Endless Airtime

Ive done the Australia flight a couple of times and its always been OK. This time i was really nervous. More with anticipation of the whole adventure than just the flight i think.
Mum, Dad, Joanna and my sister Lisa all arrived at Heathrow with loads of time before my flight. Did the usual check in and managed to get my seat changed to a window seat ! Result... or so i thought. the seat of regret i think it should be called!
Flying on your own is always an odd experience. Admittedly it was really nice to stop and do nothing as i had been running around non-stop for the past few weeks but you always hope that you are sat next to someone who you are going to be able to tolerate for the next 21 hours.
21 hours in a chair anywhere is a long time.
21 hours in a chair next to someone bending your ear about everything thats ever happened in their life could be life threatening.
Boarding the plane I am always nervous about my possible future flight partner. With a window seat you will always need them to get up to let you out so you hope that they haven't loaded themselves up with Valium and as a result are comatosed forthe entire flight rendering you trapped.
As i headed up the plane I'm counting the seats. Trying to work out in advance where i am. For a moment I think that I'm on the exit seats ..... leg room for even the tallest of men , no asking every time you need to go to the loo. No chance ! I'm in the seat behind.
Next to me is a gent in his sixties , slim build and looks the quiet type. By the isle is his wife. a larger lady with her hands clasped on her lap reminding me of Les Dawson !~

They seems nice enough but as the hours went on i realized that the odors that i thought were coming from being so close to the kitchen were in fact from my new flight friends!!
I wont go into details but i had two toilet trips in 21 hours of flying!
I just couldn't handle the senses overload that occurred as they vacated their seats!!
The last two hours i actually had to hold my nose!

No wonder the seat was free!

The rest of the flight was fine. Its a long time sat down with crappy films but it was OK. With a stop off in the new Bangkok airport (above) and in Sydney, i felt like i had been flying for three days by the time I landed in Windy Wellington.