Renovation Project - Visiting the UK

Renovation Project - Visiting the UK

We are up bright and early today as we are going back to the UK. The ferry leaves at 8.30 so we have to be there at 7.45, it is only a 45 minute drive so we leave at 7 am, we call in the town square to pick up some fresh bread and can’t believe how busy everywhere is.

As we drive I have a sudden panic as to whether we have locked the door, normally John just says shut up, but this time he is not sure, so we turn around and go back to check and yes it is all locked, but now we are late, this should be no problem as the roads are usually so quiet, what we don’t plan on is the fog, it is like pea soup all the way to Roscoff and then we hit a traffic jam! We are one mile from the ferry port and not moving, it is already 7.45!!!!

By the time we get in to the ferry port it is 8.30, but luckily the traffic jam was all ferry traffic and we still get on it.

The journey over is nice and easy and luckily the fog does disappear.

The night is spent at my brothers and then it’s on to my daughter and the baby, it’s strange but I feel really stressed, we have so many people to see and so many things to do on our short visit, I just hope we can get everybody in!

We spend the night babysitting and the baby knows who we are as soon as she sees us, a couple of days are spent trying to relax and enjoying the family, I have also started to know the names of the “in the night garden gang”!!!

The most amazing thing is that we get to see a lot of firsts, these are the things I have panicked bout missing with my baby granddaughter, but we get to see her crawl, see her stand for the first time and see her cut her first tooth!!!!!

Living away does not mean that you miss all of the important stages in the babies lives, it does mean that when you visit you have much more relaxed quality time with them and I’m sure she has saved all her milestones for when we are there.

John has some fantastic news but we can’t say yet.