Return Journey to London

Having had my final breakfast at the easyHotel and left some items of the Games' uniform for the cleaners, at 10.00, I checked out of the hotel and was collected by taxi to take me to the Gard de Nord.
I saw Clare Balding, a commentator for the BBC's coverage of the Olympics, and probably for Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympics, at the Eurostar terminus plus the GB team who travelled on a special train, plus the German and Belgian teams who were sponsored by Eurostar and had a send-off from the Paralympic mascot and an umpah band.
My Eurostar train left at 12.10 and arrived at St Pancras at 13.30, an hour behind Paris. Northern France was wet so it was a good time to go home.
I took the Underground to Waterloo and arrived home 53 days after leaving in July although this was actually the 54th day. I'd been abroad 30% of the last twelve months since this was about the same date that I left London for Japan in 2023.Read more