After a pretty good flight where we got upgraded to Economy Plus and seated by the emergency exit where we had more legroom than we could even use, we arrived at around 10:30am U.K. time and cleared customs fairly quickly.
Our driver met us at the gate and we headed to the base. He chatted the whole way there, in the process explaining that the 'flood' that hit the area was really just heavy rain for a couple of days that wasn't absorbed very quickly because it has been so dry - and that they see it pretty much every year, but there obviously isn't enough news right now because they had to make it look dramatic!
We saw that Croughton is very much in the middle of ... well nothing really! You can see it from miles away as it is surrouded by fields, but it is a pretty enough area! When we got in we were greeted by our sponsors and their two or three children (we still haven't figured out if they all belong to them or not) they asked us to come out with them in the evening, but we were so tired that we just passed out for most of the afternoon. We woke up to unpack and then went back to bed for the night!
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