Tenerife Day 0 9 Nov 2024

 I decided i needed a winter walking break, somewhere warm! Ramblers Worldwide had some suitable trips to the Canary Islands , the deciding criteria was flight time. I was not going to fly from Gatwick at 0700! I found I could fly from BHX at 1000. so a booking was made despite the 25% single occupancy surcharge

Nearer the departure date Jet2 pushed back departure time to 1125. Even better, a lunchtime flight

I was dropped off  at the airport at 0900 and checkin was an experience as i had not been on a  plane for 10 years , a charter plane for 40 years! It was efficient process, once you worked out what to do. Walking across the apron to the plane was a novel experience. The plane departed at 1145 and landed at TFS 4 hours later after taking a sea route:-

The sea route to the Canary Islands

Mt Teide peeering through the cloud

Tim , one of two leaders was waiting at arrivals and escorted us for the 45 minute taxi ride to, at the other end of the island. He managed to delay Julie his wife's (the other guide) environs tour until we got there. After that we had dinner in the hotel then time to unpack