Tom Pyne and I arrived in Singapore Changi airport at 07.25 local time. The twelve hour journey here was quite comfortable. A few pockets of turbulence but the crew weren't instructed to sit down at all which proves it wasn't too bad.

I met Tom at Heathrow, or rather he found me! We checked in then went to find porridge, tea and coffee.

We had about an hour to kill before gate B42 was open.

Just look at the price of our favourite chocolate at Heathrow airport!!

Mind you at 4.5 kilos it's not bad perhaps. Needless to say we didn't buy it

Yes, the wrong colour but they like the bull at Heathrow too

Not our mode of transport but attractive nevertheless

We travelled in an A380 airbus. The Singapore airlines crew looked after us well.
We had booked the seats by the emergency door, loads of leg room and no! Matthew, we weren't asked to control the crush if there was a reason to evacuate the plane!
Meals were very good, beef and roast potatoes, green veg! Tom had chicken.
Ice-cream supplied by Salcome dairies in South Devon, very near to where my sisters and I spent our early years. And a favourite haunt of ours on our Devon trips.

The A380 is the double deck plane, on my walk around during the flight I walked up and down the stairs, good for the old knees and hips!

The hours passed quickly. I picked up a Daily Telegraph, read it from cover to cover, Martin would have been proud. It's the first such newspaper I've read since Martin died, a nostalgic moment.

I preferred music to listen to rather than a film or two this flight. There was so much entertainment to choose from

A taxi from the airport ensured we found Joe and Agnes' home, they were waiting just outside to welcome us.

Home made bread, would you believe? Beautiful rosemary and garlic bread warm from the oven and lashings of tea, in, might I add, decent sized mugs!
Thank you Joe, it was delicious, sorry no picture, didn't give it a thought

A shower and short rest before heading out to take in some of the sights. Postcards for Callum, his grandma is encouraging him to see the world via them! What a good idea

 And a pair of reading specs for Tom, his were lost en route, we had the seats apart, crawled around the floor searching all to no avail!

That's Friday and Saturday