How To Deal With Spilled Yogurt On An Airline Seat

Problem
I am sitting in an airline seat and I feel something wet. Oh, my goodness. Is it stress incontinence, diarrhoea, am I disintegrating, having an abortion or miscarriage from the fifty year old baby, or what?

The good news is that I am not leaking. The bad news is that I have found a yogurt pot containing only a little of the contents.

I must have had a yogurt with breakfast. The collecting was so fast and efficient that they were grabbing my plate before I had finished. I must have kept the yogurt and lost it. Just before landing, I discovered I was sitting on it. Yes, strawberry or similar yoghurt, all over my caftan, my silk skirt and slip - plus the seat.

Protective clothing
Incidentally, the protective caftan on top of the skirt was a good idea. I had felt daft, wearing two layers of skirt. However, I am not alone in this. Muslim women all wear umpteen layers of clothing. This recent incident confirmed common sense, that a washable top layer protects the clothes underneath.

The staff were very efficient. The male steward gave me two hot towels heated in the galley microwave. By the time I came out of the toilet, wet, but free from yogurt stains and smells, another crew member was wiped off the seat.

I had already forgotten about the seat. Of course, they had not. Evidently, I am not the first and only person ever to have sat on a yogurt, or other liquids, on a plane seat.

She suggested that I use the blanket on the wet seat. I agreed. I didn't want to be a wet blanket. Goodness, I have just noticed another metaphor whose practical meaning I had previously never noted.

Lessons Learned From Squashed Yogurt Pot
I have always wanted my travels and life to be a shining beacon to others, not a terrible warning of what not to do. I admit it, you can learn from me to finish your yogurt immediately and never save it.

Author

Travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, Angela Lansbury.
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Chocolate Orange Ice Cream From Devon at Ocado, Found on Singapore Airlines

Problem
We are all travelling from the past and to the future, but what can we eat to energise and reduce the stress of time-critical travel? When you are completely passive, only two things can be controlled at an airport and on a place, one is the film watched on board and the other is the food!

We hurried to the Singapore Airlines Lounge for a free top up breakfast. It's free. But, heavens - we pay enough on flights. We deserve it.

The lounge was offering a colourful, tempting range of fruit juices. The usual orange colour orange juice, and pale apple, and pink grapefruit. I look for something new and different. I tried the bland but refreshing cucumber. Finally elderflower.

The smoothies were equally delightful. You could choose a red one or a green one. Strawberry and beetroot.

Ice Cream
I tried the Singapore Sling ice cream. The colour was pale pink. It didn't taste of much. But it was Okay. The original alcoholic drink contains cherry brandy, not much fruit in it, I suspect.

However, a good, suitable flavour to choose for Singapore Airlines, the name more exciting than the flavour. An advance taste of a holiday in Singapore.

Finally, on board the Singapore Airlines plane, to finish the meal, orange and chocolate ice cream.  It arrived rock hard. Never mind. That's better than half melted.

Chocolate orange was one of those flavours you lick every morsel and remember it hours, days later. As Shakespeare said, all's well that ends well.

I cannot feel anything except great gratitude to an airline which provides chocolate orange ice cream. First, the joy of the eating. Second, the ongoing improvement to life the airline has introduced me to a new flavour and a new brand.

More importantly, and happily, I made a note of the name of the company which produces the chocolate orange ices. I kept the ice cream carton lid with their name.

If you are down in Devon, go to Salcombe Ices and try their flavours. they have another branch in Dartmouth. You can also order from Ocado, the delivery branch of Waitrose.

Useful Websites
http://www.salcombedairyices.co.uk

http://ocado.com

https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Restaurant_Review-g190768-d5814768-Reviews-Salcombe_Dairy_Ice_Cream-Salcombe_Devon_England.html

Tourist Information
http://www.salcombeinformation.co.uk

Salcombe Tourist Information Centre, Market Street, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8DE
01548 843927  

info@salcombeinformation.co.uk

Author
Travel writer and photographer, Angela Lansbury, author and speaker.