We've just a couple more days to go on this trip, and today we'd been invited to lunch in Plymouth by DW's folks. We had originally planned to go into town from their house on the bus, but the weather was horrible, very cold, windy, and occasionally wet, so I opted to take everyone in the car.
It was a good call, too, because despite the traffic being heavy, and snarled up thanks to a car that had run out of fuel on a busy but narrow section of the route, I was able to get everyone dropped at the door of the restaurant while I went of and parked in a half-empty car park just down the road. Poor weather was obviously keeping people at home.
Lunch taken and it was a quiet afternoon, followed by an easy drive back to Ashburton for some well needed sleep. That said, we both had a go at using up some of the food that we'd bought, not too successfully I have to say. We've done nothing but eat, bad things mostly, so working my way through a cold pasty wasn't doing it for me. The Proper Job IPA from the St Austell Brewery slipped down well, though.
Late on we started to pack away some of the stuff we've bought while we've been here. We do it every time, buy a load of stuff then, then fret about getting it home. The baggage allowances are OK with the Premium Economy aircraft seats we buy, but there's always the question of whether or not we need to buy another case, like we've had to on two previous occasions. We did come equipped with a spare, so now we'll need to make sure that none of the bags exceed the 23Kg limit. What fun.
Tomorrow was set aside for packing, but we'll have visitors in the afternoon I think. It's not a game-changer, though, because I think we'll have plenty of time. Checkout is at 10am on Friday, so we'll need to have done 99% of the packing before then. Hey ho.
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