66 Days to Go...

Today I had the day off to take John to Bristol airport for his flight to Cyprus.  As you know my beef for the last couple of days has been John's luggage and his determined effort to flout Easyjet weight allowances.  Well I dont like to say 'I told you so' but I TOLD YOU SO...  Guess who had to pay £30 for excess baggage.  The good news is that it confirms that the luggage scales I bought are accurate - in fact spot on! 

Worse was to come because John's luggage held an ecclectic mix of tools and DIY items and a tin of wood filler called Isopon which we were recommended to bring out to finish off the shutter frame that had been repaired.  Poor John spent most of the day on Monday trying to track it down and then, when he did, bought a big tin.  He was sat in the airport and embarassingly had his name called out - they had found the Isopon in his checked-in luggage and apparently it is a banned substance.  So he had to extract it.  Interestingly the machete was fine!!  Well, ever the Yorkshireman, that tub cost him £10 and he wasn't prepared to abandon it so he phoned me (I was well on my way back home at this point) and so I had to turn round, swing by the airport, slow down and open the window so that he could throw the tin inside!  I probably spent the £10 in petrol but after nearly 20 years of marriage to John, I understand that it is the principle that matters!!

Still at least the flight left near enough on time, landed early, and Mum and Dad were there to pick him up.  On balance the £30 to get the extra tools and things over to Cyprus was probably not a bad shout!

I spent the rest of the day sorting more stuff - my pile for the Charity Shop is growing - at least someone else can benefit from my unwanted things.

Crib tonight.  I drove as the venue was the Griffin's Head at Nether Compton - a pub that no-one can ever find for some reason!  We needed a good win tonight - we are two points behind the top of the league and there aren't that many games left to this season.  As a team we managed a 4-0 win and you can't ask for more than that.  Personally Kev and I thumped our opposition 5-0 and I held a 24 hand at one point which is significant if you are a woman in our league.  John would have been proud of me!