Temporary farewells

This morning we all went our separate ways. We had already said goodbye to Ally, Cat and Davie last night when they went back to the flat; Ally and Cat are still in London and Davie has returned to Manchester. Jamie and Kerry should have been heading to Liverpool today to visit her relatives, but unfortunately Jamie tested positive for Covid last night so they had to change their plans. It’s annoying for him and Kerry but not really surprising; he has probably caught it somewhere on his long journey from New Zealand (James almost certainly caught it at the airport on the way to Austria in January) or even at the busy pub in High Wycombe - there is a lot of Covid still about, but luckily in a much milder strain. So Jamie and Kerry decided to go straight to Glasgow for now, at least until he is symptom free. However they ended up having a nightmare journey of cancelled trains and then a cancelled replacement bus (because of a lorry fire on the M6). They finally arrived in Cambuslang by taxi (from Carlisle!) at about 1 a.m. where they were greeted by a very surprised duo of cats! Tom and Floof then attempted to get into their bedroom several times during the night. 

Meanwhile James and I travelled by train from Marylebone to Princes Risborough and had a lovely lunch in Jennifer’s garden with her and Russell. It was slightly strange to be there without all of the others who were there on Sunday! We retrieved our car from their driveway and travelled to Cirencester, to the same cute wee cottage as last year. We have been out for a sunny evening walk around the village and are now relaxing before the next exciting stage of our holiday - RIAT 2022!