I'm about to hit the sack, after an hour of battling with my suitcase getting it ready for the trip back to aber in the morning. Roll on New years eve 2003!

It seems that becky is safely on her way over from the states... I'm actually quite impressed how much information you can get off the internet about flights in progress:-

Information as of 0300Z
FlightID: BAW298 (Commercial, Jet)
Status: DEPARTED, ENROUTE
Company: BRITISH AIRWAYS
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Radio Call: SPEEDBIRD
Ground Spd: 407 kts (Assigned: 462)
Altitude: 190C(hundreds of feet) (Assigned: 330)
Type: B/B772 ((Unknown Type))
Origin Apt: ORD CHICAGO O'HARE INTL
Dest Apt: EGLL HEATHROW
Departed: 0248Z ETA As Filed: 0926Z
Distance Fm: 48.43 NM To Dest: 5259.44 NM

Only 5259.44 Miles to go eh becky... Enjoy the free bar ;)