Wednesday 31 August 2016

Up and Away!

Today we leave for Oz after 5400 miles around fascinating areas of Europe. 

A glimpse of the journey.

What an incredible three and a half months. It will take another six months to digest it all. We are already looking back on the extended time we spent in Poland as a standout highlight. Our past three weeks in the UK have also been great with spending time with Maddie and James being the highlight. 

Very special!

We gave ourselves plenty of time to do the final jobs before heading off to the storage site. But as we have grown accustomed to things don't always go as planned. 

Leaving the lock this morning. 

Our sixteen mile trip to the storage site seemed a simple journey, but we didn't bank on the road closures for part of the route. The suggested deviation ran out of signage after a short time and we were left with an enormous circular detour of our own making. 

Arrived at the storage running a little late but with time to do the final tasks. All went well, James arrived on time to take us to Heathrow. It was into this journey that we realised that our cut lunch was still sitting in the van - this after bragging how we clean out every crumb of foodstuffs before locking up the van. So, back we went to collect the lunch, ensuring that "not a crumb" was left!

Our lift! Thanks James 😘

James got us to Heathrow in plenty of time and we were able to check our luggage through, eat our lunch and then still have time to check out the duty-free. 

The Royal Brunei flight to Dubai was on schedule and we started boarding at 4.45 pm for our 5.45 pm departure. All is looking good! 

The Royal Brunei Dreamliner. 

A bit sad to be leaving the UK but at the same time looking forward to going home - and the little more daily living space!

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