Can you remember the last time you used a pay phone? I certainly couldn't. I have to admit I didn't even realise they still existed - so many are kept purely for aesthetics and some phone boxes have even been transformed into secondhand book swaps. I am probably showing my age now but I honestly don't know how we survived before mobile phones. It used to be a joke that learning to use a mobile could pose a challenge and embarrassingly it took me a moment or two to familiarise myself with the pay phone. Thankfully there must still be some need for them and it saved me on my travels back from Lanzarote last week.
On my journey out I managed to leave my iPad on the airplane, unfortunately not realising for twenty-four hours. After the first unsuccessful trip back to the airport I was beginning to worry, my iPad has nearly become as essential as my phone. Luckily I was not staying far from the airport and it was a fairly straightforward cycle back again the next day, on my third day in a row at Arrecife airport I left with my iPad in hand.
I hoped this time I had learnt my lesson, double and triple checking my room when I left the hotel and my seat as I disembarked the plane. On a seemingly far smaller scale I did manage to leave my phone charger somewhere en route. My phone is on its last legs and can't last long without any juice. This shouldn't have been a problem until I realised half way home that I had no flat keys. Thanks to the good old traditional pay phone and a friend who had my flat mates number all was sorted just before she went to sleep and saved me from a night sleeping on my doorstep.
