We'd set aside this day in our trip to both pack to leave, and to have a pause before we head home. It didn't quite work out like that thanks to family visits, but at least we were not rushing around.
Getting bags packed, with a view to accommodating all the stuff we've bought, and staying within the weight limits set by the airline, is never a fun task. We do have a bag scale that we can measure the weight with, and quite accurately, but it's all about distribution. DW is pretty good at that, thankfully, and we were done and dusted by lunchtime. The key to our great success was having three suitcases, and a decent carry-on case. The carry on was perfectly suited to the seven locomotives, six carriages, thirteen open trucks, and various other bits of model railway paraphernalia, although what airport security will make of that is anyone's guess.
When you're using self-catering accommodation, there's always a bit of tidying up to do. Being there three weeks meant that the place hadn't been formally cleaned in that time, although the owner had given us fresh sheets and towels each week. I ran the vacuum cleaner around and DW gave the porcelain a quick wipe over, just so that we could hand the place back in a similar state in which we found it. I'm certain that many guests do nothing like that, but we like to respect the places that we stay, especially when they're so nice.
Family visits completed, and very nice visits they were, we watched TV and fell into bed, knowing that although having to be out by 10am wasn't early, there was a lot of stuff to do before we could leave. It had been a very quick three weeks, we'd achieved most things we'd set out to do, but now we were concentrating on the journey home.
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