and the Britannias did the troopers to Cyprus in 1961, "I'm flying backwards to Christmas ......". I think from Luton?
We lived near Luton. So, outbound by car to Hendon, by coach back to ...... Luton, where, as a civvy, "EMR F/O" I was nearly lumbered with the diplomatic bag. I was green in those days, but not that green.