On Saturday night I was supposed to meet B after her flight from Prague landed at 10:45pm. Reckoning it would take 45 minutes to get to Stansted I intended to leave at 10:00. After a shower & shave etc.. I thought it prudent to check to see if her flight was going to land on time (after all, it was only a 2 hour flight which took off on time, so it would land on time, give or take 5 minutes). So 9:50pm, check the online arrivials board: flight EZY3628 - expected 10:19pm. Oh Cr@p.
There followed possibly the first duel between my 1.2 litre internal combustion engine, and the 16,000lb-thrust turbofans of a passenger jet in an attempt to get to arrivals before B did (and not get booked for speeding). Luckily I made it with a few minutes to spare and was at the airport just long enough to incur the £2.50 parking charge.

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