I'm flying pretty regularly with Aer Lingus heading to Dublin.

For that they use Aer Arann - small planes - seats 4 across the plane as two seats , aisle and 2 seats.

Weight limits are very low and so are sizes - Cabin bag is 7Kg !! and smaller in overall size too --- BUT you are allowed a camera bag or laptop bag as well

I find it's quite surprising what I can fit in my Lowepro Event Messenger 150 [ that's the one with an internal pocket for my iPad . I take the K-30 and the 18-250 in it and there's enough room to swallow the contents of a handbag as well as spare cards , a smaller lens , batteries etc etc . The first time I took the Lowepro it was challenged - so I opened it and all they could see was the K-30 , a flash [ Metz ] a spare lens - they were happy and so was I

Mike - before Ryanair start weighing you [ and I understand that has been threatened - Lord help me if they do ] check the regulations very very carefully - it's not just what they tell you you can have - it's the other stuff that's there but they don't tell you about it

I've just had a mental pic of Honesty's wedding - she and Joe come out and there's a guard of honour - lots of folk holding Pentax cameras over the heads of the newly married couple

Probably eating an Easter Egg somewhere

I love my Tamron 18-250.

Like HG it's only off my K30 when I need summat else [ like the 18-55 WR I needed in Jamuary ] It seemd to be grafted on to the K-x

You mean - a Bank Holiday and someone's working !?

Now that will just NOT do.

Stay clear of any cops this morning HG

Stan - I think you've got something there.

Wonder how HG is this morning

Am enjoying a nice glass of whisky after what can only be called a rather s... day

Congratulations to Honesty and her young man

Commiserations to HG who is suddenly going to discover that he's going to have to save some pennies

Forecast.co.uk on my iPad has not been bad - and it says Cloudy with light rain for 12.00 for Leith [ I need it for Sundays ] and suggests only a 20% chance of precipitation.

You are kidding ??

It's certainly a tad grey and cold on this side , but that white stuff was NOT forecast