I said goodbye to Doreen and had about ten minutes to wait for my train so I got a drink and a snack from the kiosk and waited till the train came in. I am luckier that Sunday as I only need to get two trains today to get back to Morden and then a bus trip back to Stewart and Jeanette’s.
I rang Stewart to see what he was doing and he was busy until late with work so I told him I would go back to North Cheam and sit in the local pub for some lunch and use their free Wi-Fi and he said he would ring me when he was free.
The train is a quick commuter train that does not stop at any stations between Leighton Buzzard and Euston, which is the end of the line for that train. From there I was able to go down underground to the Tube and Euston is also on the Tube Northern Line near the centre of London whilst Morden which is the last stop at the southern end of the line.
I only had to wait a few minutes and I was on a train about 1.30pm and as the train went through various stops near the city the train filled right up to overflowing. Luckily we then got south of the city the people were getting off regularly and by the time we got to Morden there were only a handful of people left to get off as it terminated.
I walked up through the ticket barrier and out onto the street and walked over towards the bus stop but stopped at the local Irish Pub called The Ganley. I got a drink and sat and watched some football repeat as I drank it. There were some Carlings coasters on the bar so I grabbed a few of them to go with my collection.
From there I caught the Bus back to the end of Stewart’s street so I could actually go to the home and get rid of my bag before going to the pub as I did not want to be carrying the bags with me all afternoon. Walked up to the house got in without setting off the Alarm this time and deposited all my bags.
I then went back down to the main road and jumped on the next bus that came along. This was my next mistake. I thought that all buses that came along the road in this direction went up to the shopping centre about a mile up the road, seams though that they don’t. I got the bus that turns left half way along the road and heads in a completely different direction. I knew roughly where I was going so I stayed on the bus until I saw a train station and I knew that there would be a bus stop heading back in the direction I came from so I got off and crossed the road and waited for a bus to come. It was about 10 minutes and soon I was back to where I started and got on the correct bus this time.
I travelled up to the shopping centre and went firstly to Sainsbury’s and checked out their beer section and picked up a couple of cans of Guinness. Then I checked out their Pringles and picked up 5 tubes that I did not have. I paid for them and then walked up to the local pub to have a quick drink and some lunch before crossing the road and going to the newsagent to top up the Oyster card for Stewart and Jeanette. I then caught a bus back to Stewart’s and walked back to the house again not setting off the alarm.
I then checked some emails and looked at the television. After a while I started to pack my bags for tomorrow’s flight to Singapore. I weighed things as I was putting them into my case and had to rearrange a few things around so I did not have too much in the main case. Once sorted it meant that I will be able get everything home without having to send a parcel of leftover clothing.
Later in the early evening Stewart arrived home and we walked around to the local shops to get some dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The food was quite good and we both ate our fair share of different foods.
Following dinner we walked back and picked the car up and drove to Morden Station as we had to pick up Jeanette who had been at a work function in the city and was coming home on the Tube. We did not have long to wait and were soon home again. As it had been a long day I soon was off to bed and did not take any time at all to fall asleep.
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