Under A Misapprehension

[poliphilo]

 We agreed to rendezvous at Gatwick railway station. We'd come in on the train and Jenny and Ian would pick us up in their car and we'd carry on from there. We'd decided this under the misapprehension that Gatwick was an ordinary station- and you could drive up to the entrance to load and unload- but it ain't. It's an airport railway station. It sits at the heart of the sprawling airport complex and if you're coming in by train it's a long trek to the exit (involving lifts and a travelator) and if you're coming in by car you get funneled through gates into one of several multi storey car-parks- and it costs. Next time we'll make other arrangements...