Wow almost a month since i last blogged can't believe it but life has been pretty hectic lately. This blog is what i had intended to do two weeks ago but never quite got round to it but you know what they say, better late than never.
I said in a previous blog that my sister was moving to Oxford for an apprentiship and she did two weeks ago today. Now Oxford is about a five hour drive. However, we were let down at the last minute by my brother so we had to make our own way there. We were out of our house for 23 hours and about 20 of those were spent traveling. We went in 4 taxis, two coaches, two trains and 4 underground trains. To say it was a tiring day is an understatment lol.
We had been at a wedding the night before which we had to leave early. I had debated going to bed but the thought of going to bed and having to be up again about midnight did not go down well so i decided to stay up with Larnie. We got a taxi from my house at 12:30am over to central station to get our coach to London and it was freezing. Whilst we were waiting we got our laughs watching all the drunks attempting to walk in a straight line it was quite amusing. We boarded the bus and no sooner had we left Newcastle i was out like a light. I woke up when we stopped, grabbed a drink and as soon as the bus started moving i fell asleep again which suprised me really as i sometimes find it hard to sleep on a bus properly. Anyway, woke up just as we were driving in to London. We also arrived in London earlier than we were due which was good. When we were heading out of the coach station i bumped in to my friend Angela who had also just arrived in London we had a quick chat then had to say goodbye and head off.
Once we had, had some breakfast we had to head straight to Paddington to get our train to Oxford. This mean two underground trains. Along with that we had two big suitcases, a weekend bag and our handbags so it was a bit akward but not one person offered to help just barged past which really annoyed me. We eventualy made it to Paddington in one piece think we may have ran a few people's toes over but we did say excuse me lol. The train was huge and of course we had to walk right along the platform to get on. We had reserved table seats on the train and had quite a grumpy old man sitting opposite us. He kept staring at us and gave me a filthy look because i plugged my phone charger in. Well thats what the sockets are for! Had to bite my tounge as i was tempted to say that to him.
Arriving in Oxford we did not havea clue where to start so we decided the best thing to do would be to get a taxi. The taxi driver had never heard of the place we were wanting to go thank god for a sat nav lol. We had quite a scenic taxi ride through the country and i think it was then it finaly started to sink in that we would be going home minus Larnie. After about 40 mins we arrived at the farm. We met Emma who showed us around the farm, and the cottage Larnie is living in. She was lovely and made me mum feel so much more at ease. We also met the farmer who lives next door to Larnie. We helped her unpack then it was time to say goodbye as my mum and i had to get back in to Oxford to get our train back in to London. Larnie was fine but me and my mum bawled our eyes out. Back in the taxi we got, minus Larnie and all her luggage lol. At the station we grabbed something to eat and sat and had that whilst waiting for our train. The train journey back was quiet and tiring i just wanted to go to sleep.
We arrived back in to London and went for the tube back to Victoria i feel like i have a better idea of where i am going on the underground now so it was a lot easier probably due to not having much luggage too. Back in Vctoria we grabbed a sandwhich and a drink from boots to take back on the bus with us. The station was extremly busy as was our bus. We got on the bus and headed home at 4:30pm. On the way out of London just before we got on the motorway we seen Wembley stadium and it is huge lol.
It was a rather eventful bus journey home. We had only been on the road about an hour when someone came down and said to the driver someone was trying to smoke in the toilet. He had to pull the bus over and go and sort it out. Apparently this bloke was also drinking which is against the law on the bus. We eventualy got moving again then when we got to Wooley Edge we had to stay on the bus as we were so late then they found another problem with the bus. Once it was sorted we got on our way again. By this point my legs really hut and i needed to stretch them. We got to leeds later than we should have and had to wait for another bus as there was a passanger on there that needed to get on our bus. At this point we were extremly tired and just wanted to get home. No matter how hard i tried after that i just couldnt seem to sleep any more. We eventualy got in to Newcastle at 11:10pm and jumped in a taxi home where we just fell in to bed.
As i said it was two weeks ago Larnie moved down and i don't think it has quite sunk in yet. I still expect her to come bounding in from the stables. She is really happy though and loving it. I am really pleased she has settled and i am hoping to get down in a few weeks to see her.
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