![Just missed a tube train leaving Heathrow T5](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334473978_e154b64788_k.jpg)
![Just missed a tube train leaving Heathrow T5](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334473978_e154b64788_k.jpg)
Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023: Day 8 – London Heathrow to Home
By Nige
on Wed 15 Nov 2023
at 20:21
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023
Tags: Holidays | LHR | London Heathrow
It was the normal jog down the corridor from Gate 23 down to arrivals. It always seems a bit odd avoiding passport control when arriving from Ireland, especially considering they still check passports in the process of leaving Ireland.
![In T4 heading for the hotels tunnel](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334474013_0303b42f9a_k.jpg)
![In T4 heading for the hotels tunnel](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334474013_0303b42f9a_k.jpg)
Anyway, having left the arrivals area, I headed up to Left Luggage and paid my £15 to get my rucksack back.
That’s one benefit of paying a load more for parking and having access to my car at T5 Meeting & Greet!
From T5 Arrivals I headed down to the tube and just missed a train leaving the station.
I had to wait another 10 mins before the next one left for Hatton Cross.
![The door to the hotels tunnel at Heathrow T4](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334239496_d3c05274ce_k.jpg)
![The door to the hotels tunnel at Heathrow T4](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334239496_d3c05274ce_k.jpg)
At Hatton Cross, I decided I would wait for the next train heading to T4, which involved a 12-13 mins wait.
That was more preferable to getting sweaty walking down the A30 for 20 mins or so. I’d also never been to T4!
I found T4 pretty busy, but having got the lift up to departures, I followed the signs and headed down the hotels tunnel to Hilton T4. It was all fairly easy.
![Heading down the tunnel to each of the accessible hotels at Heathrow T4](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334474093_3a12a8ec7c_k.jpg)
![Heading down the tunnel to each of the accessible hotels at Heathrow T4](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334474093_3a12a8ec7c_k.jpg)
Got back to the car and it all looked in good shape. Headed through the barrier which readiy accepted my ticket and I was off on my way.
Minor cockup immediately, when my sat nav didn’t give me enough warning to turn left to stay on Sheffield Road, so I ended up in a traffic jam beyond Hatton Cross trying to get on to the M4, so I wasted 10 mins missing that turn!
The rest of the trip was fine. And it was fab getting home, getting a hug from the Vickster and the cats completely ignoring me!
Follow the whole story here: Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023
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