Thanks Ryanair

For the first time in my four-decade plus existance in Bodrum, I am flying directly from Bodrum to the UK in the winter. The departure board shows just two flights today, one to Stanstead and one to Dublin, both Ryanair and both reasonably priced. Let's hope the route proves lucrative enough to continue next year and encourage Easyjet to join in too. When I first starting flying between the UK and Turkey, there were so few flights to the South that it was almost guaranteed that I'd meet several people I knew on each flight and with Turkish Airlines and Turkish Kibris Airlines' unlimited free booze policy, each flight turned into a party. There were echoes of past times today as we encountered 2 friendly faces before we got through the airport doors. With modern day Turkish airport prices, there will be no drink taken and we'll arrive at our destination sober. That never happened in the 80s.