FLIGHT 3 - MANCHESTER - EDINBURGH

Having unchecked our bags we rechecked with a low cost carrier - 'FlyBe' for the last leg. Felt like Jetstar so we were a bit nervous that our 100kg of booty was again at risk of being censured. The man at the desk was lovely but wanted to check everything. I had been trying to lug the bag with 2 laptops and a swag of power supplies, and the bag with cameras, thick books and electrical stuff as if they were light little sub-7kg cabin bags. Then at each desk we would do the Ray shuffle - Lucas looking cute with the stuffed lion, bags behind trolleys etc. But this guy was onto us. He politely hid his strain as he lifted each and tagged each of them with 'approved cabin baggage'.. Yes! Then we're on to a cute little twin propeller Dash 8 - a great little 'bare bones' plane. Lucas and I are becoming plane boffins. Every so often up in the air you can look at the wing, and all that sky, and let yourself freak out - seemingly sitting up there in the clouds. Very cool. The landscape all the way was stunning. More dramatic and less genteel than i expected. We made it into Edinburgh. (The landings are rather funkier in the smaller planes) We were the last off and wandered across the tarmac quite on our own. With a slight feeling of 'what are we doing here'.