The blog didn't allow me to post any more photos of the leaving party on the last blog so I thought I would continue on this one. We will have the memories that way.
We are going to Vicki's 40th birthday party tonight in Camberley and need to do a few things before we get ready to go.
After a lazy start to the morning I drove us to Chertsey where Steve managed to blow away the previous evenings beery cobwebs by riding home the bike that had been serviced there. After that we called in to see Steve and Jackie next door as Chris and Lynn had called for coffee. The four of them had met up at our leaving party after many years. The three men (Steve, Steve and Chris)had all served in the police force at the same time many moons ago and it was time for a bit of a catch up for Chris.
Steve and I left them to drive to High Wycombe to collect an awning and sunshade for the caravan that we had won in auction on Ebay. We were very pleased with the goods as they were in excellent condition and we bought them for a snip. The sunshade will come in very handy when we are driving through Europe in May, June and July - we can sit outside without shrivelling up. We had a look around High Wycombe - not a lot to report there I'm afraid - and bought Vicki a birthday present then had a bite to eat before returning home.
The previous evening caught up with us then - I fell asleep in the car on the way home - Steve was driving I hasten to add! Then Steve went for a nap before getting ready to go out to the party. We are getting old!!
The party was lovely, well attended and the people very friendly. Lee had erected a marquee to extend the floor space and serve the drinks - very sensible. We hope you had a wonderful evening Vicki for your 40th.
Lee, Vicki and the boys are in one of the photos above alongside Tony, Lisa and their children who all attended our party.
Sunday was a definite day of relaxation for us. Thankfully the weather was awful - rain, hail, grey skies and cold temperature - ideal weather to force us to do a lot of our admin work indoors. We wrote a lot of cancellation of services letters and change of address letters and Steve and I drafted out a resume of all the camp sites we are visiting with their telephone numbers and directions to get to them. That will help us lot. We also put the bike on ebay - the one Steve collected yesterday and rode home from the bike service shop. It is surplus to requirements as he had kept it at work to provide him with an easy means of travel between offices in London. We still have our two cycles that will go with us on our travels.
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