Well actually, it could get a little worse..
We finally arrived in Sydney. The airport in Sydney is marvellous to transfer through. There's no need to collect baggage and the security area is a formality. There we were, going through security. No need to take shoes off, a quick scan of the hand luggage, no queues, we were literally straight through.
We went straight to the transfer desk to collect our onward boarding cards. I gave our tickets to the lady at the transfer desk. She pecked away at the computer for a couple of minutes and...........
COULDN'T FIND ANY RECORD OF US!!!!!!!
By this time, Sparks was too ill to speak and I was a midges dick away from tears. I looked down...