We are back in the UK! We have had such a fantastic year, that we have had mixed feelings about returning. We have been so pleased to see family again and they have greeted us so nicely. Here are a few other things I've noted on being back:
- It was nice to breeze through immigration for a change although arriving at Gatwick station we were greeted with the message: 'due to signalling problems, the 15:03 to Reading has been cancelled'!
- It has been colder than I was expecting. I tried to run home from Malvern station to get the car for our luggage. But it felt more like December to me and the cold seemed to fill my windpipe.
- I hadn't thought much about seeing the delights of Spring: blossom, forget-me-nots, fields of oil seed rape. All are making me smile.
- I keep getting surprised to be paying in pounds with no tax added to the final price.
- It's exciting having data out and about on the phone! Although wandering around Loughborough looking for the museum, it took us a while to remember that we could use our phone to check how close we were!
- Finding even the grey skies, slightly grimy streets, posters and graffiti familiarly reassuring.
- Pricking my ears on hearing such a variety of British accents and remembering that that is as it should be here!
We started our plans of getting outdoorsy in the UK by visiting some Bluebell Woods with John's parents. (Even though we were yet to find some trousers in our belongings!)
The other great excitement on our return has been Leicester's great win of the Premiership! Having missed the majority of the season, it was super for John to be here for the celebrations and he even managed to make it on to the BBC News Channel.
I thought I would also add on here this Dave Henson song about LCFC's winning year which I really love and have listened to so often. What a genius.
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