TRAVEL

MY WORST TRAVEL STORY

BY ANONYMOUS

Being an athlete, I’ve competed for my country on a few occasions. But my worst travel story was when I missed a flight back home on my first ever time representing Great Britain abroad in a world cup for my chosen sport. Needless to say, I did not leave a great first impression on those around me, let alone the reasons for why I missed the flight back home. It was a very rushed trip to the airport and running around with suitcases etc, though once our luggage was sorted and had gone through security; the team had gone to McDonalds to eat as we had left early and didn’t eat breakfast, in which I was last and left to finish my food. After two minutes there was a phone call saying, ‘where are you?!’ through a very panicked voice of urgency. Subsequently there was a lot of running around the airport, in which I ended up at the wrong terminal, which wasted a lot of time. I had to run across what felt like miles and miles of airport to get to the right terminal. However even after all the running there was no hope as I had missed the flight by ten minutes (though I would still argue it would have been perfectly fine to have allowed me onto the flight! Though the staff refused). With many around me being shocked I had missed the flight as well as many phone calls of being disappointed. As well as an extra telling off when I got home. I wouldn’t say the trip was five stars, though I was certainly remembered for missing the flight and being one of the first in the sport to miss one! That was the story of how I missed a flight due to eating at McDonalds… may or may not have had the wrong priority that day!

MY PLANET

CO-EDITOR LIBBY DAWSON OUR PLANET

Photo Album

It’s super important to be reminded why our planet is so special. Sometimes we take our amazing surroundings for granted so we’ve decided to share some photographs to remind you that where we live is worth taking care of. These gorgeous photos are taken by our photography co editor Sophie; she can be found on Instagram at @sophsinfocus. If you have any pictures that you think would fit in our new Our Planet Photo Album series, please email them to libby@student-life.co