Singapore to Home

Day 34 - Singapore to Home

Ombersley

Thursday, 25 August 2011

We left Singapore on time, leaving at 23:30 local time. Wendy, Lizzi and I had just had enough time to have a foot massage by a machine, which was lovely until the people after us had theirs done wearing no socks and we started to worry about who might have been in there before us and in what state their feet might have been. Still, too late now.

We were all starting to feel fatigued when we took off from Singapore. The girls were feeling a little sick but they had some water and a short sleep and then felt better. The plane was almost completely full. We all slept a little but mainly wiled away the 13 hours watching the entertainment and eating. I got a bit peckish between the meals and went to see the stewardess and came back armed with sandwiches, crisps and chocolate for the troops, all gratis of course (at least pre-payed for as I explained to the girls).

After what seemed quite a long flight (although it was actually shorter than the outgoing flight) we arrived in Heathrow. We took a photo in the exact same spot as we did on the day we left, to complete the circle.

We had parked the car at Purple Parking and taken the option of them delivering the car to us at the airport. A quick phone call and the car was brought to us and off we went.

The journey home was uneventful and after a quick shower we went off to pick up Jessica's

GCSE results (5A*s and 7A's - pretty impressive). We then went over to Pauline and Ron's (Wendy's mum and dad) to collect Eddy. He looked really well, healthy and happy which was great to see. We had an impromptu lunch then came home for a short Nanna Nap. We are trying not to go to sleep too early to try and defeat the jet lag but Anna is spark out.

Well we have come to the end of our holiday. A holiday of a lifetime is a phrase often used and who knows what our holidays will be like in the future, but I would say that this holiday has come as close as is possible to a holiday of a lifetime. It was great to go back to Australia and see places we remember so well, and it was great to meet up with our good friends Cathy and Anthony and Sarah. The time and the miles seemed to fade away and it was as if they lived around the corner and we saw them every weekend.

This trip to Australia was made even more special than the last because we had the girls with us and it has been a real privilege and a joy to spend so much time together as a family.

Thanks Cathy for putting us up in Melbourne and for helping us organise our trips from there, and thanks for the AFL tickets, that was an experience never to be forgotten and I shall wear my Essendon hat with pride (sorry it isn't a Carlton one).

Thanks Anthony and Sarah for putting us up in Toowoomba, it was great to see you and I'm sorry that we only had such a short time together, but if you follow your 5 yr plan then we'll see you on your next big holiday, or maybe sooner if we can fix something up.

Thanks Tom and Rach, Pauline and Ron for looking after Eddy for us. I know he can be a bit full of energy and excitable, but he looked really healthy and happy when we picked him up and I'm not sure whether he missed us or not. I would like to think he did miss us but it's great to think that he has been so well looked after, so thanks.

Thanks Nigel and Jane and the girls, Geraldine and the boys for looking after our rabbit, Chucky, we will come and pick her up tomorrow.

Thanks Steve, Chris, Brian and Steph for keeping an eye on our place while we were away. I hope it wasn't too arduous a task and it is really reassuring knowing that you have someone keeping a watchful eye out for us.

So this is Chris signing off back in old blighty. Thanks for following the blog, I hope you found it interesting and possibly amusing in places. The special award for comment writing goes to Sue who managed to comment every day. We used to look forward to getting everyones comments which were automatically forwarded by email and it was always a moment of excitement when we read them out.

I have enjoyed writing the blog and it will be a lasting memory of our trip. It's going to feel funny not writing it any more so check it again in a little while in case I've carried on (don't think so).

Thanks again and lots of love from Wendy, Chris, Jess, Lizzi and Anna xxx

	The Trip Completed [Map]

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