Travelling day...up soon after 7, bag packing after breakfast....nailed it the first time!!
The vacuum bag method really works!
We had an easy run by Angoulême ( must go there next time....tileries and brickworks...must be potters as well!)
It was sad to see so many empty old houses though...like everywhere cities are sucking people out of the countryside and even towns. I think really that to survive healthily both physical and mental, society needs to return to local
And then on dual carriageway roads after that the whole way...a picnic lunch at an Aire after two hours driving, then just over half an hour to Merignac where the Bordeaux airport is.
There is nowhere to sit and chat...just good bye...for now.. until the next time....
I've been so relaxed and happy, and inspired!
And with a tailwind the plane took 15 minutes less than the expected 2 hours!!!
Which is when things went pear shaped....
I caught the airport bus service straight away to get to Buchanan Street bus station, but with early rush hour traffic the motorway and the city were jammed....not "fluid" as flowing traffic would be described in French...so I missed the bus that I should have got to Ayr...they are every 20 minutes at that time. But getting out of Glasgow was slow....and when I arrived in Ayr the 6.15 bus had left..which is when it turns to an hourly service....so....50 miles....in four hours....
Home to some ripe tomatoes!...and I picked a small carrier bag full of runner beans.
There's a welcome home!!
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