Saturday, 15 December 2012

Home again, home again


Thursday 13th December

For a change I was out of my room before the set time of 8.30 (by deciding to take coat and backpack and handbag down to breakfast). Unfortunately I left my room key sitting on the coffee table, thinking I would not need it to get back into my room. I’d forgotten that I’d need it in order to get off the ship! Luckily it’s easy to get a new one at Reception.

I made it to the dining room with 5 minutes to spare before they close to new comers, and enjoyed my last breakfast of scrambled eggs. Then I dashed up to the Lido to get a couple of slices of banana bread to take home with me for lunch. I sat chatting with Jenny and Judith until it was time to leave the ship.

Disembarkation was prompt and easy but I had to wait 20 minutes in the cold for the minibus to the car park. A collision and fire on a main roundabout had slowed down traffic. Our driver was kind enough to point out to us an alternative way home, so that we could miss that roundabout, and my memory cooperated so that I actually managed it. My satnav finally gave up trying to direct me along its chosen route and fell in line with where I was heading.

I left the car park about 10.00 and arrived home about 11.20. Good going. By 4pm I’d opened all the mail and unpacked the suitcases. It will take a couple of days to wash and iron and process paperwork, but there’s no hurry.

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