What a long day. We woke at 3.30am and were on the road by 5am. The journey to Gatwick wasn't too bad. We even got across the Dartford Bridge before 6am, so we didn't have to pay a toll. Brady and Jim landed, totally exhausted, around 9.10am. Their flight was two and a half hours late in leaving Atlanta. All the way back to Hertford all I could here was, "Are we there yet?"
For lunch we laid out a spread of chicken pieces and a sandwich assortment from Tesco with pickled gerkins, a cheeseball (Brady had made and brought) and pate with crackers, and a couple of bowls of olives. I think Brady and Jim then spent the rest of the day fighting to stay awake until bed time. Constant chatting, the television, checking emails and the Internet, and several cups of coffee and Earl Grey tea got them through until dinner time.
Dinner was one of my specials - home made cottage pie with peas. Everyone cleared their plates. As Dawn added, had we had bread the plates would have been wiped clean, too. We saw out the rest of the day watching The Royal Variety Performance on BBC. Brady commented several times to Jim about how good it was to watch something without commercials.
By 9pm everyone was totally wiped. So we all said our goodnights and called it a day.
For Tiny watchers, she was a total star today. She spent most of the time in our bedroom, but did occasionally come down to check out the company. Best of all was falling asleep snuggled up to Dawn in her usual place.
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