That was an absolute trial of a flight, following out arrival in Orly we noticed a few gauges were not reporting correctly on engine 1 (left) and a faint smell of oil burning from that engine, that as well as getting the last piece of wrap installed lead to a delay of a number of hours, not to mention the issues we’ve had with the French authorities. We finally departed for Marseille at around 23:30 local time, that was probably not my best idea.

With tiredness setting in and the weather getting rough and fuel levels dropping I decided to divert to an overnight stop over in Lyon at Saint Exupéry Airport for our first night on the aircraft.

After a deep sleep and some fuel we headed back into the weather to continue the leg down to to the South. Marseille is a vibrant and prosperous port city and is the largest community after Paris, populated for over 30,000yeas and achieving prominence during the Roman Empire expansion across Europe.

During the 18th Century Marseille was one of the of the major points of infection of the Bubonic Plague which caused millions of deaths through out Europe. This flight has taken us over some of France’s vineyards and Chateaus.

Our next trip after some very good breakfast will take us to Switzerland and the mountain town of Sion, providing us with hopefully some stunning scenery of The Swiss Alps.