Monday, June 12, 2000
The Plan:
 0442 Sunrise
goto Heathrow, check in, then sightsee
Canterbury -> Charing Cross 1:30
    Canterbury West   Charing Cross  1  12.06.00     9:04 - 10:36 = 1:32
    Canterbury West   Charing Cross  1  12.06.00    10:08 - 11:35 = 1:27
    Canterbury West   Charing Cross  1  12.06.00    11:08 - 12:35 = 1:27
or

    Canterbury East   Victoria       0  12.06.00    11:51 - 13:17 = 1:26
    Canterbury East   Victoria       0  12.06.00    12:22 - 13:47 = 1:25
taxi to Paddington
Paddington -> Heathrow Terminal 4 0:15
0545 Earliest checkin time
1835 Depart Heathrow
2116 Sunset  

Reality:
Cloudy
0700 wake up
0800 breakfast: toast, hot chocolate, egg, bacon
0900 pay bill
0940 walk to station
1008 (46)Wye -> London Charing Cross 1135
1140 taxi to Paddington

1210 board Heathrow express to go to airport to check in and get seat assignments
     train leaves at 1225
1220 announcement on train mentions that you can check in at Paddington
1221 we get off train and find airline checkin
1225 check in, seats 29D&E, give baggage to BA
1240 time for lunch, find bar upstairs, find non smoking area, order food and drinks
1250 chicken stuffed with cheese wrapped in bacon and covered in bbq sauce, lemonade
1330 decide to take tour bus around town, walk outside
     first thing we see -- 1 Hr Photo
     drop off four rolls of film
     clerk tells us where to catch sightseeing bus
     walk around corner, sign up for "The Big Bus" £15.00 each
1400 begin bus tour
     get off at Marble Arch and join more interesting part of tour
     see:
         Piccadilly Circus
         Trafalgar Square (Of course)
         Parliament
         The Big Ben holder
         Cleopatra's Needle

         The London Eye

         St Paul's
         Tower Bridge
         The Tower
         etc

1605 Bus finishes tour loop, must get on bus in front of us to continue
1612 Bus is going to wait a little longer, we get off
1620 Enter Green Park tube station, figure out how to buy a ticket to Paddington
1630 Piccadilly line to Gloucester Road
1650 Gloucester Road to Paddington
1705 get developed film
1712 Heathrow Express
1725 (47)London Paddington -> Heathrow Terminal 4 1740
1745 Enter BA area, find flight info on monitor, gate 12 now boarding
1755 go through security
1805 WC
1810 queue to enter plane
1815 enter plane
1835 take off
     watch progress on the "You Are Here" channel

     finish "Murder in the Mews"
2525 land
2900 sleep