Last Day of the Tour

Friday, we got up at 6am, got dressed, had our breakfast and onto the bus for the last time. 2 couples stayed behind in Paris and then we took the 4 Canadians to Charles de Gaulle airport for their flight home. We arrived at the ferry in Calais about 10 minutes before it took off and said our goodbyes to the beautiful Antonio. He and the bus were not coming to the UK=we went over as foot passengers and another coach and driver brought us to London. Russ and I were the first drop off at Victoria Station. It was a bit sad to see the bus go, but quickly forgotten when we got into the station and had to find our way out to Clapham South.

It was an easy trip with only a quick change at Stockwell. We arrived at our hotel (which we’d booked before we left). Around 4 is, settled in then walked don to the Tesco supermarket for a look round. It had been closed for renovation when we were here last and I have to say it looks pretty slick now. I love the supermarkets here and if I earned pounds could live pretty cheaply.

We walked on from there, caught the underground to Sth. Wimbledon and then walked the last couple of ks to the Walkabout pub. I had tried to phone Mick, but can’t ring his mobile from public phones. One of the guys he works with told us he was on a split shift and would be in at around 8. At 7, he rang him for me, just as he was about to walk in the door. He was able to sit and have his dinner and a drink with us before he started his shift. We also had our dinner there (surf and turf and a big baked potato. It was so good to catch up with him. We then took a bus and the train home and fell into bed after a very long day. I can’t wait for no wake up call in the morning.