Well, well, well, we woke this morning to our last day of our cruise and a wet and cold Southampton. Not much to see in Southampton so no photo. Out arrival was followed by the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth Cunard ships. The temperature is around 11 degrees which is a bit fresh. The frustrating aspect is that it is cold outside but very hot inside so you are putting coats on and off all the time. We had a very busy day yesterday on the ship – my last art class, and we both had hair appointments plus finalising all our photos plus having to pack and put our 4 suitcases our before bed which meant that we had to have a small bag to put our toiletries, pjs and anything else in. I am now wishing I had packed a whole lot less and know next time I will definitely be doing that. The upside is that you know whatever you have has to be packed not quite as bad as packing as I had to try everything on to check that they still fitted!! The other positive is that still do fit!! I went up to the gym to weigh myself this morning before disembarking and I have put on approximately 2.5 kilos which is not that good but could have been a lot worse. Peter woke this morning not feeling the best suffering from bad griping pains in his stomach. He has been complaining for most of the day and in fact still is at 10pm. We walked off the ship about 9am which was quite civilised then entered this large arrivals hall that was full of suitcases. The amount of luggage that some people had was unbelievable. We had a car hired through Thrifty who came and picked us up and took us back to their office. We were on our way in a brand new VW Golf with only 40ks on it to travel the UK or part thereof. The weather did improve with bursts of sunshine and a few quick showers but generally not too bad.
We travelled through Southampton and Winchester enroute to our prebooked accommodation in The Bourne Valley Inn, an old English pub in St Mary Bourne.
After checking in and having a rest we went for a walk and what a beautiful little village this is although the streets are very narrow and not ideal to be walking on. We came across another little put where there were people sitting out the front in the sun having a late afternoon ale but we (Peter) had not bought any money so we had to go dry! Maybe tomorrow as we are here for 2 nights.
Our dinner in our accommodation was very enjoyable and the best meal we have had in the last 7 weeks… veal with a white wine and mushroom sauce and nice fresh vegies and all for 9.95 pounds each…. Bargain!!
Peter is busy planning day trips tomorrow so will sign off now as I need some sleep.
Love to all
xo
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