Naomi and Sam's Transalp Adventure - Part 2

Today's issue is a tale of woes. Having been charged the obscene sum of £40 overweight charge per bike on top of the £30 we'd already paid for the extra bag because they were 2 kg over the anorexic 21kg limit, BA proceeded to lose our bikes altogether & left us dangling on the one remaining frayed nerve for 5 hours in Munich airport. To add insult to injury, having missed all our ongoing transport connections, we now have to pay out for a €150 taxi to the start and will probably still be putting bikes together at midnight. Just when things couldn't get any worse, a fellow transalper with the good fortune of having had his bike arrive seamlessly says to Sam with pity, "Ya, you in mixed team. How unfortunate to have to ride with slow girlfriend". The perfect start. Not.