Time to leave Heswall and the comforts of our 2nd home at Ric*************a's and proceed onwards with our travels. Fiona and Barnaby drove us to Chester train station where we caught our first train of the day to Crewe. We had a quick snack of a croissant and a hot drink while waiting for our next train to Stafford. Both of these trains were quite busy so we stood in entrance area of the carriages with all our bags. Thankfully, we didn't have to stay on those tr...

We had a cooked breakfast at the B & B and outside the window we could see the heavy Oxford traffic so we decided not to rush to leave otherwise we would be in the car for ages! We left at about 9:30 - it only took about 1 hour to get to Maidenhead. There we were warmly welcomed by Linda and John (Linda is Kate's dad's cousin). Fiona came in for a cuppa and a chat. We then had to say a very sad farewell to Fiona as she had to head back on the 4 hour car journ...