As my stay in England draws to a close, I will have many memories to take back with me - as well as jars of Marmite and bottles of brown sauce, two things I haven't found yet in Sighisoara supermarkets! Most of the memories will be of my three lovely grandchildren, Noah, Martha and Daisy. All three have made me smile a lot and have changed since I last saw them in July, especially Martha and Daisy.
Over the last few days I've been trying to clear out my storage unit and have failed! However, I did find a photo album with irreplaceable family photos and also some documents, including a comprehensive list of my grandmother's siblings' birth dates, which will help immensely in my family tree research. I did manage to get six loads to the local rubbish tip/recycling centre and this would have been more but for the New Year Holiday closing. Before I leave the area on Wednesday I shall check through the last couple of boxes and try to arrange for the waste and recycling company which has a depot on the same estate to empty the rest of the unwanted items for recycling or disposal.
Unfortunately on my way back from the rubbish tip I was caught speeding by a policeman with a radar gun who was lurking behind a garden fence! Result is a fixed penalty of £60 and 3 points on my licence which has been clean for well over 30 years. Doh! By the time the police had finished with me it was getting dark so all I could do was to load the things I am taking to Romania back into the car, lock up my storage unit and head back to Newbury by way of Grove and Wantage to call in on a couple of friends.
Wednesday is my last morning in Newbury so I will be saying "Goodbye" to son-in-law Chris as he heads off to work and to grandson Noah as he goes back to school. While Louise takes Noah to school I will be looking after Martha and once her mummy is back it will be "Goodbye" to them both until my next visit. I hope to be at my son's flat in Hindhead by mid-afternoon and will stay with Rob, Ali and baby Daisy overnight. Then it will be "Goodbye" to them after lunch as I head for Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel to catch 16:20 Shuttle train to France and start the long drive back to Roandola.
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