Home again

[Redstart]

We got back from the UK on Saturday evening and had travelled 2850 km, the long journey to the port being 1480 km and the rest having been spent going to see people! We will not do that again and in future we've decided to rent a holiday cottage in Shropshire/Staffordshire (my mother lives near Eccleshall) and if people want to see us they can do the travelling. We both came home exhausted and without having done some of the things we wanted to. There just wasn't time. As well as a holiday cottage we'll allow more time.

We drove from Hull to North Wales (near Bangor), then to near Eccelshall and back and then from North Wales to North Yorkshire. What a long way!

However, it was lovely to eat fresh sea fish instead of frozen and despite all the travelling we really enjoyed seeing family and friends. I just wish they didn't all live so far apart. And it did seem strange speaking English all the time, we've got so used to a bilingual existence.

And if any of you go to North Wales I can recommend Bangor Pier; this is Victorian and has recently been renovated. We ate the best scones we've ever eaten in the tearoom at then end of the pier. It was lovely being blown by the wind on the pier after our long journey - our daughter knew what to do to revive us after our arrival!

We're glad to be home though - is it age that makes you happiest in your own bed?

Now I'm back I seem to have rather a lot of threads to catch up with so I'd better get cracking.

[eleanor2]

welcome back redstart we have missed you. you must be shattered.dont fancy nipping back over to england for a bonfire party tonight then.

[Redstart]

No thank you eleanor! I was thinking of cooking bangers but they had organic chickens going cheap at the local Coop so I bought one. I'll light a candle tonight though - my mother bought me a lovely scented candle at Bridgemere Garden World - yes we went there after all. My mother's in a wheelchair and she knows the aisles are wide, she can be wheeled round the shop and knows where the loos for the disabled are. She really enjoyed her day out.

[Healing Hands]

So good to have you back Redstart, you have been missed. Hope that you will be a bit more rested now that you are back home.

Yes, I think it is age that makes you happiest that you want your own bed.

[Crocus]

Hi Redstart - you must be exhausted! Glad you enjoyed it and welcome back! You are going to be exhausted again after reading everything that's been going on here -you'll probably need a holiday!

[jazzactivist]

Welcome back, Redstart. It sounds like you need a holiday to recover form your holiday!

[franbee]

Hi Redstart, welcome back. I missed your departure from CH as my computor is broken, and I just have this laptop on loan. At least on NS ferries you get a chance to sleep, and a break in the trip. And if you use the M62 to N Wales, it's quite a scenic journey, though not in the same league as your home! We went on a day trip to Bruges a couple of weeks ago, it was lovely. Fran.

[sunflower]

Welcome back Redstart. It sounds like you had a lovely time Yes, lots of threads to catch up on when you've had a nice rest and a cupt of tea.