Hospital appointment has come up in UK.

Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 7:45am

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My husband will, we think, need to fly home (we are UK residents) to attend the appointment on February 1st. It is in Norwich. I cannot find any flights that go to Norwich, from local airports, only Gatwick and then he has the journey all the way to Norwich by public transport :(

There are flights from Alicante to Stansted which would be better. This means I will have to drive him to and collect him from Alicante. Any tips on the ease, or otherwise, of doing this? It is many years since we flew into Alicante and then we did not drive from the airport. Is the parking easy? Can he get to Turre by public transport or to another nearby town?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Pat

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 12:43pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 12:43pm

Thank you, that's very helpful.

I have just seen that Murcia Corvera airport will be running flights by then. Ryanair are flying into Stansted so that might be a better option than Alicante.

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 2:15pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 2:15pm

patp wrote on Sun Dec 9, 2018 7:45am:
My husband will, we think, need to fly home (we are UK residents) to attend the appointment on February 1st. It is in Norwich. I cannot find any flights that go to Norwich, from local airports, only Gatwick and then he has the journey all the way to Norwich by public transport :(
There are flights from Alicante to Stansted which would be better. This means I will have to drive him to and collect him from Alicante. Any tips on the ease, or otherwise, of doing this? It is many years since we flew into Alicante and then we did not drive from the airport. Is the parking easy?...

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... Can he get to Turre by public transport or to another nearby town?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pat

It looks like the last flight in to Norwich is on the 6th of jan 2019. You could fly into stansted ? And get airport transfer or hire a car .

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 2:17pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 2:17pm

Pat we are going from Murcia airport on 30 jan into stansted. We live in thetford.

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 3:05pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 3:05pm

Thanks Michael, that looks to be the preferred option. if we do need to go we may well meet you there!

We are just waiting to see if the hospital appointment is really necessary or whether it can wait a while. It is a follow-up after an echo cardiogram.

Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 11:30pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 9, 2018 11:30pm

patp wrote on Sun Dec 9, 2018 7:45am:
My husband will, we think, need to fly home (we are UK residents) to attend the appointment on February 1st. It is in Norwich. I cannot find any flights that go to Norwich, from local airports, only Gatwick and then he has the journey all the way to Norwich by public transport :(
There are flights from Alicante to Stansted which would be better. This means I will have to drive him to and collect him from Alicante. Any tips on the ease, or otherwise, of doing this? It is many years since we flew into Alicante and then we did not drive from the airport. Is the parking easy?...

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... Can he get to Turre by public transport or to another nearby town?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pat

Hello

I work for jet 2 and they fly from Almería to stansted on a Thursday and Sunday in the winter.

Hope this helps

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:12pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:12pm

Hi, if your Husbands appointment is with the cardio dept. At the N&N I would phone them and explain that you are flying in from Spain and double check that the consultant will be there before booking flights, unless you can get a full refund from the airline.

We visit that department, well we did up until recently and have had a few appointments cancelled at short notice.

At this time of year it may be worth looking at Luton as an option.

Best of luck.

Tina