Landing into Nassau at 21.40, meant the sun had already gone down, and we checked into Sandals Royal Bahamian at 23.00. We were immediately assisted and taken to the Concierge Lounge for Check In, into my Balmoral Honeymoon Grande Luxe Suite. I found the room to be very spacious, with a huge king size four poster bed and fully stocked mini-bar.

The whole St Lucia experience started for us the day before we were due to fly out from Gatwick. We had been told that British Airways have a facility where you can check-in online 24hours before your flight is due to depart (actually 24 hours and not just the day before), so my first challenge even before we left Stoke for the airport was (once I’d got our passports and confirmation number) to check-in, pre-book our seats and print our boarding card so we could just drop our bags at the check-in desk at Gatwick the following morning...