So the last little bit of the holiday had a slight departure from the plan. Firstly, Lauren and I went out and did her last two things: a fruit smoothie on the rooftop terrace and a photo with an old red phone box:
Justine and I did indeed then make it out to Soho for a few drinks and some dinner. We stopped off at a few old, packed English pubs, which were just what we were looking for.
Unfortunately, I then suffered a choking incident with a lamb shank that I won’t go into great detail about, and thankfully there are no pictures! However, it took about 15 hours to clear, which oddly happened only as I was coming through security at Heathrow. Hence the title “relief”, as I was very unsure about getting on a plane feeling like that.
Resulted in a bit of a downer at the end of an otherwise great last night, and a strangely subdued farewell from mum at Paddington Station. Still, it’s been a great trip for the most part, and we will have to ponder on the coveted awards on the return flights. I think the Cairngorm trek is a shoo-in for Best Toilet View, but plenty of others are up for grabs.
Next update will hopefully be from Doha, where we have a long enough connection this time to actually look around rather than run to the next fate. Or even next gate. Seems a lot more than three weeks ago that we met the Blebys at Doha on the way to Scotland, but I guess that’s all it is.
Everything in one place 