Today I picked up DF from the London's Heathrow International airport, which is several miles west of main London (actually in the town of Slough). It can be fairly confusing as the M27, M3 and M4 all converge in the same area, so you have to just follow the signs. Heathrow has 5 terminals.....American/United from Chicago all fly into Terminal 3. You will hear all sorts of terrible problems about Terminal 5, the newest from British Airways, which just implemented new luggage system and it was horrendous with losing luggage. It still isn't fixed.
While it may appear to be confusing at the airport, I followed the directions right to Short Stay parking, and there was a walkway from the parking area into the terminal. It actually was very simple, waited for DF to exit customs with luggage in tow, and headed back to the car, and then off back to Bournemouth. The driving time is 1.5-2 hours, depending on traffic.
In afternoon, we drove out to little Bournemouth airport to take off for Barcelona for 2.5 days. Parking in Bournemouth for the 2-3 days was a whopping 27 GBP!! Extortion! Although very small, the airport was bustling with individuals headed out for the 3-day weekend (Monday is National Holiday in Britain).
Interesting tidbit, at Heathrow they used the term "kerbside" parking....odd way to spell "curb".
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Not at all odd, Terry. We have always had kerbs!
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