T is for traveling again

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who took the time to come over for a visit last week and left kind comments, it was lovely to join the T gang again.

Happy T Day, it may be the weekend before I get around to visit everyone We are off again, off to the UK to look after our GS, we leave at 5 am tomorrow morning to drive to the north of Spain, a ten hour drive but we do a two hour stint behind the wheel each, stopping for breakfast in Albecete, coffee just outside Madrid, and a quick coffee in Lerma, we are staying a hotel in Santander and catching the Ferry on Thursday afternoon, we arrive in Portsmouth after lunch on Friday, then we have a three hour drive, partly around the M25! (The motorway around London) always good fun if you hit it at rush hour. The last time we went over our junction was closed, it was midnight and we had to go off and drive half an hour in the opposite direction before we could leave the motorway, it was funny that many of the lorries stuck with us had come all the way from where we live and had been on our ferry crossing, they bring vegetables, mainly tomatoes that are grown where we live!

My Tea related photo today is a mug that I've had for a long time, our son and DIL bought it me and the photo is of our Granddogs, sadly no longer with us but we used to take them long walks along the trails near where they live in San Francisco, they were both rescue dogs and turned into amazing and loyal pets, very good with the GSs too although the youngest was only just over two when Splodgey died but strangely enough he talks about him the most!

I`ve also finished a Birthday Card for our DIL to post while we are away, she's so lovely and kind, more like a daughter to us so she`s very special.

I’m off to the Hairdresser for a trim and then I will dashing around loading the car , that’s always my job as I’m very good at getting everything Loaded a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, although we aren’t taking too much this time, famous last words, we do load up with wine, beer, chorizo etc, etc before we board the ferry so by the time we are finished the car will be full.

I like to be organised so we have one suitcase for the night in the hotel, another for the boat, containing clothes, food and of course our mini kettle, these have to be at the back so we can just grab them and get to the lift and up to our cabin before the rush, I hate lifts, especially when too many people try to crowd on but we usually end up on deck 6 so twelve flights of stairs are just too much for Steves knees

I’m doing last minute cleaning when I get back, Someone will be complaining, Steve always tells everyone he has to stand on a square of paper in the corner so he doesn’t make a mess, he always jokes that after I’ve cleaned the kitchen he will fry sausages to take with us, He really knows how to wind me up!!

Hopefully I will have time to join in while we are away as GS goes to Kindergarten every morning, I will try to remember to take photos of our coffees and perhaps our scones with jam and cream, when we are being naughty!! Have a Lovely T Day Jan x