Saturday 19th August 2023

Got up and breakfasted, then packed up in readiness to leave for our return trip to London. Kath came round, having offered us a lift to Central station. Jim and Emma showed up just before lunch, having gotten their camper van going. Jim gave us a quick tour...it's not quite as big as we thought, the bed space being very cramped. Don't think I could stand it for very long, tbh...they've put it up for sale in the hope of upgrading to something slightly bigger, but interest seems to flag when they give out the dimensions of the bedspace to any prospective purchasers. They drove off to lord knows where, and we had lunch....I literally fried up all the leftovers to make one big hash, and dumped fried eggs on top. We said our farewells to Margaret and John on the porch steps, and were driven into town. Got to the station in good time, so sat and had a coffee at the Centurion on the station concourse. Our train was delayed by half-an-hour, and when it finally turned up, there were very few passengers! Only about 6 of us and a dog in our carriage. We read or dozed off, getting into Kings Cross half-an-hour late. Took a No.91 bus home. Aki feeling a bit nauseous after the journey. Used up some tomato sauce I found in the freezer, which we ate with bucatini, then flopped in front of the telly before bath and bed...