After a lie in and a leisurely start we were up and packing by 9. To Andy's surprise #astonishment I have a new packing regime for this trip and to keep everything to a minimum I have chosen the number 2...2 people, 2 bags of clothes, 2 pairs of shoes (YES! you read it correctly ONLY 2 pairs of shoes), 2 cool bags of fridge food, 2 food cupboard bags, 2 types of wine (you guessed it, Red and White), 2 pairs of sunglasses, 2 books, 2 hair grips...you get the idea...
Now, as the newly appointed Marketing and Communications Director I have started as I mean to go on with an overambitious video production asking my camera crew for difficult camera techniques from awkward angles...and here is the hilarious Benny Hill style video of us packing the car and leaving...nope, it didn't work so you've just got a picture instead!
We were undecided which route to take as Countryfile LIVE is on at Blenheim Palace this weekend and there's a strong possibility of long queues and delays...so we chose to ignore the annoying sat nav lady who was trying to send us in completely the wrong direction, not sure where she thought we were going, threw caution to the wind and followed our normal route. We made good time with only a couple of minor slow moving traffic queues (nothing at Blenheim) and arrived to bright sunshine and a warm breeze...
...we unpacked at another leisurely pace (well, Andy loaded the boat, Andy unpacked and Andy stowed the luggage while Bustaaar and me did some sunbathing on the bonnet (foredeck apparently!)...then we went for a dog walk around the picturesque industrial and housing estates of Southampton, nice, called in at Quay Fifteen for a couple of cocktails and back to the boat for homemade cottage pie...
The wind has died down now and there aren't many people around the marina today so it'll be a calm and quiet night... zzzzzzz
