Yay sailing

[arwen_lune]

Got the offer from TSYT today for 2 weeks of deckhanding at the end of August. Since originally I only made chance as cooks assistant this makes me very happy. Deckhanding is a lot more fun. It'd be from Antwerp to Ipswich to Barry, ending in the Barry Waterfront Festival, so that ought to be an interesting trip.

Now I just need to know how easy or hard it will be to get home from Barry. Which is (if google maps works properly) not far from Cardiff. Which is relatively not-far from Bristol. And Easyjet flies from there Amsterdam. The only problem would be getting to the airport on a sunday morning (sept 3), with possibly a quite-big bag. Any advice on that?

Comments

[troo.livejournal.com]

The size of the bag doesn't matter - just the weight.
If you manage to keep below 20kg then you should be fine. If not, then they'll charge you extra.
Never had to pay extra on EasyJet, so not sure what it is (check website?) but when snow and I flew to the UK with Ryan Air they charged us €5 for each extra kilo, and even with say and extra 10 kilos it's still only €50 more, which will probably be less than a regular flight's total cost.

[aligoestonz.livejournal.com]

You're probably better flying direct from Cardiff to Amsterdam using bmibaby.com (British Midland's cheap flights arm). From a quick look at their website, it's only 15quid more expensive than going from Bristol unless the airport taxes are massively different, and you'll probably spend that on getting from Cardiff to Bristol.

The easyjet flights also leave around lunchtime, while the bmibaby flights are late afternoon, so you're less likely to miss your flight due to delays or missed connections

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

Bless, I didn't realise Cardiff had an airport and I completely forgot about bmibaby. the late afternoon flight looks good. I think I'll do that, saves me some hassle. Thanks!