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Tuesday : Sunny
After the thank you and goodbyes this morning, we were off. We had a few things do today before we could head out to the airport hotel. I did the washing at a laundromat back at kew while Kim went into to Richmond to the post office and also got a haircut.
When all that was done. Hammersmith turned out to be where we finally got to return our Oyster cards, gosh they make it difficult to give back. They told us so many times what stations except oyster returns but when we got there, they told us no go to another one. Such a scam too, they say they can't return more than £10. They will send the rest to you in the post back in Oz. Yeah right! More like they pocket the rest.
Too chill out we went to Richmond park to have a picnic for one last time. Theres no better place either. With the dear grazing and the sun shining. Loved it.
Sadly it was time to leave the park we had to beat the M25 traffic and head down to the Premier Inn at Gatwick airport to checkin. We are Staying the night because of our early flight in the morning.
Electronic checkin made it fast and easy. We quickly ran the bags up to the rom, then I ran back down to the car. A traffic warden was taking pics of the car not sure if we got a ticket or not. I was in the hotel drop off zone but the zone is on double yellow lines, so who knows?
After filling the car up by mistake with the £1.59 high performance diesel pump. I picked up some ciders to have back at the hotel. Finding the hire car returns was a mission. Lots of roads were closed due to road works and with no signs to where the hire cars are, me and the GPS had no idea about a detour. I ended up pulling over and got some directions off a coppa.
The Kia inspection seemed to go well, I think. I then had to make my way through to airport from the south terminal back to the north and by the time I got there, there was lots happening. Hundreds of people out on the street 5 fire trucks and heaps of police out the front of our hotel.
I make my way down looking for Kim, but couldn't see her and couldn't call because her phone had gone flat. I asked a hotel staff member what was going on, and she said that a smoke alarm was triggered. Ha great! Another one. At least it's during the day this time. She also said that there were so many authorities here because last week there was a bomb scare at the hotel.
I eventually received a FB msg from Kim she was at an internet cafe back inside the airport. I went inside to meet her and we picked up some food for Ron.
Finally we were allowed back inside and we had, the now gone warm ciders and watched trashy Oz boarder patrol. It was good to watch, for a while, we haven't had a TV for two years. We soon did get sick of the crap on TV and went to bed nice and early for the flight tomorrow.
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