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Another day and it is hot again, which will be spent at Owens place watching tennis and generally catching up with things. Feels good to rest before we catch the train to Cambridge at 4pm. I managed to get caught up on some blog posts, been using the Samsung Note to record things as we move around and then when around wifi upload the photos and text to the site.
It was quite a boring day really compared to the previous three days, must let DW know about the sheer volume of pink shirts that are being worn around London by men and the not so manly men.
With the extras that we have obtained as we went around London, we are rather concerned that we may exceed the weight limit on our luggage when we return, will figure that out when we get to Barcelona.
Sitting at Owens place we are both looking forward to seeing family again after so long, all be it only two years, feels like longer.
Teresa watched Roland Garros while time was killed and then had a mad panic as we had left Teresas jacket at the hotel so we detoured by the hotel on the way to Kings Cross station, two buses and a tube.
Once on the train I send a text to Boz to let her know we are on our way, she replies that John has left for Cambridge as the traffic must be quite bad then.
Train trips are just that, a train trip, it is forty five minutes to Cambridge well within commuting time for London as can be seen by the number of commuters on the for train.
On arrival Owen and I walked out of the station completely missing John who was waiting inside for us, but Teresa spotted him and then we were off to the car which feels like it is parked about half to Ely.
It is only 15 miles between the two towns, John tells us that when he worked in Cambridge it could take him an hour and a half to get to work from Ely going via the A10. As a result we drove towards Newmarket and then back to Ely as the direct route would get us to Ely about 7pm, an hour ater.
Our reception from Bozena was as expected and we reciprocated, it was great to be here and see them both again.
After getting settled in we all sat outside in the warm of the evening with a couple of nice wines and then relaxing inside with a lovely minestrone soup for dinner. The recipe may be published at a later date. It was another late night with Mike falling asleep on the couch.
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