Homeward Bound!

Back in Luddendenfoot and having a very lazy day today as we both feel really shattered.
The send off at Cape Town Airport was wonderful as the photos here show. Wonderful; we will never forget your faces as we walked through the barrier and to passport control; walking away from you and out of sight was very difficult!
It was such a lovely surprise to see Louis there as we didn’t expect him. We knew that Louise, Jacqueline, Michelle and Daniel were meeting us there and that Diane and Catherine were our drivers, but Louis was a surprise! They all stayed until midnight as our plane was delayed for 2 and a half hours due to an injury sustained by one of the flight deck crew!
The flight was good and we continue to be impressed with KLM. We managed to get some sleep and watch a couple of films. We had a 3 hour wait in Amsterdam and then found we had been upgraded on the little plane to Manchester. Wine in real glass glasses and coffee in proper cups. The food was very good too. It is funny though, we upper classes in the front 12 or so seats have a dividing curtain from the rest of the riffraff, so they don’t get jealous of our china and crystal I suppose!
We spent yesterday with Graham and Annie who drove up from Birmingham to see us and to catch up before they fly to Cape Town tomorrow. It seems really strange that we will be changing places with them. We had a good day, with fish, chips and mushy peas for lunch from Friendly Fisheries. That’s not an adjective describing the people, the village is actually called Friendly and they have a fish and chip shop; hence, Friendly Fisheries!
It was good to share and Duncan and I found ourselves finishing off each other’s stories, we were so excited about some of the things we were sharing!
It is so quiet. Yesterday was a lovely, sunny day and it was hot but there is no sound of the waves!
Our house is a surprise to us! We have forgotten some of the things we own! Oh, look at all these mugs! What a lot of glasses! Do we actually need so many wine glasses? Nice though they are!
Janet left the house immaculate for us – flowers in 3 vases, food in the fridge and lots of fruit in the fruit bowl and it was lovely to sit on our comfy settees and our bed...our bed is soooooo comfortable and a lot bigger than the one we have been sleeping on for the last 3 months. We have a lovely house here but it’s strange, we feel as if we are visiting. It’s like coming to a holiday cottage and thinking, “Oh, this is nice, we’ll be really comfy here for our stay!”
We have unpacked the suitcases and the washer has been very busy which means that the iron is on standby. I think we are both looking around and eyeing up all our possessions with a view to a massive car-boot sale or getting our heads round e bay!
So we are back, but in a sense we can continue calling the blog “Curries in Cape Town” because there is a big part of us that is, and will always be there!