The Adventure Begins

July 26 - the time for last minute packing for the trip to England for the Australian Over 70s Cricket Team tour of England. This was our second opportunity to travel to England with an Australian Seniors  Cricket Team - the last time was three years ago with the Australian Over 60s Cricket Team.

Timothy drove us to the airport and he and Aiden helped us with our bags. Aiden insisted on guiding my suitcase from the the car to the airport. Once we were in the queue Aiden gave me instructions as to how move the suitcase to the desk.

The first queue

Aiden filled in time eating ice cream, including dropping some on the floor. As Aiden had school the next day Timothy took him home. Aiden, however as they left, provided me once again how to look after my suitcase.

On this trip we flew with Malaysian Airlines. The plane was due to leave Melbourne at 11.25 pm. While we were waiting, we met two other team members waiting for the same flight - Brian Pooley and Ian Gibson.  We arrived at Kuala Lumpur early in the morning and had a three hour break before the next flight to London. Harry Solomons joined our flight at KL. We eventually arrived at Heathrow at 3.30 in the afternoon of July 27 after a long journey.

Waiting for the rest of our party to arrive

At Heathrow we met up with four other members of our touring team before travelling by coach to the Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel in Essex.

Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel

We slept well that night.