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@scottiebateman Honestly thought you would have a longer layover 🥰

Delhi to London. Night flight. Homebound. Mission butter chicken: complete. Now the rhythm shifts, from movement to stillness. From long-haul focus to something far simpler: time off, friends, and a certain dog who will expect far more walks than I’m probably ready for. But first, one more crossing of a route that has been bringing people home for nearly a century. In the 1930s, this journey wasn’t a night flight. It was an expedition. Imperial Airways crews edged west in stages, Karachi, Basra, Cairo, across Europe linking the far reaches of the Empire one sector at a time. Flying boats and early airliners, navigating by map, star, and instinct. What we now do overnight once took days, sometimes weeks. Tonight, it’s a single, quiet arc through the darkness. Same geography. Same distance. Just a very different machine. There’s something fitting about flying it homeward. These routes were never just about travel, they were about connection. Between places, people, and lives lived far apart. And now, for me at least, they end where they should. Home. Friends. And a long overdue walk with Millie. #PilotLife #A350 #Homebound #LongHaul #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ImperialAirways #FlightDeckView #AboveTheClouds #LayoverLife #AirlineLife

@AvivaUK sort your website out! Can't change bank card details over the phone,won't take payment over the phone and your website is useless as can't do it on there either! Insurance payment due Monday

@GazRich88 Well done them, braver than me 🥰, I could never

Wife and eldest going for a skydive. I’ll stay on the ground, thank you very much!

@GazRich88 So glad we paid our mortgage off several years ago, feel for those that still have one though 🥰

If the world could stop going mental every time my fixed rate mortgage is due to expire, that would be lovely.

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@scottiebateman Safe travels 🥰

Heathrow to Delhi and already thinking about butter chicken. Long-haul flying has its moments of intensity, weather, fuel, time zones, constant decision-making … but it also comes with something we don’t talk about enough: the reset. A good layover. Delhi delivers on that. Butter chicken, or murgh makhani, was born not far from where I’ll be later, in the kitchens of Moti Mahal in Delhi in the 1950s. A dish created almost by accident, turning leftover tandoori chicken into something rich, restorative, and iconic. Comfort food, perfected. And after a long sector, that’s exactly what a layover can be. A chance to slow things down. Good food. A quiet room. Maybe a spa. A few hours where the tempo drops and the body catches up with the clock. Because even in a job that looks like constant movement, recovery matters. Good judgement, sharp thinking, and safe flying all depend on being properly rested, physically and mentally. So yes, Delhi today is about flying the aircraft well. But it’s also about switching off properly once we’re on the ground. A reminder that even pilots need to recharge. Right… let’s go earn that butter chicken. #PilotLife #A350 #DelhiBound #LongHaul #AvGeek #LayoverLife #Wellbeing #TravelWell #ButterChicken #FoodAndTravel #AirlineLife #AboveTheClouds

How’s your thursday going? 🥰

@Dunibear Saw this A400M at 700ft when I was walking my dog monday afternoon. Do live under the Daventry flight corridor though 😁

A400m whilst out walking today 😍

HOLY SH*T 🚨 Massive US B-52 bombers TAKING OFF from the UK on their way to Iran. Its happening Pray for our Troops 🙏

@MissingPetsGB @Harry20211959 This is local to me, so sad 🥲

Poor Linda and her family 💔 Vets bills 💔💔💔 (The paused GFM information gofundme.com/f/help-save-li…)

@Puppieslover Alfie this morn 🥰

No cheating, post the last saved dog pic on your phone

@LadyMontyA350 Great photos 🥰🥰

And then he was 8! Celebrating my beautiful boy’s birthday today with a swim and some pupcakes. Although I tell him everyday, I don’t think he appreciates what absolute joy he brings to my life. Every moment with him is pure love. Happy Birthday Monty!

@LadyMontyA350 Safe journey home & a very Happy 8th Birthday to Monty from us. BOOP 🎂🥰

Loading her up and ready to fly home. Quick flight this evening of 5:40hrs gets me home for a special boy’s 8th Birthday!

@BobFranklin3 @DaveWallsworth Yes, hubby was in army

@grumpyoldmoo @DaveWallsworth Military for Germany in 84 ?

European nights at Selhurst Park 😊⚽️ Come on Palace! The weather isn’t great so make it worth our while coming! 🤣

@BobFranklin3 @DaveWallsworth I went to Uxbridge Tech College 1980-82 🙈🤣. Moved to Wembley, then in ‘84 to Germany, then mid 90’s to here on outskirts of Northampton

@grumpyoldmoo @DaveWallsworth Uxbridge, I lived here 1977-82 then moved away, now back !

@BobFranklin3 @DaveWallsworth If NHT is where I think it is then I used to live down the road in Ruislip in the 70’s

@DaveWallsworth Well the weather here near NHT is fine now, so thats whats coming your way 🤞👍

Couple of worrying incidents that occurred on the Welly Rd near Abington Park yesterday which might be related. First incident at 4.15pm followed by a more concerning situation at 6.30pm.

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New flavour for Alfie