Home again

Home again - on the steps of St Mary's

We got home safely, although not completely without incident: at Johannesburg Airport, we had to collect our bags after arriving from Tete and check in again. Everything seemed to go smoothly and we all arrived at the gate in good time for our flight to London with our boarding passes, only to be told we were not checked on to the flight. How this is possible is anyone's guess - but we had to wait for 15 minutes whilst the staff tried to fit us in - and it was a very full flight. Eventually we were allocated seats but not the ones we thought we had - and Ann was upgraded to business class! But for the rest of us, it was a rather squashed 11 hours to Heathrow, but we got there on time. So here is a picture of us all on the steps of St Mary's this morning.

Our friends in Tete were so touched by Kathleen's blanket that we took out, that they sent her back a length of fabric - which seems to be a popular gift in Mozambique. She was very pleased with it: "It's very nice, although not quite my usual style". She is considering what to do with it.

Kathleen with her fabric from Tete