Trip Home to AUS.

Emails, tidy up the cottage and check we have everything were our first priorities today. The smoke alarm battery must have run flat so we had the intermittent beeping to accompany our efforts.

Tricky cars these days with push button starts etc. We had loaded up and sent a message to Charlie that we were leaving. Candice was in the car working out the satnav so I said I would take the house keys round the back and put them in the key lock. This done I went to get in the car and realised the car keys were in the house! Went round the back to get the keys to the house from the keylock, round the front to enter inside to get the car keys, back to put the house keys in the key lock around the back and we should be on our way. Car has keys now but still won’t go. This little BMW won’t move unless all the doors are shut properly.

Plenty of time to get to Heathrow so decided to call back to Henley for lunch on our way back. The Bull was handy so had seafood as our last UK meal. Fish pie for Candice and Fish & chips for me - all washed down with a Pimms.

Good drive to the car rental return and Europcar were quick and efficient and we were on the bus in no time. Very helpful staff all carried luggage and bus driver got a trolley for us at Heathrow - and handled our cases. What was I worried about?

We were so early we thought we would have to wait to check in but we were through everything in no time. As I write we are in the lounge relaxing with a beer and a cuppa.

Arrived into Singapore early. We had permits to visit the shopping centre just outside the airport. Over shopping, but walked round 3 levels to give our legs a stretch.

Flight home uneventful and whilst I managed nearly 7 hours on the first leg, only managed 2 on the last shorter leg despite it being overnight. However it seems it was enough as I suffered no jet lag on my return.Read more