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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
 
Today was the day for the flight to UK. This time with Pegasus Airlines. An early start was needed as we picked Anne up at 5 a.m. then went off to Ercan. We had already been able to pre-book our seats when we did the initial internet booking which meant long leg room for me by the emergency exits. The flight left Ercan exactly 1 minute late and the flight to Istanbul was very reasonable, but as the tickets are so much cheaper than CTA we would have to buy our own snacks on this first leg, if we wanted anything. The turn round time in Istanb
ul was less than 1 hour and the flight to Stanstead meant that we got there 15 minutes early. On this leg of the journey a very acceptable meal was served, the staff helpful and smiling, so all in all we were very pleased and if the return flight is as good we will be using them in future for all our UK flights.
On arrival we went to pick up our hire car from 1 Car 1 and encountered some fun. My Barclaycard was refused, which as the account balance was at zero was a little confusing. We paid with our bank debit card and on later investigation with Barclaycard discovered that they had put a block on as protection, as the card had not been used for some time. I suppose we should be grateful, as they were trying to be protective of our account, but it sure is embarrassing when there are four other people waiting at the counter to be served.
We then drove via Chatham to take Anne over to Jeff and after a chat with him and a coffee we came over to New Romney to stay with Les & Jill. All in all a long day, but nice to see our very good friends again.
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