It was an early start this morning, we were up and out and on our way to Gatwick by 6am.

I had booked meet and greet at the airport, having done that on a previous trip. Unfortunately I didn’t realise I had booked in with a different company to the one previously so we went into the car park and unpacked the car only to be told we were in the wrong place! Luckily where we had to be was only down the road.

And then when we checked in we were told that we hadn’t payed for a bag to be checked in. Luckily I had the paperwork that showed we had – but because it was through a third party and not directly with the airline the airline hadn’t received the money so we had to pay again. I’m currently working on a refund claim.

Eventually we made it to the airport lounge and could relax.

The flight was around 8 hours and the Canadian law is that you have to wear a mask which felt a bit strange after hardly wearing them at all now.

We watched some films, chatted, ate and tried to sleep a bit.

I had a window seat so took some photos as we came in to Toronto.

We had around a 4 hour layover in Toronto but we had to collect our bags and check them in again. We also had to go through a pre-usa check which took quite a while.

Once we were through security we found a bar and had some wine.

It was then just a 2 hour flight from Toronto to Atlanta. As we left Toronto the sun was setting.

And I took a couple more photos coming into Atlanta.

Our bags were one of the first ones to come through and Bob arrived just as were picking them up. It was so nice to see him.

It was just a short drive from the airport to the restaurant where everyone else was already – there already had some Halloween decorations up!

After some delicious tacos we headed to Bob and Cindy’s for a glass of wine in front of the open fire. It was just so nice to see everyone again and catch up!

And then it was time for bed.