10.2.10

Good News!

2010 has got off to a rather inauspicious start with the cyclone and various other bad news from our family, on both sides. So I thought I'd blog about some good news, or at least a slightly unusual event. Mum and Dad were here with us in january and on their way back home they managed to lose one of their carry on bags at Heathrow, it was a small brown rolling case containing Dad's laptop and camera, what a disaster! They weren't sure exactly where they had left it, but they were in touch with the lost baggage service, as soon as they realized. They waited, but they heard nothing and assumed the worst, the bag had probably been destroyed or stolen. The insurance claim was filed.

But, in early february, more than two weeks later, they received a call from Air New Zealand, their case had been located next to the baggage carousel and finally returned to Air New Zealand, thanks to the baggage tag Mum had insisted on attaching to the case (there's a moral to this story!). They went back up to Heathrow and collected the case, untouched. What are the chances (less than 1/100 according to the AirNZ baggage handler). The insurance company was amazed, when Dad called.

So here are a couple of salvaged photos, taken at the airport in Rurutu back in january......

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