Is it the right weight?

Travelling and holidays are renowned for being surprisingly stressful events.  I've always wondered why. Usually we just amble off at a time to suit ourselves in the motorhome.  Ferry crossings hold no particular anxiety as it is easy to park up hours in advance and make cups of coffee and snacks to wile away the time.

Air travel now, that's a different kettle of fish. That's full of anxiety hoisters!

We have decided to do away with three (booking in luggage, finding luggage, carrying luggage) by only taking cabin baggage on our next flight.

There are often very specific requirements for cabin baggage. Ours had to be no more than a certain size and no more than 10kg in weight.

A reliable tape measure is easy to find.......but how reliable are our scales?  If my scales tell me that it weighs 9.8 kilos, can I depend on accuracy?

If you see a lady wandering round the airport with coat pockets stuffed with unusual items, it'll be me, increasing my own cabin weight so that the bag weighs less.

How long, I wonder, before we have to account for our own weight on the light too?  I reckon the airlines are missing a money-making opportunity here!