Day 1

Today was just weird - I can’t think of another word for it


I got up slightly later than anticipated but still well within the time needed to take Hattie and Kieren to Poole train station for their trip to Southampton 


They’d already had a fond farewell from Joss but I doubled it up by giving them a hug at the train station - Kieren couldn’t care less as he skipped off but Hattie seemed to feel the sentiment


Then I went home and within 30 minutes we were all packed


No stress, no fuss - as I said before, weird


I even had time for a bath before lunch - well it is nearly winter……


So we set off for the Hilton Hotel near Heathrow Terminal 4 and Joss was driving


No word of a lie, she was brilliant - got there in exactly the time google maps said we would and completely stress free


We checked in and the room was just right







Quickly, however, we decided we were beer deficient so aimed to remedy that by heading to the bar







Lovely


The only fly in the ointment was that there were a lot of blokes walking about wearing lanyards and Joss was livid that she didn’t have one


Actually there was a second fly, well, more of a hornet, as when paying the bill, the beers were charged at £9 per pint!!!!!


We’d booked a table for 7:30 which turned out to be a bad move in that we’d drunk enough by then to struggle with our food


I say struggle, but we did manage a shared starter and a main course although I did enjoy the fact that Joss’ peas weren’t mushy, but they were all stuck together 🤣






And that’s us for the night - sat in our room by 9:30, hoping that we are fit for tomorrow as it’s going to be a tiring day …

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