UK and Med Cruise - Day 3 - 7 September - Singapore to London

Even after a good night's rest, the flight from Singapore to London is really long.  We were surprised by the boarding process - in particular we were all made to go through a security check in order to get to the boarding gates even though we had remained air-side the whole time.
The A380 is a comfortable plane but economy is still definitely 'cattle class' - it would be nice to be able to afford business class just once.
Finally arrived in London, and as we were getting off the plane there was a call for Paul to contact a staff member on leaving the plane.  There was a man waiting with a printout that said that Paul's suitcase had been left behind in Sydney.  He was very apologetic and said that sometimes these things are wrong, but that he needed to explain what we'd have to do about the missing suitcase.  
Anyway, first we had to get through immigration - the queue was really long and we got the third degree - the man spent about 5 minutes asking how long we'd be in the country, what the address was that we had put on the landing pass, where we were going, what we were doing after we left and when we were coming back; it was definitely an interrogation.  However, we were finally allowed into the country.  Then we went to the baggage carousels only to discover that Paul's bag was there after all.  I suspect that it probably did miss our flight but that it was put on the next flight out of Sydney and caught up with us in Singapore.  Anyway, all good.
Once we got through all of that we found our way to the Heathrow Express - only about a 20 mile walk (I exaggerate, but it was a long way!)   Then 15 minutes or so on the train and we were at Paddington.  Found the hotel without any real drama.  Unfortunately it wasn't air conditioned and with the combination of jet lag (from sleeping too much on the plane) I didn't get a really good night's sleep.
Overall comment about Singapore Airlines - they're supposed to be among the best in the world and I have to say that apart from the boarding fiasco in Sydney, our experience with them was pretty good.  The food was quite acceptable although a bit surprising - for example one of the entrees included bay scallops which you wouldn't normally expect because of the number of people with seafood allergies.  Paul couldn't eat it of course, but I swapped my dessert for his entree.  Yum.