3 Days to go!

Yes only three more days.
I am thinking hard whether I have missed something but its only last minute travel nerves.
I have been lucky that these few days before the trip have been all about me, a few health issues which have been cleared up thank goodness and no work commitments to worry about.

Unfortunately, my travel companion Gayle has not been so lucky working right up until today.
I am sure she is now breathing a sigh of relief as I write this as she gets to spend the next two days freaking out and making sure she is packed and ready to go.

Yes we are both rather s##t scared and very excited right now.

The "SH*T SCARED LADIES are SO excited!!

With only one week to go we are both hanging out for a chance to get away and totally disappear into the rest of the world.
Sometimes we can get very centred in what is happening around us... to our own detriment - getting out and away allows for a new perspective and to be able to put little nuisances in their place.

Sometimes its good to get away from people, from work and from our daily grind to appreciate what we do have a whole lot more but to also open us up to see new possibilities and opportunities that we cannot while we are locked onto our own hamster wheels of living life just one way.

So as much as this is a holiday for both of us - it is also an exploration into opportunities for coming back and doing it all better than ever before.

I am going to annoy you with a count down!!

Money changed - check!
Bag packed - well...not yet.
Accommodation verified - yep.
Hop On Hop Off bus tickets purchased - yep
Heritage England Pass purchased - got that!
Coffee supplies checked - ah ha!



Excitement meter turned up to 1000!!!
YES!

9 DAY TO GO

Its so close now I can almost feel the cramping in my legs from sitting in an aeroplane for 24 hours!

Its the bit that I am not looking forward to.
The more I think about it the more I really wish I could be teleported to England.

The suitcase is dusted off and out!

SO...its getting closer.
The suitcase was pulled off the top of the wardrobe yesterday and is sitting there empty right now.

Its all becoming real.
I'll be getting some money exchanged soonish - and worrying that I dont have enough.
But what do I pack to wear?

Do I take a jacket?
Do I take layers?
What's the weather going to be like...
And then...

Hell ...another plane crash - now that doesnt add to my feelings of security for the biggest trip I have taken in 20 years.

I dont know about you - but the idea of sitting in a tin box thousands of km's in the air is rather disconcerting.
Hearing about airline pilots with a death wish does not instill confidence.

But back to the suitcase...
Mine is huge - I am anticipating filling it with English goodies - but how will I get that thing up stairs and into small rooms.
Will it even fit into the boot of the car that we are hiring for the trip?

Maybe I need to rethink this?
I do face coming back and lugging that thing onto a train to get myself back to Newcastle.

Decisions - decisions!

UPDATE - Only one month to go before we hit England!

Only 720 hours left until the big trip.
Feeling very excited, that's for sure.
One thing that is keeping me grounded is the extra added things to think about when one is slightly more "mature" when traveling.
Point in case - compression stockings!

When I was a lot younger the only thing I would worry about when going flying was whether they would still have my food selection when they got to me for dinner and that I could get a glass of wine.
The wine is now gone - it can give you a headache.

And I made sure I bought a pair of compression stockings making sure my legs dont swell like sausages on the long haul to London.

Then there are the pills to makes sure you can get some sleep amongst the screaming littlies...

The pills to make sure I am not overcome with wind (we have all sat behind a FARTER!)

The pills to make sure you dont suffer from backed up bowel!

Lets not mention feeling like you have been run over by a truck with the change of hemispheres...

But hey...what's a bit of cramping, farting, enlarged veins, and lack of sleep when...

I AM GOING TO BE IN ENGLAND!!!!!

50 DAYS!!!

OMG - its 50 days until our trip away.
Good thing the trip is paid for  - all that is left now is to save, save, save for spending money.

Gayle and I are getting very excited and exploring all of the spots that we will be able to visit.
Now when I see a news event from England I turn to my hubby and say "I'll be there soon!"
Also just purchased our Heritage Travel passes from VisitBritain - a 16 day pass for the UK and a 7 day pass for Scotland.
We intend to visit a whole lot of old smelly and damp places - dungeons, towers and prisons!
And I hope to learn a lot from the tour guides that do these tours.

Squeal!!