May 1-4
Our last stop in the UK was to visit our God-daughters in Puckeridge, north of London. So Friday morning we left Bath and took the small roads by telling Google maps to avoid the highways. This took us through many quaint villages and across the pretty awesomely green, and yellow with rapeseed, countryside. I'd have been happy to continue driving that way, despite the longer drive time as there was hardly anyone else on those roads. However, we were turned back after about an hour and a half due to a road closure for construction. That meant getting on the motorway... Much less interesting but also faster.
Our last stop in the UK was to visit our God-daughters in Puckeridge, north of London. So Friday morning we left Bath and took the small roads by telling Google maps to avoid the highways. This took us through many quaint villages and across the pretty awesomely green, and yellow with rapeseed, countryside. I'd have been happy to continue driving that way, despite the longer drive time as there was hardly anyone else on those roads. However, we were turned back after about an hour and a half due to a road closure for construction. That meant getting on the motorway... Much less interesting but also faster.
We arrived in the little village of Puckeridge and had to reintroduce ourselves to Tegan who was two and a half when we saw her last. At five she had much more to say.... Well... pretty much constantly... about everything ;) Chloe, who is now 10, got home from school and music lessons and hasn't changed that much other than almost being as tall as I am!
We spent the next few days with the girls and Shannan and Stuart. It was great to catch up and after a few minutes it's always as if no time has passed. They took us out to yummy Thai food Friday night, which I unfortunately spilled all over the table in a moment of pure clutzy(luckily only half my curry).
We tagged along for the runs to dance lessons on Saturday. Then they let me cook dinner for everyone which was a treat. Sunday we all took an afternoon trip to Cambridge for some sightseeing and 'Sunday Roast'. Unfortunately, the service was super slow so it turned into a 2.5hour meal... Just a bit too long for the girls who had behaved really well up until the end of the second hour. With a spazzy ice cream induced meltdown impending we headed back to the house for an early bedtime. I felt honored that Chloe let me help with her homework. As a reward for our hard work Shannan let us decorate the cupcakes for the next day's bake sale at the 'May Day Fete' in the village.
After breakfast Monday morning we took off for Stansted to return the car and check in for our Easyjet hopper back to Europe, this time France.
We spent the next few days with the girls and Shannan and Stuart. It was great to catch up and after a few minutes it's always as if no time has passed. They took us out to yummy Thai food Friday night, which I unfortunately spilled all over the table in a moment of pure clutzy(luckily only half my curry).
We tagged along for the runs to dance lessons on Saturday. Then they let me cook dinner for everyone which was a treat. Sunday we all took an afternoon trip to Cambridge for some sightseeing and 'Sunday Roast'. Unfortunately, the service was super slow so it turned into a 2.5hour meal... Just a bit too long for the girls who had behaved really well up until the end of the second hour. With a spazzy ice cream induced meltdown impending we headed back to the house for an early bedtime. I felt honored that Chloe let me help with her homework. As a reward for our hard work Shannan let us decorate the cupcakes for the next day's bake sale at the 'May Day Fete' in the village.
After breakfast Monday morning we took off for Stansted to return the car and check in for our Easyjet hopper back to Europe, this time France.
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