Again the takeoff is slow, deliberate and finally we are in the air with vivid green fields below. I watched the plane takeoff the other day and it looked so slow that I thought it was going to stop. It feels slow too, compared to other aircraft I’ve been in.

The girl that sat beside me was too enthusiastic and just a bit loud and I’m thinking that this could be a really long flight, however not long after we were in the air she switched on the TV and fell silent. An Australian living in Glasgow flying home for a holiday. Oh how I’ve missed that accent 😩

The chicken curry I had at dinner was good alongside the potato salad, but I left the sticky toffee pudding. I’ll keep the wee piece of chocolate for later.

I did manage to snooze a bit and dribble down my shirt because my mouth kept opening as wide as hippo. I might have snored a bit to, maybe I woke myself up… I can never tell. There’s always a child crying somewhere, why can’t we have children free flights or stick them in the hold.

I’m going to order an orange juice I think as I need to hydrate and I’ll have that bit of chocolate that I stuck in my bag before.

It never turned up 😩

I’m watching the progress of our journey on the onboard flight map and we are cruising at 39,000ft and we are covering a distance of one mile every five seconds which is fairly quick. To put that into perspective, if you are doing 60mph you are covering one mile per minute compared to 60 miles a minute on the plane.

The couple beside me have obviously read about all the things you must do while flying. Drink lots of water, go for a walk, put moisturiser on your face and the obligatory lip balm, which I will admit I did use myself. But they seem to do everything and not just once but many times. I had a glass of red, I would have had more but I struggled to get one of them. The service was not very good in our section. Oh and somebody kept dropping their guts, dirty BASTARDS.

And I have finally arrived in Dubai and made my way to gate 26 where I wait until I can board.

And they are playing Eminem, how good is that 😱