Off I go into the wild blue yonder. Also known as America. Not ready to say things like hooray and yippee but I'm sure I will feel glad to be home eventually.
I've gotten all packed up and ready to go now. Got alot of it in. Most clothes went to the goodwill bin to make room though! Had to be done.
I have a direct flight to Seattle today which is nice. Just one more hectic travel morning and then I'm off. I take a bus to Heathrow (direct, thank goodness) and then an inter aiport shuttle bus to my terminal then on to my flight!
I have had quite an eventful week though since I've last written so I wanted to get all caught up before I sign off and blog from America.
Tuesday morning I walked (in the pouring rain, no buses running when I needed them too and Uncle Stan wasn't able to drive me) to the train station and caught a train to Salisbury. I had planned to meet Tony there and we were going to tour the cathedral and town etc. It was great fun! The rain did finally let up and the cathedral was really amazing! It sits in such a pretty area too. I really enjoyed my day there. After the cathedral we had a pint at a place called The Haunch of Venison. It was really neat, really old, kind of appeared to be mostly crooked but it was really cool.
We then caught a train back to Poole where I planned to stay for a couple of days and get caught up with Greg and other people I'd met there. It was great! Wednesday on our way to the Quay front for coffee with Greg this huge tall ship was just coming along side and guess what ship it was? The Tenacious! Tony's ship! I couldn't believe it! We had a nice long catch up with Greg and watched Tenacious come in (takes a long time, its a big ship) then Tony wanted to find some konkers. I won't explain what they are because I don't know what they are really called, the things that fall off the trees. Don't ask me what trees. We walked all over Poole trying to find specific trees and had a fun rainy time foraging for konkers. We went to a place called Poole Park and it was really pretty!
Wednesday night we caught up with Tony's friend Superbike Bill. I'd met him the last time around. He is a really funny terrific guy and he had just come off a trip on a Challenge yacht. I think it was a 72 foot boat and its one you pay to go on and sail. Sounded like great fun! I was excited to hear all about it so that was really a fun evening. Then Tony's coworkers from Tenacious caught up with us and that was really hilarious. The Chief Engineer and the 2nd Engineer (the relief while Tony is away) and a cadet named Richard. So we had some good laughs and a mini pub crawl around Poole and ended up on Tenacious! Just for a quick tour and look around! It was awesome!! I got to see the mess hall, bar area, heads, engine room sort of and I walked around on deck. Not far but enough to get the feeling its a big ship. It would be so fantastic to be on it and sailing. How cool!! Really a highlight for me!
Thursday morning we caught up with Greg again and saw the Tenacious off and then Tony and I took an hour cruise around Poole harbour. Turns out its a huge harbor. Has lots of islands and its really a scenic place. It was great! The sun was out and it was just a really pretty day! Very much enjoyed that.
After that it was time to head back to the train station and off to Basingstoke. It was kinda sad to leave Poole and Tony too. I've spent alot of time in Poole, it seems familiar to me now so it was a little sad.
Tony joins his ship today and they are off for 7 weeks so we said goodbye for who knows how long this time and off I went.
It was a great week! Really a fun end to this portion of my trip. Like I keep saying I'm really hoping to keep moving but who knows. I just need to get to America first and see what will happen.
So off I go. This will be my last transmission for a day or so. At least the last from England. I'll be back though!
K
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