So just going through the home office stuff this morning to close off any loose ends. Don't want to lose that immediate contact with the on line world I live in. I must remember as I write the blog going forward to actually do something away from the computer to blog about! It would be insane to write "had a lovely blog yesterday recounting the delightful blog of the previous day".
We are packed and running through final checklists. We went to the Mission Springs yesterday for a late lunch and enjoyed Oktoberfest Fayre; Kim a warm potato salad and Bratwurst Bowl and for me the Munich Wiener Schnitzel. We are now ready to roll, both in terms of our imminent departure and our rotundness.
Its Monday and 08.23 in the morning. It has rained very heavily here for the past five days and at one point water started dripping slowly from a skylight in the kitchen. It did so for about three hours before very suddenly, and despite the rain continuing, stopping altogether. Friend Bob reckons a leaf blocked a run off channel before finally shifting under pressure from the rain. The pooling water then leaking through a seal that must have deteriorated. The good news is no panic required and a job for silicon when we return from the UK.
So the house is cleaned to viewing standard, and we are cleaned to withstand the rigours of shared air in the confines of an aircraft. I'm pleased we are flying Air Canada this trip as the seats allow more room than Air Transat and landing at Heathrow rather than Gatwick knocks about 40 minutes off our run to Northampton.
I had a beer dream last night so if anyone is thinking of plying this old sod with hoppy beverage here's some labels that emerged from the fug!
The excitement of travel and the anticipation of getting back together with family and friends never wanes. So signing off now with this last blog 'made in Canada'. Next entry will be from Grange Park in Northampton.
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