Planes, trains and automobiles

I'm developing a serious distaste for Gatwick airport. Bad enough the past misfortunes to have befallen me there, but today I discovered the laughable UK arrivals lounge. And I do mean discovered - I had to hunt for it. I followed various signs around looking for it, until I found myself back where I started - never a good sign. Retracing my steps, I eventually found what I was looking for. It's a door marked as a entrance to Continental's waiting area, with a couple of seats set up in front. And that's it. My problems with the waiting area (they didn't actually call it a lounge, I was just being sarcastic earlier) are threefold:

a) It's badly signposted.
b) It's marked as being something else entirely.
c) There are no information screens nearby.

The third point was the most frustrating, especially since the flight I was waiting on had been delayed and the only way to find out what was going on was to wander half way down the terminal. It's an inexcusably poor setup, and extremely frustrating for the people waiting there.

If you haven't already gathered, my mood is a little tetchy since the delayed flight well and truly scuppered the journey home. What should have been a relatively straightforward trip was transmogrified into a trek across London involving trains, taxis and buses which finally led to our arrival back here approximately 2 hours later than I'd originally estimated. Consequently, it's rather late.

I should really get some rest. Tomorrow's going to be another busy day...