We've just landed - see you in about an hour...

Following the death of my wife, it is unlikely that I shall go abroad again, but when she was alive we flew regularly to various destinations in the Med and the Canaries. We were always struck by the fundamental difference in the way we were treated by airports abroad, and our own dear Birmingham International. We put it down to the fact that airports in holiday destinations have a vested interest in keeping their customers sweet, whereas Birmingham couldn't care less. It was always painfully obvious that Birmingham Airport was run for the benefit of Birmingham Airport, and definitely not for the benefit of the travelling public. And now it seems things are going to get a whole lot worse with the new security checks. So perhaps on the whole it's just as well my travelling days are over.