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The wind died down and the sun shone down on us for the last day of our holiday so we were very lucky.  Phil wanted to see the 5^th beach in Costa Teguise and we had a 2 hour walk to reach it.  We didn’t stop when we got there, Phil took a few photographs and then we turned around and walked back to our hotel for lunch stopping off at The Waterfront for a well-deserved pint of lager.  I had taken my little laptop in the back pack so it gave me a chance to use the free Wi-Fi in the bar to post a blog and check my emails.  The rest of our last afternoon was easy; Phil wrote some more on his book and I read my Kindle on the balcony.  When the sun went down, I packed our cases and because of our early start the following day, we had an early night.

Our transfer pick-up was at 4.30 am and unfortunately I was in the wide awake club at 2.30 am disturbing Phil not long after.  We and our bags were in reception by quarter past four, which was just as well because our bus was early.  The bus driver didn’t have many pick-ups so we were at Arrecife airport in half an hour.  The airport was quiet but we spotted our check-in queue straight away, not only was it the only queue but it was very long!  Actually, fair play to Ryanair, it didn’t take too long to check in our one bag and just time for security and a cup of coffee and soon we were queuing to get on our plane, which thankfully, was on time.   We hadn’t pre-booked seats or paid for priority check-in so we were lucky to get our 3 favourite seats at the back.  Our plane left at 7am and we landed at Luton at half eleven.

The sight of snow on the fields and the cold air as I stepped out of the aircraft nearly took my breath away.  And there was me complaining about the wind and clouds in Lanzarote.  Give me the Canaries any day!  We got through customs and security in record time and the Central Car Storage mini-bus was there almost straight away after we left the terminal and walked to our pick up point.  I was very grateful for this because I didn’t have a coat and Phil only had a light weight jacket.  I have to say I was very impressed with Central Car Storage and will definitely use them again.  They are only 5 minutes from the airport and when we got to their premises at Kimpton Road, our car was defrosted and already to drive off.

The flat was very cold when we got home but it didn’t take too long to heat up.  Phil went to the shops to get milk and bread and also some fish & chips for our lunch.  Yesterday afternoon was unpacking and lots of washing.  I made a quick trip to Tesco and last night we watched a weeks’ worth of recordings of Celebrity Big Brother.  I had a stack of ironing but couldn’t face that last night so it’s on the list of jobs to do today.

Before I took my seat on the plane, I picked up a text from Sue to say that she was going down to surgery so I was very anxious all day yesterday waiting to hear how the operation went.  Matt phoned at 5pm to say that Sue was out of surgery and in the critical care unit but he didn’t know anything else.  I had a text from him at 7pm to say that the operation had gone as planned and that his mum was stable.  This was really good news.  Phil and I had planned to go and see Sue in Birmingham today and stay overnight in a hotel, but last night we made the decision not to go.  Mainly because Matt and Brian are visiting today and the Critical Care Unit only allows 2 visitors per bed.  And actually Sue, to my knowledge, hasn’t got anyone visiting tomorrow so it makes sense if I go down tomorrow to see her.

The first thing I did when I got up this morning was jump on the scales.  I hadn’t thought I had eaten very much on holiday but I have put on another 3 pounds.  This means I now weigh 8 pounds more than I did before Christmas.  This is really bad news and demands drastic action.  I don’t mind carrying a couple of extra pounds now and then but an extra 8 is really worrying.  I knew the detox diet before going on an all-inclusive holiday wasn’t really going to happen but now no more excuses.  Okay that’s me finished, right now I’m off to the gym.