8 a.m. and I'm just finishing off my second breakfast. The first was at 4 a.m., since when I've been to Toulouse airport to drop off Philomena for her first ever solo flight as an Unaccompanied Minor. She should be in the air now, enjoying her second breakfast en route to Gatwick where she will be met by her friend Natalie and mother. The whole Unaccompanied Minor business is bristling with formalities, paperwork and identifications. Lowri got very frustrated during the long hours on the phone to BA setting up the booking, and more than once suspected that they were making up the procedure as they went along. Still. It's worked, and at least BA do offer an Unaccompanied Minor service, unlike Ryanair.
Lots of travelling at the moment. Fearnley's friend Simon (another Unaccompanied Minor) came out to visit us last week, Lowri is in Dartington this week, I came back from England a few days ago, going again in 10 days' time.
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Times have changed - I remember flying to France in 1970 aged 13 on my own, avoiding the 'Unaccompanied Minor' minder and proudly going through the whole process myself. Leter, in 1993 we sent Helen back to France to see friends, and the procedures were now in place to ensure she was looked after; we were very reassured that she was supervised and very proud of her for travelling alone aged 10. So well done Philomena!
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