Home Again.

Home Again.

And so it that we have once again arrived home and our journey is over.

The Entourage is still dealing with jetlag to varying degrees but we are all glad, and still sad, to be home. I think we all wanted the holiday to go a little longer and I know we all wanted more time off before returning to work all school.

Thinking back over what we have done it is hard to keep it all in perspective so I did a short sruvey of the staff to get their thoughts. You will notice that Marcus' contributions to this are incomplete, after 3 days jet lag finally caught him.

Best Breakfast.
Marcus - Novotel, Docklands, London
Beth - Novotel, Docklands, London
Tony - Full Scotish (not the Kippers), Uig Hotel
Sandra - Porridge, Uig Hotel

Best Dinner.
Beth - Pork Belly, Glengarry Castle
Tony - Pork Medallions, Uig Hotel
Sandra - Chicken Nerone, The Holly Bush, Draethan, Wales

Best Afternoon Tea.
Beth - Scones and cream, St Dogrdaels Abbey
Tony - Scones and cream, St Dogrdaels Abbey 
Sandra - Scones and cream, St Dogrdaels Abbey 

Favourite Drink.  
Marcus - Lilt or Irnbru
Beth - Strawberry Lemonade
Tony - Butty Bach 
Sandra - Blackthorn Cider

Favourite Host.
Beth - Carlos, The Apple Store, Axeminster, England
Tony - John, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland
Sandra - Carlos, The Apple Store, Axeminster, England




Favourite Place to Stay.
Beth - The Apple Store
Tony - The Holly Bush, Draethen, Wales
Sandra - The Cottage, Scottish Borders


Most Memorial Ocassion.
Beth - Mum swearing at Charlotte
Tony - Discovering that the "Imperious" beer is 12% whilst trying to GM a Starfinder game
Sandra - The Burrowing Owl in the flight demonstration at the National Centre of Birds of Prey


Favourite Attraction.
Marcus - Caerphilly Castle (with Natural History Museum a close second)
Beth - Globe Theatre (with Natural History Museum a close second)
Tony - Bletchley Park (with Fountains Abbey a close second)
Sandra - Fountains Abbey
  
All up we had a wonderful time and throughly enjoyed ourselves. We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our journey. Farewell friends.


Yes Beth we are going home.

Home, sweet home.

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