Back To Base

Thursday October 21st
There was a frost this morning and ice on the cars. By the time we were ready to leave the ice had melted and Hemi started perfectly. It was a beautiful sunny autumn day and the drive through the forest was delightful with the leaves drifting off the trees and the autumn colours highlighted by the sunlight filtering through the gaps caused by the leaf fall. We stopped for a nostalgic look at Swan Green and took a photo. The trip on the motorway was smooth and uneventful and we arrived safely at RAF Northolt at about 12.15. Hamish was free briefly to get the key for us to get into the house. He gave us our extra suitcase and we spent the rest of the afternoon sorting through our stuff. The culmination of 4 months travelling was stored in the van and the reality of trying to get it all into our bags is proving daunting. There has been a lot of chucking out. It is so easy to just pop another thing into the van.

The washing machine and drier are going flat out here as there was a lot of stuff in the van taht needed a freshen up.

The lounge here looks like a giant boot sale. The scales bought at the Felixstowe market are proving to be very useful. Thank goodness for the 2 bag 46kg each allowance going home through LA.

It is very wintery feeling here now so we cranked up the central heating and watched TV in between the sorting.