Home again

 Pirate's saying is "home again, home again, two fat pigs" .....not sure where that originated!!

We had a good journey, starting at 8am, a little later than planned, but we had no rush hour jams around Bristol, thankfully, and managed to time it well everywhere!

There is still so much traffic on the roads..yes, we were part of it...but how many could really say that their journey was 100% neccessary? According to my brother he has heard that some companies that were functioning perfectly...and sometimes better...with staff working from home, have insisted that staff return to office working.

Home working doesn't suit everyone, but it did reduce road traffic. 

It is good to see people returning to public transport use too, but this is again something that needs to be encouraged both in use and provision and ease of use too. Many times just coordination of timetables would help!!

Anyhow, we had a good journey, limiting motorway use to between Bridgewater and Chepstow and near Lymm up to Gretna.  We prefer normal roads where we can stop where we choose and vary our food stops!!

Pirate had never travelled up the Wye Valley past Tintern so that was a real bonus for him. He misses regular driving, but at 82 that is now too stressful..for both of us! He is good as my relief driver though and is enjoying seeing sights that as a driver concentrating on the road , he never saw. His job is navigation and telling me about what he can see. That is good practice for him , so all good!!

Our three weeks away have been mostly dry, with reports from home of wind and rain.

We had got used to later dusk as well, but by the time we stopped at Tebay at 5pm it was truly dark and as we came home to Scotland the rain started!

Since we have been home it has been damp, chilly and windy..

Nice to have the Autumn colours, not so nice to have the Autumn fog!!

After a good time away, getting back into routine is a let down.  Still, we are getting there. One wash done, milk defrosted and a batch of yoghurt started. Most of the clothes kept, and post sorted...mainly bills and bumf!! 

Next there is a list of Things to be Done...

Get the back door open...looks as if a couple of screws have come loose in the locking mechanism.

Start up the fleabay shop again.

Organise the Etsy shop and website posting.

Work out what is needed to increase the loft insulation.

Tidy the garden.

There is more, but that is plenty to start with!!