Taba Heights Egypt - Getting to the airport

SUNDAY 24th JANUARY 2010

A 10am start for our journey down to 'The Cambridge Hotel,' Horley close to Gatwick airport. As we headed south down the A1, M11 the dull weather and rain disappeared and the temperature reached 6C. A road closure on the link road to the M11 caused a detour of approximately 20 miles and added almost an extra hour to our journey.

During a comfort stop our mobile phone rang. On the other end was Mum's warden asking if we could pop round and see her as she had pressed her panic button several times. It would appear Andrew had gone round this morning and she was fine then. We apologised and said we were nearer London than we were Bridlington and would be away for the next 15 days.

We arrived mid afternoon at the Grade 2 listed building which has recently been refurbished. As Keith checked in I read the comments in the visitors book noting that everyone raved about the food in the restaurant. Only one complaint about poor internet connection in someone's room. Still you can't please everyone.

We had told Ian and Julia, our Surrey friends who live a short distance from Horley, that we were staying overnight and would they like to join us for dinner. We had booked a table for 7.30 and it didn't matter what time they arrived they would find us in the bar! Whilst we waited for them the waiter brought the menu for us to peruse. Such tempting Mediterranean and Turkish dishes we wished they would arrive soon as we were getting hungry. As time went on we began to be concerned but when Keith tried to call them they were just coming into the hotel. We remained in the bar, ordering our food and then being escorted into the restaurant. We were not disappointed but the portions were very large and so we all failed to sample the desserts. We had to be up very early so said our farewells fairly early arranging to meet in Bridlington around the 22nd of March. The weather was really cold.