After waking at around 3:30 am from Simons flat in London having around 2 hours sleep I embarked on a mission to terminal 5 Heathrow airport. After waiting for 30 mins for a night bus journey halfway across the city and further taxi ride, I made it to Victoria bus station to find a handful of people and a bus that didnt leave for Heathrow until 8:00, my flight was at 7:30... Another taxi later through the strangely quiet streets of London where I got to see all the London sights such as Big Ben, the Eye, Trafalgar square - you get the picture - without a Chinese tourist insight but with the mandatory east end cockney driver. I was in a good place. Arriving into Paddinton station and finding that the Heathrow express didnt open
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