Trip to UK

The planning that went into our first trip back the UK was impressive. Impressive in detail and how little I did. Needless to say Eleanor took the job by the scruff of the neck and shook it for all it's worth.

The flights home had one last minute glitch - it was cancelled. Only finding out about this the night before we were due to fly was a pain but we managed to re-book with a different airline. Sadly this injected a stop over and 5 hours into our travel plans - both of which we could have done without. Alex did his best on the flight and for the most part was nice and quiet but he was very awake and interested in everyone around him. Of course some of that interest came back and two Chinese ladies came up and asked if they could take a photo of him; I've yet to work out exactly what people do with photos of him but this happens quite a lot.

Our whirl wind trip of the UK was fantastic! Apologies for anyone we didn't have time to go and see but three weeks simply wasn't long enough it turns out. Almost every day we dropped in to see different people - Alex seemed to handle all the enthusiasm very well although even he started to get cranky towards the end of the trip. A triple thanks must go to everyone who gave us a bed - Mark&Jen, Pete&Liz, Holiday Inn, John&Stacey, Nicky&Mark, Andy&Sarah, Mark&Karen and of course Ma and Pa. By the end of the trip both Eleanor and I had picked up colds and weer feeling rotten - my guess is with all the children we saw some must have been sneezing out some bugs for us to grab! But it was fab to catch up and we soon started to feel like the Royal family, every where we went it was a celebration! It was great to catch up but it was soon over and time to head back to the airport in driving snow, a final reminder of the weather in the UK as we headed back to sunnier climates.

The flight home should have been easier on Alex, it left at 5pm so we had hoped for him to sleep through the night. This was not to be. He slept for only two hours and then decided it was more fun to be awake but being super tired cried for most of it. We were not the most popular people on the plane!