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An early 6am start from West Wales for the journey to LHR for our 16:00 flight to EWR. After a fairly smooth journey up the M4, and a couple of refreshment breaks and dropping the car off, we were in T3 at about 12:00. I had used OLCI the night before so preceded to the bag drop off desk. When we got to the desk that we were directed to the agent informed us that it was for DIY check in only and not OLCI, but after a few sighs, she did check us in!
Wandered around T3 for a while whilst waiting to find out what gate we would have, and it finally came up as either 34 or 35 (sorry, the memory is starting to slip!!). Mustang Sally was waiting for us and we boarded and took our seats (60 A, B and C) and settled down for the flight. We left the gate about 20mins or so late, but we were soon up and on our way.
About 30mins in to the flight the crew came around with drinks, V:Port was started, and then shortly after they came around with the dinner service. I chose the Chicken and Pasta option which was quite tasty, and we also had the usual salad, a yumbo dessert, cheese and crackers and a proper bottle of water.
The flight itself was pretty smooth, although we did encounter one batch of prolonged and heavy turbulence. The crew throughout were very efficient and friendly, and came around with a couple of water rounds and a bar of chocolate. Shortly before landing we were served tea, which was a pretty tasteless Caesar Chicken roll, and a piece of chocolate cake.
Soon after tea it was time to land, and we touched down at 18:50, a few minutes late. We got through immigration fairly quickly, and our bags were already on the carousel when we got there, so it was of to get a taxi for the trip to our hotel, The Milford Plaza.
Thanks Virgin for another smooth flight.
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