Well, after a very long day, we eventually got here. Luckily, we just travelled to the airport in any case even though we knew it would be closed at 7 a.m. and if we'd found our holiday cancelled, we were going to head up north into the Highlands!!! Anyway, we discovered that they had put on buses to take us to Manchester - and I believe some folk saw Terry on the TV!!! There were loads of cameras covering it all. We stopped at Tebay for lunch then on to the airport but although we were due to fly at 4 p.m. there was a delay and we didn't take off till after 5p.m. It was a good flight and we were given free meals and Terry got a free orange and vodka after the stewardess spilled the one he'd bought all over him!!!
Once we landed we had to get the bus to Banff, which was another hour and a half - I slept most of the way. It was dark and murky anyway, so there was nothing to see. It was very cold though and snowing. When we got to the hotel we found the bar for a beer and by the time we got to bed we had been on the go for 27 hours!!
The next morning after a pretty good sleep we got up and found a nice place for breakfast and then we went up the gondola into the Rockies, where it was -12 degrees!! Although a bit misty, the views were amazing. Banff is a very pretty place. We're having dinner out tonight then we're up early and off to Lake Louise. I'm not sure after that how much internet access I'll get, but I'll try to be in touch as much as we can. I'm snapping photos all over the place - I'd rather take too many than not have enough!!
We intend to have a great time and hopefully will get back on time, depending on the volcano. We're trying to keep up too on the election!!
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