Thanks Strake
I usually fly AF/KLM ex MAN via CDG or AMS, I rarely touch LHR/LGW if I can help it. My outbound flights in a couple weeks are MAN-CDG-EZE, originally I was placed on BA's flights MAN-LHR-GRU-EZE but I requested AF instead since they were more direct.
I flew with BA back from GOA to MAN via LGW last year....absolutely awful experience, which reaffirmed my dislike for LGW/LHR (& BA).
Hopefully the BA NCE/LHR flight will be on time and I won't have to rush about like a headless chicken to get the connecting BA flight to MAN....not the best way to end a holiday.
I do have a hotel booked at MAN incase any delays/missed connections etc do happen on the way home though.....