My departure flight was at 17:00 from London Gatwick. This was a relatively easy commute from my house and I made sure to confirm with the travel agent to book either Heathrow or Gatwick. There’s no easy commute to Stansted for me and I always avoid this airport wherever possible.
I arrived at the airport really early, having left my house around 12:30. Because it was an international departure the advice was to get there 3 hours early which I followed. I arrived at the airport by 14:00 but by the time I had gone through security, dropped my hold luggage etc, it was about 14:30 so this was really early.
I normally don’t drink anything a few hours before I’m meant to get on the plane just because I try to avoid needing the toilet whilst I’m on the plane. However on this occasion as my seat was right at the back next to the toilets, it wasn’t a big issue if I did need the loo at any point.
Nevertheless I didn’t really drink anything whilst I was at the airport but as a snack I settled for a hard boiled egg that I bought at Boots. I also bought some dark chocolate from Sainsbury’s the day before which I kept with me in my cabin bag that I could snack on whenever I wanted. Dark chocolate has much less sugar and from what I hear does have health benefits. So this is my preferred snack going forward.
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