We’re home!
Never did find another wi-fi station in Western Scotland. Probably would have found many in Glasgow, but we didn’t venture that far.
Had a great week with excellent weather – bright sunshine , while the most of England was suffering under rain and floods, apparently.
Really awful journey home, though. The first day was fine. We drove all the way round the coast in glorious autumn weather, across the top of England and down the M1 to Yorkshire, where we stayed the night in a travel lodge at Wakefield. Next morning we set off fairly early, aiming to drive down the M1 until we picked up the A14, which dualled practically all the way home. Sounds good?
In fact, the M1 was closed between two junctions, so everyone was diverted off at a tiny village. Might have been all right, but the build up of traffic waiting to get off the M1 was unbelievable, with miles of tailback. So there we sat, for two hours, barely moving.
When we did eventually get off the M1, we abandoned both it and Plan A, opting for Plan B, which was single lane traffic across country all the way from west to east. Since you always get someone driving at 40 mph just in front of you when it’s single lane, it was a long journey!
But we’re home, with no accidents. Ed still has his kidney stone (now a bladder stone), but on the whole is OK. Hopefully he will get shot of it soon.
Anyway, it was a lovely break and we thoroughly enjoyed it.