death cough (Daniel, I think you heard the start of it on Saturday morning ... I'm even huskier now.) I'm blaming those cheap Victory fags, but the silver lining to this is that I've only had one cig in the past two days!

Anyway, here's the first part of my report.

As some of you heard, it didn't start well.

I arrived nice and early at Gatwick, checked in, had a browse round the shops, had a quick Guiness, wandered to the gate and boarded the plane. We taxied onto the runway and revved up the engines, and revved them again, and again, and again, and then taxied back to the gate to wait half an hour for steps so we could all get off again. So starts the longest delay I've ever experienced.

We were supposed to take off at 18.40 on Saturday. By the time they found us another bloody plane and got us on it was around 04.20 ... just under 10 hours in Gatwick! They did give us some compensation. It was a £3 food/drink voucher. Bear in mind that a McDonalds in the airport (the only food place still open) costs about a fiver, and a pint in the bar costs £2.80. A £3 voucher! 10 hours!

Will they make it to Pamporovo alive?! Will they make it through the night?! Part 2 coming soon.