I am shattered!!! It’s nearly 3pm and I’m in Bristol Airport awaiting my return flight to Glasgow at 16.55.

I made the mistake of checking the weather back home and am freaking out about how windy it is. 😱 To be fair I’m so tired, I think I’ll be out for the count the minute I sit in the plane.

I’ve had the best weekend. 🫶🏼

Slept like a log again and we woke just after 7 and decided to head out for the 9am open top bus around Exmouth. The forecast wasn’t great so there was no open top bus, just a Stagecoach double decker! Those of you who know me, will be very aware that a Stagecoach bus is a huge part of my previous life. I used to be a Contract Manager in a bus building factory, and Stagecoach were my customer. I then went on to manage the team of Contract Managers, but that’s a lifetime ago.

I actually helped them design the Stagecoach Gold bus that we were on this morning. It was my job to help them source all the colour matches to their spec requirements back in around 2012. It was a huge investment into their fleet.

This bus was a huge trip down memory lane.

HUGE…. But I don’t live that life anymore. The gold spec looks a little worn on this particular bus.

The bus went back out to Sandy Bay, where we walked to on Friday.

It looked very different today. Actually, you can’t see the beach from the bus so it just looked very cloudy and windy. It was lovely to see some of Exmouth that we wouldn’t have managed on foot. This is the restaurant we had lunch in on Friday.

We got off the bus in the centre of Exmouth and walked all the way back along the beachfront again. It was super blustery but lovely to see it all in different conditions. It was meant to pour this morning and it’s actually been dry all the time, which was a bonus.

We had a lovely breakfast in Aby’s Café down on the sea front. We had scrambled eggs and avocado on brown toast. It was really lovely.

We set off at 12.30 for Bristol Airport as it’s quite a trek.

Walking into Bristol Airport.

I’ve found a wee quiet spot in a very busy airport and I’ve managed to get my feet up. I tried to have a snooze but it doesn’t seem as easy on my own. 😆

I’ve brought a plastic bottle with me, you get it through security, empty and every airport has water fill stations now. I used to spend a fortune on bottled water at the airport. I didn’t spend a small fortune on some sushi and crisps. 😆

A really lovely weekend but looking forward to seeing Craigie and the pupsters for a few days before I head off to Turkey. Don’t worry, I’m knackered at the thought of it too, but it will be super relaxing when I’m there…. And sunshine…. There will be wall to wall sunshine!!

I still have an hour to wait but surely that will be taken up by finding my gate etc… then I can sleep.

Thanks so much to Helen and her family for the best weekend!!

Stay safe everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✈️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿