Bristol parking lot

check in - done
boarding - done
take off on time - amazingly, done
land early, unheard of with easyjet - done
picked up by S. and the twins - done
leave the car park - 45 minutes! it wouldn't let us out!

apparently, they had brand new machines for paying, but the only one in the parking itself was out of order, so after 15 mns of walking around looking for another one, we (me and this guy from Cardiff who was also trying to get out) walked back to the terminal to find the machine that was there. when we finally got the right machine (long term parking and short term parking each have their own machine!), it took most of my money before breaking down. couldn't get the card back, nor the money. found someone 'in charge', who was adamant there was a booth at the entrance/exit, where we'd be able to pay directly. we hadn't seen any such booth, but we were out of options, so off we went. T (my companion in adversity), said he'd follow us so that he could back me up, should the booth people not believe me about the swallowed card - really nice!

it took us another 20 minutes to get out - it's long and complicated, but includes driving around for a while and getting both my card and money back. it was weird as hell, but finally, we got out. thank god for that!