Almería half marathon 2009

[El Gordo]

OK, we should take advantage of the Tuesday deadline for flights then.
I'll try one more time this afternoon to see if anyone can tell me about possible insertion of a Saturday Gatwick flight - if nothing doing we'll go with the Murcia option. Noon departure gets us in there just after 15:00 local? With a two hour drive plus an hour pfaffing about that puts us at the hotel around 18:00 local time. A bit of a rush but still in time for the traditional number collection and meal at El Stadio.

Well, I wasn't vehemently arguing for EasyJet or that time slot -- I was just tossing the factoid onto the table, as it were.

Trouble is the Murcia EJ flight gets us into Murcia at 15:45. Lovely to have a 12:15 flight but I wonder if that's a little late to arrive. By the time we booger about with baggage and vehicle hire (this is Spain, remember? ) we'll be leaving Murcia at 16:45 at the earliest. Might be pushing it slightly? Cost, incidentally, is £26.

There are two alternatives:

We ignore the siren call of the 25% reduction, and go with Monarch, which leaves LGW at 07:45. (£36) A tenner more, and guaranteeing a weary Saturday, but at least we'll have time to meander to Almeria and find a good breakfast place en route. (Note: will Monarch still be in business in Feb?)

We stick with EJ but go to Malaga instead where the flight is at 10:05, though this is £36 too, so no cheaper than Murcia with Monarch.

I'm confused now. Maybe I should create a poll?