From our Vueling flight from Gatwick to Bilbao. The fields are showing the effects of the heatwaves.
Busy morning doing last minute stuff and waiting for sister T and B to arrive. They made good time and arrived by 10 and we left at 11.
A long day of traveling but no problems or delays: tube to Victoria, train to Gatwick and a lot of waiting around as having left plenty of time, we whizzed through security. Had lunch in Nando's - cheekily - why is it always a cheeky Nando's?
No problems with flight either and we landed in a drizzly if still warm Bilbao airport - refreshing dampness. Collected luggage and headed out to get the hotel shuttle. Saw one sailing off so had to wait 15 mins for it to come back and we only just squeezed onto the small vehicle as a family wanted to use it too.
Relaxed in the hotel room, planning tomorrow and thinking about activity options, and eating the sandwiches we'd bought in Prêt. Have come down to the bar for a beer before what will be an early night.
Harry & I were only saying yesterday it will be interesting flying over Europe just now with all the burnt & dry fields. Our number one son flies in on Sunday from NZ.
Wow, this illustrates it perfectly. Am a little fed up with it now and I think nature is too. All my birds have gone, squirrels tiny as little food and the grass dying as been dormant too long. It's very sad.
August 9th, 2026
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