Bon Voyage!

Sophie and I collected Mike and Abbie this morning at 11am and drove them down to Heathrow's Terminal 4 for their flight to Bangkok.

The weather was much better today so we drove down the M1 in sunshine. The traffic was heavy but we made good progress until we neared Slough on the M25, where we crawled along. I had estimated we'd get to the airport at just after 12pm but with the traffic, we didn't get there until 12.45pm. They were still in good time for their flight at 4pm, but there was no reason for the hold-up, so it must just have been down to how heavy the traffic was.

We dropped them off at the terminal, had a couple of good hugs and they were off on their adventures! From Bangkok, they're going to Cambodia and Vietnam and I hope they have a brilliant time exploring these beautiful countries.

Sophie and I set off back the way we'd come and called into a petrol station to use the facilities. There was only one female loo, and I have no idea what the occupant was doing in there because, after about ten minutes of waiting, we gave up.

We decided to head home via the M40 and I asked Sophie to look at motorway services. She said there was one just as we joined the motorway at Beaconsfield. This proved to be a popular place as we had to queue to get into the services and the amount of people was staggering!

There were several restaurants to choose from, but we opted for McDonald's and sat with hundreds of other people munching our lunch. I could see that a lot of people were either returning from or going on holiday and there was a busy, buzzy atmosphere. We popped into M&S to buy some chocolate and then returned to the car.

The rest of the journey was smooth and easy and we arrived home at about 3pm. I sat in the kitchen and read the weekend newspapers, and Sophie started making preparations for a Malaysian curry. The weather had become cloudy outside with a hint of rain. Well, it is a Bank Holiday weekend!

In the end, we decided not to have the curry this evening as I was still full from my lunch so it was bliss to veg out in front of the television with a glass of a gorgeous fizz called Montlouis from the Loire, and watch two episodes of Celebrity Race Across the World!

Sophie and the Moon Bums

Montlouis fizz and Comté cheese