Seniors Discovery offered a transit option, to pick us up at home to start and deliver us back home at the end of the trip. It's a 2+ hour drive to the Toronto Pearson airport from here, if no traffic delays. The option was well worth it to us, to avoid driving and maybe parking.
Pickup was scheduled for 1:30 pm, and the van was right on time. A couple more pickups along the way then some traffic backups on Hwy 401 meant the drive was over 3 hours today. We were still at the airport in plenty of time though.
Once at the airport we found the Air Transat check-in, and went through that. We were travelling with only a carry-on bag each, so no checked baggage. One checked bag each was included for us in the tour package, but we decided to try to go light. It turns out our tour guide Margaret was watching for people like us at the check-in but we missed each other there, connecting later in the departure lounge.
Just before the flight loaded, the gatekeepers offered to check any carry-on luggage. Carry-on storage is usually at a premium, and apparently this option is not uncommon. We decided to check our carry-on bags then, as checking them at this point is more reliable than doing it at check-in. We had needed to repack some items after going through security too, so that all worked out well.
Our flight took off pretty much at the scheduled 7:30 pm. A 6+ hour flight plus a 5 hour time change meant we would land in Glasgow about 6:30 am Glasgow time.
Neither of us really slept on the flight, but luckily did doze a lot. And thus the night passed.
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